Numbers 1:53

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Levites are to camp round the tabernacle of the testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the Israelite community.’

Cross References

Numbers 16:46

Then Moses told Aaron, ‘Take your firepan, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the community and make atonement for them, because wrath has come from the Lord; the plague has begun.’

1 Chronicles 23:32

They are to carry out their responsibilities for the tent of meeting, for the holy place,  and for their relatives, the descendants of Aaron,  in the service of the Lord’s temple.’

Leviticus 10:6

Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar,  ‘Do not let your hair hang loose  and do not tear your clothes,  or else you will die, and the Lord will become angry  with the whole community. However, your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may weep  over the fire that the Lord caused.

Numbers 31:47

Moses took one out of every fifty, selected from the people and the livestock of the Israelites’ half. He gave them to the Levites who perform the duties of the Lord’s tabernacle, as the Lord had commanded him.

Numbers 31:30

From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty from the people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats, all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who perform the duties of  the Lord’s tabernacle.’

Numbers 8:19

From the Israelites, I have given the Levites exclusively to Aaron and his sons to perform the work for the Israelites at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.’

2 Timothy 4:2

Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and teaching.

Jeremiah 23:15

Therefore, this is what the Lord of Armies says concerning the prophets: I am about to feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness  has spread throughout the land.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it like this. But what will you do at the end of it?

2 Chronicles 13:10

‘But as for us, the Lord is our God. We have not abandoned him; the priests ministering to the Lord are descendants of Aaron, and the Levites serve at their tasks.

1 Samuel 6:19

God struck down the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the Lord.  , He struck down seventy persons.  The people mourned because the Lord struck them with a great slaughter.

Numbers 3:38

Moses, Aaron, and his sons, who performed the duties of  the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites, camped in front of the tabernacle on the east,  in front of the tent of meeting towards the sunrise. Any unauthorised person who came near it was to be put to death.

Numbers 1:50

Appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They are to transport the tabernacle and all its articles, take care of it, and camp round it.

Numbers 1:54

The Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Numbers 2:17

The tent of meeting is to move out with the Levites’ camp, which is in the middle of the camps. They are to move out just as they camp, each in his place,  with their banners.

Numbers 3:23

The Gershonite clans camped behind the tabernacle on the west side,

Numbers 3:29

The clans of the Kohathites camped on the south side of the tabernacle,

Numbers 3:35

The leader of the families of the Merarite clans was Zuriel son of Abihail; they camped on the north side of the tabernacle.

Numbers 17:7

Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the testimony.

Numbers 16:9

Isn’t it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the Israelite community to bring you near to himself,  to perform the work at the Lord’s tabernacle, and to stand before the community to minister to them?

2 Chronicles 13:11

They offer a burnt offering and fragrant incense to the Lord every morning and every evening,  and they set the rows of the Bread of the Presence on the ceremonially clean table.  They light the lamps of the gold lampstand every evening. We are carrying out the requirements of the Lord our God, while you have abandoned him.