Numbers 4:18

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 19:21 : 21 The LORD said to Moses,“Go down and solemnly warn the people, lest they force their way through to the LORD to look, and many of them perish.
  • Lev 10:1-2 : 1 Nadab and Abihu Then Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire pan and put fire in it, set incense on it, and presented strange fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them to do. 2 So fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them so that they died before the LORD.
  • Num 16:32 : 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods.
  • Num 17:10 : 10 The Memorial The LORD said to Moses,“Bring Aaron’s staff back before the testimony to be preserved for a sign to the rebels, so that you may bring their murmurings to an end before me, that they will not die.”
  • Num 18:5 : 5 You 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.
  • 1 Sam 6:19 : 19 But the LORD struck down some of the people of Beth Shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the LORD; he struck down 50,070 of the men. The people grieved because the LORD had struck the people with a hard blow.
  • 2 Sam 6:6-7 : 6 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and grabbed hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. 7 The LORD was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him on the spot for his negligence. He died right there beside the ark of God.
  • Jer 38:23 : 23 “All your wives and your children will be turned over to the Babylonians. You yourself will not escape from them but will be captured by the king of Babylon. This city will be burned down.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 4:19-21
    3 verses
    81%

    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.

    20But the Kohathites are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die.”

    21The Service of the Gershonites Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 4:17
    80%

    17Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

  • Num 4:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

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

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

  • Num 4:15
    78%

    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 4:34
    78%

    34Summary So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans,

  • Num 4:4
    77%

    4This is the service of the Kohathites in the tent of meeting, relating to the most holy things.

  • Num 4:36-37
    2 verses
    77%

    36and those of them numbered by their families were 2,750.

    37These were those numbered from the families of the Kohathites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the authority of Moses.

  • Num 18:1-7
    7 verses
    77%

    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.

    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.

    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.”

  • Num 1:47-50
    4 verses
    76%

    47The Exemption of the Levites But the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.

    48The LORD had said to Moses,

    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.

  • Num 3:27
    76%

    27The Numbering of the Kohathites From Kohath came the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.

  • Num 18:22-23
    2 verses
    75%

    22No longer may the Israelites approach the tent of meeting, or else they will bear their sin and die.

    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.

  • Num 3:11
    74%

    11Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 7:9
    74%

    9But to the Kohathites he gave none, because the service of the holy things, which they carried on their shoulders, was their responsibility.

  • Num 4:46
    74%

    46All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their families and by their clans,

  • Num 3:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Num 16:40
    73%

    40It 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.

  • 1 Chr 6:18
    73%

    18The sons of Kohath:Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

  • Num 8:14
    72%

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

  • Num 8:26
    72%

    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.”

  • Deut 18:1
    72%

    1Provision for Priests and Levites The Levitical priests– indeed, the entire tribe of Levi– will have no allotment or inheritance with Israel; they may eat the burnt offerings of the LORD and of his inheritance.

  • Num 3:19
    72%

    19The sons of Kohath by their families were: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

  • Lev 21:16
    72%

    16Rules for the Priesthood The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Lev 22:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Num 16:8
    72%

    8Moses said to Korah,“Listen now, you sons of Levi!

  • 1 Chr 6:1
    72%

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

  • Num 8:6
    72%

    6“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them.

  • Num 8:19
    72%

    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 22:17
    72%

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

  • Num 8:22
    72%

    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 18:32
    72%

    32And you will bear no sin concerning it when you offer up the best of it. And you must not profane the holy things of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”

  • Exod 6:18
    71%

    18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.(The length of Kohath’s life was 133 years.)

  • Josh 21:20
    71%

    20The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted cities from the tribe of Ephraim.

  • Deut 12:19
    71%

    19Be careful not to overlook the Levites as long as you live in the land.

  • Lev 21:1
    71%

    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,