Numbers 8:26

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They 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.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 1:53 : 53 But the Levites must camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that the LORD’s anger will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the testimony.”
  • Num 3:32 : 32 Now the head of all the Levitical leaders was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest. He was appointed over those who were responsible for the sanctuary.
  • 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.
  • Num 31:30 : 30 From the Israelites’ half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep– from every kind of animal– and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.”
  • 1 Chr 23:32 : 32 They 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.
  • 1 Chr 26:20-29 : 20 Supervisors of the Storehouses Their fellow Levites were in charge of the storehouses in God’s temple and the storehouses containing consecrated items. 21 The descendants of Ladan, who were descended from Gershon through Ladan and were leaders of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, included Jehieli 22 and the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the storehouses in the LORD’s temple. 23 As for the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites: 24 Shebuel son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was the supervisor of the storehouses. 25 His relatives through Eliezer included: Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zikri his son, and Shelomith his son. 26 Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the storehouses containing the consecrated items dedicated by King David, the family leaders who led units of a thousand and a hundred, and the army officers. 27 They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the LORD’s temple. 28 They were also in charge of everything dedicated by Samuel the prophet, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah; Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of everything that had been dedicated. 29 As for the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were given responsibilities outside the temple as officers and judges over Israel.
  • Ezek 44:8 : 8 You have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have assigned foreigners to keep charge of my sanctuary for you.
  • Ezek 44:11 : 11 Yet they will be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple, and serving the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them.
  • 1 Tim 4:15 : 15 Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that everyone will see your progress.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 8:22-25
    4 verses
    86%

    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.

    23The Work of the Levites Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    24“This is what pertains to the Levites: At the age of twenty-five years and upward one may begin to join the company in the work of the tent of meeting,

    25and at the age of fifty years they must retire from performing the work and may no longer work.

  • Num 3:6-8
    3 verses
    82%

    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.

    8And 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.

  • Num 8:13-15
    3 verses
    80%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 23:26-28
    3 verses
    80%

    26So the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the items used in its service.”

    27According to David’s final instructions, the Levites twenty years old and up were counted.

    28Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the LORD’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple.

  • Num 18:22-23
    2 verses
    80%

    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 1:49-50
    2 verses
    79%

    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 18:2-6
    5 verses
    79%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 23:32
    79%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 6:48
    77%

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

  • Num 1:53
    77%

    53But the Levites must camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that the LORD’s anger will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the testimony.”

  • Num 4:47
    77%

    47from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered to do the work of service and the work of carrying relating to the tent of meeting–

  • Deut 18:7
    76%

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

  • Num 8:19-20
    2 verses
    76%

    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.”

    20So Moses and Aaron and the entire community of the Israelites did this with the Levites. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, this is what the Israelites did with them.

  • Num 7:5
    76%

    5“Receive these gifts from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tent of meeting; and you must give them to the Levites, to every man as his service requires.”

  • Num 4:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    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 3:31
    75%

    31Their responsibilities included the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, the curtain, and all their service.

  • Num 4:23
    75%

    23You must number them from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work of the tent of meeting.

  • Num 8:9
    74%

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

  • Num 4:30-31
    2 verses
    74%

    30You must number them from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work of the tent of meeting.

    31This is what they are responsible to carry as their entire service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets,

  • Num 8:11
    74%

    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 4:39
    74%

    39from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting–

  • Num 4:3
    74%

    3from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work in the tent of meeting.

  • Num 4:43
    73%

    43from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting–

  • 2 Chr 31:17
    73%

    17They made disbursements to the priests listed in the genealogical records by their families, and to the Levites twenty years old and up, according to their duties as assigned to their divisions,

  • Num 4:35
    73%

    35from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting;

  • 1 Chr 23:24
    73%

    24These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the LORD’s temple and were twenty years old and up.

  • Ezek 44:11
    73%

    11Yet they will be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple, and serving the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them.

  • Ezek 44:14
    73%

    14Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, all of its service and all that will be done in it.

  • Deut 10:8
    73%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 9:26
    72%

    26The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God’s sanctuary.

  • Ezek 44:16
    72%

    16They will enter my sanctuary, and approach my table to minister to me; they will keep my charge.

  • 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.