Numbers 3:10

God's Word

Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests. Anyone else who tries to do the priests’ duties must be put to death.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:7

The Lord became angry with Uzzah, so God killed him there for his lack of respect. He died beside the ark of God.

1 Kings 12:31

Jeroboam built worship sites on hilltops. He appointed men who were not descended from Levi to be priests.

1 Chronicles 6:32

They served as musicians in the courtyard in front of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem. They performed their duties according to the regulations set down for them.

Nehemiah 6:11

But I asked, “Should a man like me run away? Would a man like me go into the temple to save his life? I won’t go.”

Exodus 29:9

and put turbans on them. Tie belts around the waists of Aaron and his sons. They alone are to be priests; this is a permanent law. In this way you will ordain Aaron and his sons.

Ezekiel 44:8

You didn’t take care of my holy things. You put foreigners in charge of my temple.

Leviticus 22:10

“Laypeople must never eat any holy offering, even if they are visiting a priest or are working for him.

Numbers 1:51

When the tent has to be moved, the Levites will take it down. When we camp, they will set it up. Anyone else who comes near the tent will be put to death.

Numbers 16:10

He has brought you and all the other Levites near himself, but now you demand to be priests.

Numbers 16:35

Fire came from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were offering incense.

Numbers 16:40

following the command that the Lord had given through Moses. The bronze-covered altar will remind Israel that no one but a descendant of Aaron can come near to burn incense to the Lord. Everyone else will die like Korah and his followers.

Numbers 18:3

They will work for you, doing whatever work is necessary for the whole tent. But they must not come near the altar or the furnishings in the holy place, or they will die, and you will die, too.

Numbers 18:7

Only you and your sons may do the work of priests—everything done at the altar and under the canopy. This is my gift to you: You may serve me as priests. Anyone else who comes near ⌞the holy place to do this work⌟ must die.”

Numbers 3:11

The Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 3:38

Moses, Aaron, and his sons put up their tents on the east side in front of the tent of meeting. They were in charge of the holy place on behalf of the Israelites. Anyone else who tried to do the Levites’ duties had to be put to death.

Romans 12:7

If your gift is serving, then devote yourself to serving. If it is teaching, devote yourself to teaching.

Ephesians 2:19

That is why you are no longer foreigners and outsiders but citizens together with God’s people and members of God’s family.

Deuteronomy 18:5

Out of all your tribes, the Lord your God has chosen the Levites and their descendants to do the work of serving in the name of the Lord forever.

Hebrews 8:4

If he were on earth, he would not even be a priest. On earth ⌞other⌟ priests offer gifts by following the instructions that Moses gave.

Judges 17:5

Micah owned a shrine. He also made an ephod  and household idols. He ordained one of his sons to be his priest.

1 Samuel 6:19

God struck down some of the people from Beth Shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the Lord. He struck down 70 people. The people mourned because the Lord struck them with such a great blow.