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Numbers 18:1-6

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Provision for the Priesthood

1 The Lord said to Aaron, "You, your sons, and your ancestral house[a] will be responsible for sin against the sanctuary. You and your sons will be responsible for sin involving your priesthood.
2 But also bring your brothers with you from the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, so they may join you and serve with you and your sons in front of the tent of the testimony.[b]
3 They are to perform duties for you and for the whole tent. They must not come near the sanctuary equipment or the altar; otherwise, both they and you will die.
4 They are to join you and guard the tent of meeting, doing all the work at the tent, but no unauthorized person may come near you.
5 "You are to guard the sanctuary and the altar so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.[c]
6 Look, I have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift for you,[d] assigned by the Lord to work at the tent of meeting.
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Numbers 18:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 18

This chapter gives an account of the distinct work and service of the priests and Levites, Nu 18:1-7; and of several things given to the priests for their maintenance, Nu 18:8-19; and of the tithes the Levites should have to live upon, since they were to have no inheritance in the land of Israel, Nu 18:20-24; and of the tenth out of those tithes they were to give to the high priest, Nu 18:25-32.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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