These sought their register among those who were counted by genealogy, but they were not found, so they were barred from the priesthood as defiled.
Numbers 16:40 - The Scriptures 1998 a remembrance to the children of Yisra’ĕ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition To be a memorial [a warning forever] to the Israelites, so that no outsider, that is, no one not of the descendants of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the Lord, lest he become as Korah and as his company, as the Lord said to Eleazar through Moses. American Standard Version (1901) to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, that is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before Jehovah; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as Jehovah spake unto him by Moses. Common English Bible just as the LORD instructed him through Moses. This was a reminder for the Israelites that no outsider who isn’t one of Aaron’s descendants should approach to burn incense in the LORD’s presence, so as not to be like Korah and his community. Catholic Public Domain Version so that the sons of Israel would have, thereafter, something to admonish them, lest any stranger, or anyone who is not of the offspring of Aaron, might approach to offer incense to the Lord, and lest he endure what happened to Korah, and to all his congregation, when the Lord spoke to Moses. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That the children of Israel might have for the time to come wherewith they should be admonished, that no stranger or any one that is not of seed of Aaron should come near to offer incense to the Lord: lest he should suffer as Core suffered, and all his congregation: according as the Lord spoke to Moses. |
These sought their register among those who were counted by genealogy, but they were not found, so they were barred from the priesthood as defiled.
“And the room facing north is for the priests who guard the duty of the altar, they are the sons of Tsaḏ
‘And you shall give a young bull for a sin offering to the priests, the Lĕ
‘And no stranger eats the set-apart offering. A sojourner with the priest, or a hired servant, does not eat the set-apart offering.
“And appoint Aharon and his sons, and they shall guard their priesthood. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
And those who were to camp before the Dwelling Place on the east, before the Tent of Meeting, were Mosheh and Aharon, and his sons, guarding the duty of the set-apart place, and the duty of the children of Yisra’ĕ
And no one obtains this esteem for himself, but he who is called by Elohim, even as Aharon also was.
Woe to them! Because they have gone in the way of Qayin, and gave themselves to the delusion of Bilʽ