Numbers 16:40

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

just as the Lord commanded him through Moses. It was to be a reminder for the Israelites that no unauthorised person outside the lineage of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the Lord   and become like Korah and his followers.

Cross References

Numbers 3:10

You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out their priestly responsibilities, but any unauthorised person who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.’

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain,  have plunged into Balaam’s error  for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

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 1:51

Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to stop at a campsite, the Levites are to set it up. Any unauthorised  person who comes near it is to be put to death.

Leviticus 22:10

‘No one outside a priest’s family  , is to eat the holy offering. A foreigner staying with a priest or a hired worker is not to eat the holy offering.

Hebrews 5:4

No one takes this honour on himself; instead, a person is called by God, just as Aaron was.

Numbers 16:39

So the priest Eleazar took the bronze firepans that those who were burned had presented, and they were hammered into plating for the altar,

Joshua 4:7

you should tell them, “The water of the Jordan was cut off in front of the ark of the Lord’s covenant. When it crossed the Jordan, the Jordan’s water was cut off.” Therefore these stones will always be a memorial for the Israelites.’

Ezra 2:62

These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.

Ezekiel 40:46

The chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok,  the ones from the sons of Levi who may approach the Lord to serve him.’

Ezekiel 43:19

You are to give a bull from the herd  as a sin offering  to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of Zadok,  who approach me in order to serve me.’  This is the declaration of the Lord God.