Numbers 18:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“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.

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  • Gen 29:34 : 34 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi.
  • Num 18:4 : 4 They must join with you, and they will be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, but no unauthorized person may approach you.
  • 1 Chr 16:39-40 : 39 Zadok the priest and his fellow priests served before the LORD’s tabernacle at the worship center in Gibeon, 40 regularly offering burnt sacrifices to the LORD on the altar for burnt sacrifice, morning and evening, according to what is prescribed in the law of the LORD which he charged Israel to observe.
  • 2 Chr 30:16 : 16 They stood at their posts according to the regulations outlined in the law of Moses, the man of God. The priests were splashing the blood as the Levites handed it to them.
  • Ezek 44:15 : 15 The Levitical Priests“‘But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, will approach me to minister to me; they will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the Sovereign LORD.
  • Num 3:6-9 : 6 “Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him. 7 They are responsible for his needs and the needs of the whole community before the tent of meeting, by attending to the service of the tabernacle. 8 And they are responsible for all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and for the needs of the Israelites, as they serve in the tabernacle. 9 You are to assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they will be assigned exclusively to him out of all the Israelites. 10 So 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.” 11 Then the LORD spoke to Moses: 12 “Look, I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me, 13 because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the LORD.”
  • Num 4:15 : 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 8:19 : 19 I 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.”
  • Num 8:22 : 22 After this, the Levites went in to do their work in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons. As the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did.
  • Num 16:40 : 40 It was a memorial for the Israelites, that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to burn incense before the LORD, that he might not become like Korah and his company– just as the LORD had spoken by the authority of Moses.
  • Num 17:7 : 7 Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 28:1
    85%

    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.

  • Num 18:1
    85%

    1Responsibilities 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.

  • Num 3:5-7
    3 verses
    84%

    5The Assignment of the Levites The LORD spoke to Moses:

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

    7They are responsible for his needs and the needs of the whole community before the tent of meeting, by attending to the service of the tabernacle.

  • Num 16:9-10
    2 verses
    84%

    9Does it seem too small a thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the community of Israel to bring you near to himself, to perform the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the community to minister to them?

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

  • Num 18:3-8
    6 verses
    81%

    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.

    4They must join with you, and they will be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, but no unauthorized person may approach you.

    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.

    6I myself have chosen your brothers the Levites from among the Israelites. They are given to you as a gift from the LORD, to perform the duties of the tent of meeting.

    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.

  • Exod 28:41
    78%

    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 8:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

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

    14And so you are to separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

    15“After this, the Levites will go in to do the work of the tent of meeting. So you must cleanse them and offer them like a wave offering.

  • Num 8:22
    77%

    22After this, the Levites went in to do their work in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons. As the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did.

  • Num 4:17-19
    3 verses
    77%

    17Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

    18“Do not allow the tribe of the families of the Kohathites to be cut off from among the Levites;

    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.

  • Num 8:9
    77%

    9You are to bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the entire community of the Israelites.

  • Deut 18:7
    77%

    7and serves in the name of the LORD his God like his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.

  • Num 1:49-50
    2 verses
    76%

    49“Only the tribe of Levi you must not number or count with the other Israelites.

    50But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, over all its furnishings and over everything in it. They must carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; and they must attend to it and camp around it.

  • Deut 18:5
    76%

    5For the LORD your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently.

  • 1 Chr 6:48
    76%

    48The rest of their fellow Levites were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God’s sanctuary.

  • 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:

  • Exod 40:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14You are to bring his sons and clothe them with tunics

    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.”

  • Deut 10:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the LORD’s covenant, to stand before the LORD to serve him, and to formulate blessings in his name, as they do to this very day.

    9Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance just as the LORD your God told him.

  • Num 8:11
    75%

    11and Aaron is to offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the Israelites, that they may do the work of the LORD.

  • Num 8:26
    74%

    26They may assist their colleagues in the tent of meeting, to attend to needs, but they must do no work. This is the way you must establish the Levites regarding their duties.”

  • 1 Chr 23:32
    74%

    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 30:30
    74%

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

  • Num 8:19
    74%

    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.”

  • Lev 10:4
    74%

    4Moses then called to Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, Aaron’s uncle, and said to them,“Come near, carry your brothers from the front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp.”

  • 1 Chr 15:12
    74%

    12He told them:“You are the leaders of the Levites’ families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves and bring the ark of the LORD God of Israel up to the place I have prepared for it.

  • Num 18:23
    74%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 35:5
    74%

    5Stand in the sanctuary and, together with the Levites, represent the family divisions of your countrymen.

  • Lev 10:15
    73%

    15The thigh of the contribution offering and the breast of the wave offering they must bring in addition to the gifts of the fat parts to wave them as a wave offering before the LORD, and it will belong to you and your sons with you for a perpetual statute just as the LORD has commanded.”

  • Exod 29:8
    73%

    8You are to present his sons and clothe them with tunics

  • Lev 8:2
    73%

    2“Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, the anointing oil, the sin offering bull, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,

  • Num 4:2
    73%

    2“Take a census of the Kohathites from among the Levites, by their families and by their clans,

  • Heb 7:5
    73%

    5And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, although they too are descendants of Abraham.

  • Num 4:27
    73%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 6:1
    73%

    1Levi’s Descendants(5:27) The sons of Levi:Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.