Numbers 17:3

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Take the censers of these men who sinned against their own lives and have them made into hammered plates to overlay the altar, for they presented them before the LORD, and they became holy. Let them serve as a sign to the Israelites.

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  • Exod 6:16 : 16 These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
  • Exod 6:20 : 20 Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
  • Num 3:2-3 : 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, who were set apart to serve as priests.
  • Num 18:1 : 1 Then the LORD said to Aaron, 'You, your sons, and your father's family with you will bear the responsibility for offenses related to the sanctuary. Also, you and your sons with you will bear the responsibility for offenses connected to your priesthood.'
  • Num 18:7 : 7 But you and your sons with you are to diligently guard your priestly duties for every aspect of the altar and the area behind the curtain. I have given your priesthood to you as a service of gift. Any unauthorized person who approaches shall be put to death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 17:1-2
    2 verses
    88%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    2Speak to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, and have him take the censers out of the burning remains and scatter the fire some distance away, for the censers are holy.

  • Num 17:4-10
    7 verses
    83%

    4So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that had been brought by those who were burned, and they were hammered into a covering for the altar.

    5It is to be a reminder to the Israelites, so that no unauthorized person—anyone who is not from Aaron’s descendants—may come near to burn incense before the LORD and become like Korah and his assembly, as the LORD had spoken to him through Moses.

    6The entire Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron the next day, saying, 'You have killed the LORD’s people!'

    7When the assembly gathered against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting, and there the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.

    8Moses and Aaron went to the front of the tent of meeting.

    9The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    10'Move away from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once.' And they fell facedown.

  • Num 1:4
    72%

    4A man from each tribe, the head of his ancestral house, will assist you.

  • Num 18:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Then the LORD said to Aaron, 'You, your sons, and your father's family with you will bear the responsibility for offenses related to the sanctuary. Also, you and your sons with you will bear the responsibility for offenses connected to your priesthood.'

    2Bring your brothers from the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, to join you and assist you while you and your sons serve before the tent of the testimony.

  • Num 4:17
    70%

    17The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

  • Num 1:17
    70%

    17Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,

  • Exod 4:17
    70%

    17And take this staff in your hand, for with it you shall perform the signs.

  • Num 4:46
    70%

    46All those numbered by Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel were counted among the Levite clans by their families and by their ancestral houses.

  • Exod 29:15
    69%

    15Take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.

  • Exod 29:19
    69%

    19Then take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.

  • Num 3:6
    69%

    6Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may assist him.

  • Num 4:1
    69%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

  • Exod 7:12
    69%

    12Each one threw down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

  • Ezek 37:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16And you, son of man, take one stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the house of Israel associated with him.’

    17Join them together into one stick so that they become one in your hand.

  • Exod 28:1
    68%

    1Now bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to serve me as priests—Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron.

  • Num 3:32
    68%

    32The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, who had oversight of those keeping charge of the sanctuary.

  • Ezek 37:20
    68%

    20The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.

  • Exod 29:9
    68%

    9Gird them with sashes, both Aaron and his sons, and fasten caps on their heads. The priesthood shall be theirs by a lasting statute. In this way, you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.

  • Lev 17:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

    2Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and say to them: This is the command that the Lord has given:

  • Exod 17:5
    68%

    5The LORD answered Moses, "Go ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go."

  • Num 3:17
    68%

    17These were the names of the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Num 3:11
    68%

    11The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 28:29
    68%

    29Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he shall carry the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of decision, as a continual memorial before the LORD.

  • Num 4:19
    68%

    19Do this for them so that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things. Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.

  • Num 1:48-49
    2 verses
    67%

    48The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    49Do not include the tribe of Levi or take a census of them among the Israelites.

  • Num 8:11
    67%

    11Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the Israelites so that they may perform the service of the LORD.

  • Num 3:15
    67%

    15Take a census of the sons of Levi, by their fathers' houses and by their clans. Count every male a month old and upward.

  • Num 8:13
    67%

    13You shall present the Levites before Aaron and his sons and wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 27:17
    67%

    17for Levi, Hashabiah son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok;

  • Num 2:1
    67%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

  • 2 Chr 31:19
    67%

    19For the descendants of Aaron, the priests who lived in the fields surrounding their towns, men were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to everyone enlisted in the genealogical records among the Levites.

  • Num 20:9
    67%

    9So Moses took the staff from the LORD's presence, just as he was commanded.

  • Num 4:34
    67%

    34So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their clans and by their ancestral houses,

  • Exod 16:34
    67%

    34As the LORD commanded Moses, Aaron placed it before the Testimony to be preserved.

  • 1 Chr 23:13
    67%

    13The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart, he and his descendants forever, to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the Lord, to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.

  • Num 1:53
    67%

    53But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the covenant to protect the Israelites from wrath. The Levites are to carry out the responsibilities of the tabernacle of the covenant.

  • Exod 40:15
    67%

    15Anoint them in the same way you anointed their father so that they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will be an everlasting priesthood for all their generations.

  • Num 3:9
    67%

    9You shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the people of Israel.