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Numbers 18:2-7

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2 "But bring with you also your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may be 1joined with you and serve you, while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony.
3 "And they shall thus attend to your obligation and the obligation of all the tent, but 2they shall not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary and 3the altar, or both they and you will die.
4 "They shall be joined with you and attend to the obligations of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; but an outsider may not come near you.
5 "So you shall attend to the 4obligations of the sanctuary and the obligations of the altar, 5so that there will no longer be wrath on the sons of Israel.
6 "Behold, I Myself 6have taken your fellow Levites from among the sons of Israel; they are 7a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD, to perform the service for the tent of meeting.
7 "But you and your sons with you shall 8attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and inside * the veil, and you are to perform service. I am giving you the priesthood as 9a bestowed service, but 10the outsider who comes near shall be put to death."
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Numbers 18:2-7 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

Cross References 10

  • 1. Numbers 3:5-10
  • 2. Numbers 4:15-20
  • 3. Numbers 1:51; Numbers 18:7
  • 4. Exodus 27:21; Leviticus 24:3
  • 5. Numbers 16:46
  • 6. Numbers 3:12, 45
  • 7. Numbers 3:9
  • 8. Exodus 29:9
  • 9. Numbers 18:20; Deuteronomy 18:2; Matthew 10:8; 1 Peter 5:2, 3
  • 10. Numbers 1:51

Footnotes 5

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