Numbers 8:19

God's Word

The Levites will be the only Israelites I give to Aaron and his sons. They will work for the Israelites at the tent of meeting. They will make peace with the Lord for the Israelites. Then no plague will strike the Israelites when they come near the holy place.”

Cross References

Exodus 12:50

All the Israelites did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.

Numbers 1:50

Put the Levites in charge of the tent of God’s words, including the equipment for the tent and everything else having to do with the tent. The Levites will carry the tent and all its equipment. They will take care of the tent and camp around it.

Numbers 1:53

The Levites will camp all around the tent of God’s words. In this way ⌞the Lord⌟ won’t be angry with the community of Israel. So the Levites will be in charge of the tent of God’s words.”

Numbers 16:46

Moses said to Aaron, “Take your incense burner, put burning coals from the altar and incense in it, and go quickly into the community to make peace with the Lord for the people. The Lord is showing his anger; a plague has started.”

Numbers 8:18

So I have taken the Levites as substitutes for all the firstborn sons of the Israelites.

Numbers 8:20

Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel did what the Lord commanded Moses to do to the Levites.

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.