Numbers 3:10 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁰ You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to maintain the priesthood; any commoner who approaches must be executed.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall observe and attend to their priest's office; but the excluded [anyone daring to assume priestly duties or privileges who is not of the house of Aaron and called of God] who comes near [the holy things] shall be put to death.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ You will appoint Aaron and his sons to be responsible for the priesthood. Any other person who approaches will be put to death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ But you shall appoint Aaron and his sons over the service of priesthood. The outsider who approaches to minister shall be put to death."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ To Aaron and to his sons, to whom they are delivered by the children of Israel. But thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons over the service of priesthood. The stranger that approacheth to minister shall be put to death.

Numbers 3:10 Cross References

2 Samuel 6:7

Then the anger of Adonai was kindled against Uzzah. God struck him down there for his irreverence, so that he died there beside the ark of God.

1 Kings 12:31

He also made shrines on the high places and appointed priests from among the people, who were not sons of Levi.

1 Chronicles 6:32

son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.

Nehemiah 6:11

But I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who in my position could go into the Temple and live? I will not go in.”

Exodus 29:9

You are to gird Aaron and his sons with sashes, tie headwear on them, and they shall hold the priesthood by a perpetual statute. In this way you are to consecrate Aaron and his sons.

Ezekiel 44:8

You have not kept charge of My holy things, but you have set keepers of My service in My Sanctuary to please yourselves.’”

Leviticus 22:10

“No layman is to eat from the holy offering. A foreigner living with the kohanim or a hired servant is not to eat from the holy offering.

Numbers 1:51

Whenever the Tabernacle sets out, the Levites are to dismantle it, and whenever the Tabernacle is pitched, the Levites are to set it up. But the commoner who comes near to it must be put to death.

Numbers 16:10

So He brought you close, along with all your fellow sons of Levi. But you are seeking the priesthood, too!

Numbers 16:35

Fire also came out from Adonai and consumed the 250 men offering the incense.

Numbers 16:40

just as Adonai had spoken to him by Moses’ hand, so that it would be as a reminder to Bnei-Yisrael that no one who was not a descendant of Aaron should burn incense before Adonai, and so no one would become like Korah and his following.

Numbers 18:3

They are to perform their duties for you and for all matters related to the Tent. They must not approach the implements of the Sanctuary or the altar—otherwise, both you and they will die.

Numbers 18:7

But you and your sons with you are to maintain your priesthood for everything pertaining to the altar and inside the parokhet . I am giving you the ministry of the priesthood as a gift. Anyone unauthorized who approaches will die.”

Numbers 3:11

Then Adonai said to Moses saying,

Numbers 3:38

Those camping in front of the Tent of Meeting, on the east, toward the sunrise, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons. They were to care for the Sanctuary on behalf of Bnei-Yisrael. But anyone unauthorized who approached had to be executed.

Romans 12:7

if service, in our serving; or the one who teaches, in his teaching;

Ephesians 2:19

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household.

Deuteronomy 18:5

For Adonai your God has chosen him from all your tribes to stand and serve in the Name of Adonai—him and his sons forever.

Hebrews 8:4

Now if He were on earth, He would not be a kohen at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Torah.

Judges 17:5

Now the man Micah had a shrine of gods, and he made an ephod and household idols, and consecrated one of his sons to become his priest.

1 Samuel 6:19

Then He struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh because they had gazed into the ark of Adonai. He struck down the people—70 out of 50,000 men—the people mourned because Adonai had struck the people a great slaughter.