Numbers 18:23

God's Word

Only the Levites will do the work at the tent of meeting. They will be responsible for their own sins. This is a permanent law for future generations. They will own no property as the other Israelites will.

Cross References

Exodus 27:21

In the tent of meeting outside the canopy where the words of my promise are, Aaron and his descendants must keep the lamps lit in the Lord’s presence from evening until morning. This is a permanent law among the Israelites for generations to come.”

Ezekiel 44:10

“ ‘Some Levites went far away from me when Israel wandered off to follow their idols. They must be punished for their sins.

Numbers 18:1

The Lord said to Aaron, “You, your sons, and your family will be responsible for any sins against the holy place. You and your sons will also be responsible for any sins you commit when you work as priests.

Numbers 18:20

The Lord said to Aaron, “You will have no land or property of your own as the other Israelites will have. I am your possession and your property among the Israelites.

Numbers 19:21

This will be a permanent law for them. “Whoever sprinkles the water to take away uncleanness must wash his clothes. And whoever touches this water will be unclean until evening.

Numbers 26:62

The total number of all the ⌞Levite⌟ males at least one month old was 23,000. They were not counted along with the other Israelites, because they were given no land of their own.

Numbers 3:7

They will work for him and the whole community in front of the tent of meeting, doing what needs to be done for the inner tent.

Numbers 35:29

“These will be the rules for future generations wherever you live.

Deuteronomy 10:9

This is why the tribe of Levi has no land of their own as the other tribes have. The Lord your God is their only possession, as he promised them.

Joshua 13:14

Moses did not give any land as an inheritance to the tribe of Levi. The sacrifices offered to the Lord God of Israel are what the Levites inherited, as the Lord had promised them.