Numbers 3:10

Good News Translation

You shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; anyone else who tries to do so shall be put to death.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:7

At once the Lord God became angry with Uzzah and killed him because of his irreverence. Uzzah died there beside the Covenant Box,

1 Kings 12:31

Jeroboam also built places of worship on hilltops, and he chose priests from families who were not of the tribe of Levi.

1 Chronicles 6:32

They took regular turns of duty at the Tent of the Lord's presence during the time before King Solomon built the Temple.

Nehemiah 6:11

I answered, “I'm not the kind of person that runs and hides. Do you think I would try to save my life by hiding in the Temple? I won't do it.”

Exodus 29:9

put sashes around their waists and tie caps on their heads. That is how you are to ordain Aaron and his sons. They and their descendants are to serve me as priests forever.

Ezekiel 44:8

They have not taken charge of the sacred rituals in my Temple, but instead have put foreigners in charge.

Leviticus 22:10

“Only a member of a priestly family may eat any of the sacred offerings; no one else may eat them—not even someone staying with a priest or hired by him.

Numbers 1:51

Whenever you move your camp, the Levites shall take the Tent down and set it up again at each new campsite. Anyone else who comes near the Tent shall be put to death.

Numbers 16:10

He has let you and all the other Levites have this honor—and now you are trying to get the priesthood too!

Numbers 16:35

Then the Lord sent a fire that blazed out and burned up the 250 men who had presented the incense.

Numbers 16:40

This was a warning to the Israelites that no one who was not a descendant of Aaron should come to the altar to burn incense for the Lord. Otherwise he would be destroyed like Korah and his men. All this was done as the Lord had commanded Eleazar through Moses.

Numbers 18:3

They are to fulfill their duties to you and their responsibilities for the Tent, but they must not have any contact with sacred objects in the Holy Place or with the altar. If they do, both they and you will be put to death.

Numbers 18:7

But you and your sons alone shall fulfill all the responsibilities of the priesthood that concern the altar and what is in the Most Holy Place. These things are your responsibility, because I have given you the gift of the priesthood. Any unqualified person who comes near the sacred objects shall be put to death.”

Numbers 3:11

The Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 3:38

Moses and Aaron and his sons were to camp in front of the Tent on the east. They were responsible for carrying out the services performed in the Holy Place for the people of Israel. Anyone else who tried to do so was to be put to death.

Romans 12:7

if it is to serve, we should serve; if it is to teach, we should teach;

Ephesians 2:19

So then, you Gentiles are not foreigners or strangers any longer; you are now citizens together with God's people and members of the family of God.

Deuteronomy 18:5

The Lord chose from all your tribes the tribe of Levi to serve him as priests forever.

Hebrews 8:4

If he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer the gifts required by the Jewish Law.

Judges 17:5

This man Micah had his own place of worship. He made some idols and an ephod, and appointed one of his sons as his priest.

1 Samuel 6:19

The Lord killed seventy of the men of Beth Shemesh because they looked inside the Covenant Box. And the people mourned because the Lord had caused such a great slaughter among them.