Numbers 8:19

Good News Translation

and I assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons, as a gift from the Israelites, to work in the Tent for the people of Israel and to protect the Israelites from the disaster that would strike them if they came too near the Holy Place.”

Cross References

Exodus 12:50

All the Israelites obeyed and did what the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.

Numbers 1:50

Instead, put the Levites in charge of the Tent of my presence and all its equipment. They shall carry it and its equipment, serve in it, and set up their camp around it.

Numbers 1:53

But the Levites shall camp around the Tent to guard it, so that no one may come near and cause my anger to strike the community of Israel.”

Numbers 16:46

and Moses said to Aaron, “Take your fire pan, put live coals from the altar in it, and put some incense on the coals. Then hurry with it to the people and perform the ritual of purification for them. Hurry! The Lord's anger has already broken out and an epidemic has already begun.”

Numbers 8:18

I am now taking the Levites instead of all the first-born of the Israelites,

Numbers 8:20

So Moses, Aaron, and all the people of Israel dedicated the Levites, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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.