Numbers 3:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Exod 32:26-29 : 26 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is on the LORD's side—come to me!" And all the sons of Levi gathered to him. 27 He said to them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Let every man put his sword on his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'" 28 The children of Levi did according to the word of Moses, and about three thousand men of the people fell that day. 29 Moses said, "Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, that He may bestow on you a blessing this day, for every man has opposed his son and his brother."
  • Num 1:49-53 : 49 Only you shall not number the tribe of Levi, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel; 50 But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all things that belong to it: they shall carry the tabernacle, and all its vessels; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp around the tabernacle. 51 And when the tabernacle is set out, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up: and the outsider who comes near shall be put to death. 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their armies. 53 But the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of testimony, so that no wrath may come upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
  • Num 2:17 : 17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall move forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp. As they camp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
  • Num 2:33 : 33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.
  • Num 8:6-9 : 6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel and cleanse them. 7 And thus shall you do to them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purification upon them, let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and make themselves clean. 8 Then let them take a young bull with its grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil, and another young bull you shall take for a sin offering. 9 And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of meeting, and gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together. 10 And you shall bring the Levites before the LORD, and the children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites. 11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the children of Israel, that they may perform the service of the LORD. 12 The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls, and you shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites. 13 And you shall set the Levites before Aaron and his sons and offer them as a wave offering to the LORD. 14 Thus shall you separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine. 15 After that, the Levites shall go in to perform the service of the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall cleanse them and offer them as a wave offering. 16 For they are wholly given to me among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them for myself. 17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them to myself. 18 And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the children of Israel. 19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to perform the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel when they come near the sanctuary. 20 Thus Moses, Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did to the Levites; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them. 21 The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the LORD, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 After that, the Levites went in to perform their service in the tabernacle of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them. 23 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 24 This is what regards the Levites: from twenty-five years old and above, they shall go in to perform the work in the tabernacle of meeting. 25 And at the age of fifty years, they shall cease performing this work and shall serve no more. 26 But they may minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of meeting, to attend to needs, but shall do no work. Thus shall you do to the Levites regarding their duties.
  • Num 16:9-9 : 9 Does it seem like a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them? 10 And He has brought you near to Him, and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you: and do you seek the priesthood also? 11 For this cause, both you and all your company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that you complain against him?
  • Num 18:1-7 : 1 And the LORD said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father's house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 2 And your brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring with you, that they may be joined to you and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. 3 And they shall keep your charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come near the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor you also, die. 4 And they shall be joined to you, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come near you. 5 And you shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel. 6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel; to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 Therefore you and your sons with you shall keep your priest's office for everything of the altar, and within the veil; and you shall serve: I have given your priest's office to you as a service of gift: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
  • Deut 10:8 : 8 At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
  • Deut 33:8-9 : 8 And of Levi he said, Let your Thummim and your Urim be with your holy one, whom you tried at Massah, and with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah; 9 Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew his own children: for they have observed your word, and kept your covenant.
  • Mal 2:4 : 4 And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with Levi, says the LORD of hosts.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 18:1-3
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    84%

    1 And the LORD said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father's house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

    2 And your brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring with you, that they may be joined to you and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

    3 And they shall keep your charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come near the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor you also, die.

  • Num 3:7-11
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    7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

    8 And they shall keep all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to perform the service of the tabernacle.

    9 And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are completely given to him from among the children of Israel.

    10 And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall fulfill their duties in the priest's office; and the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.

    11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 8:9-11
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    9 And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of meeting, and gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together.

    10 And you shall bring the Levites before the LORD, and the children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites.

    11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the children of Israel, that they may perform the service of the LORD.

  • Num 8:13-15
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    13 And you shall set the Levites before Aaron and his sons and offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.

    14 Thus shall you separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

    15 After that, the Levites shall go in to perform the service of the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall cleanse them and offer them as a wave offering.

  • Num 16:8-10
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    8 And Moses said to Korah, Hear, I pray you, sons of Levi.

    9 Does it seem like a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?

    10 And He has brought you near to Him, and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you: and do you seek the priesthood also?

  • Num 8:22-23
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    22 After that, the Levites went in to perform their service in the tabernacle of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

    23 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 3:5
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    5 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 18:6
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    6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel; to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Exod 28:1
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    1 Take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may serve Me as priest, along with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

  • Num 1:50
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    50 But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all things that belong to it: they shall carry the tabernacle, and all its vessels; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp around the tabernacle.

  • Num 4:17-19
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    17 And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

    18 Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

    19 But do this for them, that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint every one to his service and to his burden:

  • Deut 10:8
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    8 At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.

  • Deut 18:6-7
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    6 And if a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and comes with all the desire of his mind to the place which the LORD shall choose;

    7 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 6:1
    76%

    1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Num 8:19-20
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    19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to perform the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel when they come near the sanctuary.

    20 Thus Moses, Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did to the Levites; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.

  • Num 8:26
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    26 But they may minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of meeting, to attend to needs, but shall do no work. Thus shall you do to the Levites regarding their duties.

  • Num 8:6
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    6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel and cleanse them.

  • Exod 30:30
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    30 And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.

  • 1 Chr 6:48-49
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    48 Their brethren also, the Levites, were appointed for all kinds of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

    49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

  • Exod 28:41
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    41 And you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him. You shall anoint them, consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may serve Me as priests.

  • Num 7:5
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    5 Take it from them, that they may be used for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service.

  • Num 3:3
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    3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to serve in the priest's office.

  • 1 Chr 23:32
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    32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brothers, in the service of the house of the LORD.

  • Num 1:53
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    53 But the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of testimony, so that no wrath may come upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

  • Lev 9:5
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    5 And they brought what Moses commanded before the tent of meeting: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.

  • Exod 40:13
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    13 And you shall put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.

  • Exod 31:10
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    10 The garments of service, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office,

  • Num 4:1
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    1 And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

  • Ezek 44:16
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    16 They shall enter my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.

  • Num 4:46
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    46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of Israel numbered, by their families, and by the house of their fathers,

  • 1 Chr 6:16
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    16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Num 3:32
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    32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the leaders of the Levites and have the oversight of those who perform the duties of the sanctuary.