Numbers 18:2 - Easy To Read Version

² Bring the other Levite men from your family group to join you. They will help you and your sons do your work in the Tent of the Agreement. [229]

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And your brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your [fore]father, bring with you, that they may be joined to you and minister to you; but only you and your sons with you shall come before the Tent of the Testimony [into the Holy Place where only priests may go and into the Most Holy Place which only the high priest dares enter].

American Standard Version (1901)

² And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tent of the testimony.

Common English Bible

² Bring with you your brothers from the tribe of Levi, your father’s tribe, so that they can assist you and serve you and your sons before the covenant tent.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² But take to yourselves also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, and the scepter of your father, and may they be prepared, and may they minister to you. Then you and your sons shall minister in the tabernacle of the testimony.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And take with thee thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, and the sceptre of thy father: and let them be ready in hand, and minister to thee. But thou and thy sons shall minister in the tabernacle of the testimony.

Numbers 18:2 Cross References

Genesis 29:34

Leah became pregnant again and had another son. She named the son Levi. [168] Leah said, “Now, surely my husband will love me. I have given him three sons.”

2 Chronicles 30:16

They took their regular places in the temple the way the law of Moses, the man of God, {\cf2\super [369]} said. The Levites gave the blood to the priests. Then the priests sprinkled the blood on the altar. {\cf2\super [370]}

Ezekiel 44:11

The Levites were chosen to serve in my holy place. They guarded the gates of the temple. They served in the temple. They killed the animals for the sacrifices and burnt offerings for the people. They were chosen to help the people and to serve them.

Ezekiel 44:15

“The priests are all from the family group of Levi. But only priests from Zadok’s family took care of my holy place when the people of Israel turned away from me. So only Zadok’s descendants will bring offerings to me. They will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood from the animals they sacrifice.” The Lord my Master said those things!

Malachi 2:4

Then you will learn why I am giving you this command. I am telling you these things so my Agreement {\cf2\super [11]} with Levi {\cf2\super [12]} will continue.” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Numbers 1:53

But the men of Levi must make their camp around the Holy Tent. The men of Levi will guard the Holy Tent of the Agreement. {They will protect the Holy Tent} so that nothing bad will happen to the people of Israel.”

Numbers 16:40

He did this the way the Lord commanded him through Moses. This was a sign to help the people of Israel remember that only a person from the family of Aaron should burn incense [215] before the Lord. Any other person who burns incense before the Lord will die like Korah and his followers.

Numbers 17:7

Moses put the walking sticks before the Lord in the Tent of the Agreement. [227]

Numbers 18:4

They will join you and work with you. They will be responsible for caring for the Meeting Tent. [232] All the work that must be done in the Tent will be done by them. No one else may come near the place where you are.

Numbers 3:5

The Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 4:15

“Aaron and his sons must finish covering all the holy things in the Holy Place. [62] Then the men from the Kohath family can go in and begin carrying those things. In this way, they will not touch the Holy Place and die.

Numbers 8:19

I chose the Levite people from among all the people of Israel. And I give them as gifts to Aaron and his sons. I want them to do the work at the Meeting Tent. They will serve for all the people of Israel. They will help make the sacrifices that make the people of Israel pure. Then no great sickness or trouble will come to the people of Israel when they come near the holy place.”

Numbers 8:22

After that, the Levite people came to the Meeting Tent [133] to do their work. Aaron and his sons watched them. They were responsible for the work of the Levite people. Aaron and his sons did the things that the Lord told Moses.

Hebrews 9:6

Everything in the tent was made ready in the way I have explained. Then the priests went into the first room every day to do their worship.