Numbers 18:1

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Responsibilities of the Priests The LORD said to Aaron,“You and your sons and your tribe with you must bear the iniquity of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you must bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

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  • Exod 28:38 : 38 It will be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron will bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the Israelites are to sanctify by all their holy gifts; it will always be on his forehead, for their acceptance before the LORD.
  • Lev 22:9 : 9 They must keep my charge so that they do not incur sin on account of it and therefore die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
  • Num 14:34 : 34 According to the number of the days you have investigated this land, forty days– one day for a year– you will suffer for your iniquities, forty years, and you will know what it means to thwart me.
  • Num 17:3 : 3 You must write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe.
  • Num 17:7 : 7 Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.
  • Num 17:13 : 13 (17:28) Anyone who even comes close to the tabernacle of the LORD will die! Are we all to die?”
  • Num 18:22-23 : 22 No longer may the Israelites approach the tent of meeting, or else they will bear their sin and die. 23 But the Levites must perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. It will be a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations that among the Israelites the Levites have no inheritance.
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the LORD caused the sin of all of us to attack him.
  • Isa 53:11 : 11 Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done.“My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins.
  • Ezek 3:18-19 : 18 When I say to the wicked,“You will certainly die,” and you do not warn him– you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked lifestyle so that he may live– that wicked person will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death. 19 But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life.
  • Acts 20:26-27 : 26 Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all. 27 For I did not hold back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.
  • Heb 4:15 : 15 For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.
  • Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 18:2-3
    2 verses
    85%

    2“Bring with you your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, so that they may join with you and minister to you while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony.

    3They must be responsible to care for you and to care for the entire tabernacle. However, they must not come near the furnishings of the sanctuary and the altar, or both they and you will die.

  • Num 18:7-9
    3 verses
    82%

    7But you and your sons with you are responsible for your priestly duties, for everything at the altar and within the curtain. And you must serve. I give you the priesthood as a gift for service, but the unauthorized person who approaches must be put to death.”

    8The Portion of the Priests The LORD spoke to Aaron,“See, I have given you the responsibility for my raised offerings; I have given all the holy things of the Israelites to you as your priestly portion and to your sons as a perpetual ordinance.

    9Of all the most holy offerings reserved from the fire this will be yours: Every offering of theirs, whether from every grain offering or from every purification offering or from every reparation offering which they bring to me, will be most holy for you and for your sons.

  • Exod 28:1
    81%

    1The Clothing of the Priests“And you, bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister as my priests– Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

  • Exod 28:43
    80%

    43These must be on Aaron and his sons when they enter to the tent of meeting, or when they approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they bear no iniquity and die. It is to be a perpetual ordinance for him and for his descendants after him.

  • Exod 28:41
    80%

    41“You are to clothe them– your brother Aaron and his sons with him– and anoint them and ordain them and set them apart as holy, so that they may minister as my priests.

  • Num 4:19
    79%

    19but in order that they will live and not die when they approach the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons will go in and appoint each man to his service and his responsibility.

  • Lev 10:8
    78%

    8Perpetual Statutes the Lord Spoke to Aaron Then the LORD spoke to Aaron,

  • Lev 17:2
    78%

    2“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and tell them:‘This is the word that the LORD has commanded:

  • Exod 29:9
    78%

    9and wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and put headbands on them, and so the ministry of priesthood will belong to them by a perpetual ordinance. Thus you are to consecrate Aaron and his sons.

  • Exod 30:30
    78%

    30“You are to anoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify them, so that they may minister as my priests.

  • Exod 28:38
    78%

    38It will be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron will bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the Israelites are to sanctify by all their holy gifts; it will always be on his forehead, for their acceptance before the LORD.

  • Num 4:17
    77%

    17Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

  • 1 Chr 6:49
    77%

    49But Aaron and his descendants offered sacrifices on the altar for burnt offerings and on the altar for incense as they had been assigned to do in the most holy sanctuary. They made atonement for Israel, just as God’s servant Moses had ordered.

  • Lev 22:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Regulations for the Eating of Priestly Stipends The LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“Tell Aaron and his sons that they must deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites, which they consecrate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name. I am the LORD.

  • Exod 40:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12“You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

    13Then you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments and anoint him and sanctify him so that he may minister as my priest.

  • Num 18:5
    77%

    5You will be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the care of the altar, so that there will be no more wrath on the Israelites.

  • Exod 29:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29“The holy garments that belong to Aaron are to belong to his sons after him, so that they may be anointed in them and consecrated in them.

    30The priest who succeeds him from his sons, when he first comes to the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, is to wear them for seven days.

  • Exod 29:35
    76%

    35“Thus you are to do for Aaron and for his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; you are to consecrate them for seven days.

  • Num 4:1
    76%

    1The Service of the Kohathites Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

  • Lev 7:31
    76%

    31and the priest must offer the fat up in smoke on the altar, but the breast will belong to Aaron and his sons.

  • Num 4:15
    76%

    15“When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is ready to journey, then the Kohathites will come to carry them; but they must not touch any holy thing, or they will die. These are the responsibilities of the Kohathites with the tent of meeting.

  • Num 16:10
    76%

    10He has brought you near and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, with you. Do you now seek the priesthood also?

  • Num 18:20
    76%

    20Duties of the Levites The LORD spoke to Aaron,“You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion of property among them– I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

  • Num 8:13
    76%

    13You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and then offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.

  • Num 4:27
    76%

    27“All the service of the Gershonites, whether carrying loads or for any of their work, will be at the direction of Aaron and his sons. You will assign them all their tasks as their responsibility.

  • Num 8:19
    75%

    19I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to do the work for the Israelites in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the Israelites, so there will be no plague among the Israelites when the Israelites come near the sanctuary.”

  • 1 Chr 23:32
    75%

    32They were in charge of the meeting tent and the holy place, and helped their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, in the service of the LORD’s temple.

  • Exod 29:21
    75%

    21You are to take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on his sons’ garments with him, so that he may be holy, he and his garments along with his sons and his sons’ garments.

  • Num 3:9-11
    3 verses
    75%

    9You are to assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they will be assigned exclusively to him out of all the Israelites.

    10So you are to appoint Aaron and his sons, and they will be responsible for their priesthood, but the unauthorized person who comes near must be put to death.”

    11Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Lev 9:1
    75%

    1Inauguration of Tabernacle Worship On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel,

  • Exod 40:15
    75%

    15and anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may minister as my priests; their anointing will make them a priesthood that will continue throughout their generations.”

  • Lev 16:3
    75%

    3Day of Atonement Offerings“In this way Aaron is to enter into the sanctuary– with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

  • Num 18:28
    75%

    28Thus you are to offer up a raised offering to the LORD of all your tithes which you receive from the Israelites; and you must give the LORD’s raised offering from it to Aaron the priest.

  • Lev 16:32
    75%

    32“The priest who is anointed and ordained to act as high priest in place of his father is to make atonement. He is to put on the linen garments, the holy garments,

  • Lev 16:11
    75%

    11The Sin Offering Sacrificial Procedures“Aaron is to present the sin offering bull which is for himself, and he is to make atonement on behalf of himself and his household. He is to slaughter the sin offering bull which is for himself,

  • Lev 21:1
    75%

    1Rules for the Priests The LORD said to Moses:“Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron– say to them,‘For a dead person no priest is to defile himself among his people,

  • Exod 29:4
    75%

    4“You are to present Aaron and his sons at the entrance of the tent of meeting. You are to wash them with water

  • Num 3:3
    75%

    3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests.

  • Num 18:23
    75%

    23But the Levites must perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. It will be a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations that among the Israelites the Levites have no inheritance.

  • Lev 22:17
    75%

    17Regulations for Offering Votive and Freewill Offerings The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Lev 16:6
    75%

    6Then Aaron is to present the sin offering bull which is for himself and is to make atonement on behalf of himself and his household.

  • 1 Chr 23:13
    74%

    13The sons of Amram:Aaron and Moses.Aaron and his descendants were chosen on a permanent basis to consecrate the most holy items, to offer sacrifices before the LORD, to serve him, and to praise his name.