Numbers 3:10

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“Appoint Aaron and his sons to be priests. They must do their duty and serve as priests. Anyone else who tries to come near the holy things must be killed.”

Cross References

Numbers 1:51

Whenever the Holy Tent is moved, the Levites must do it. Whenever the Holy Tent is set up, the Levites must do it. They are the men who will take care of the Holy Tent. Anyone else who tries to take care of the tent must be killed.

Numbers 3:38

Moses, Aaron, and his sons camped east of the Holy Tent, in front of the Meeting Tent. They were given the work of caring for the Holy Place. They did this for all the Israelites. Anyone else who came near the Holy Place was to be killed.

Romans 12:7

Whoever has the gift of serving should serve. Whoever has the gift of teaching should teach.

Numbers 18:7

But, Aaron, only you and your sons may serve as priests. You are the only ones who can go near the altar or behind the curtain into the Most Holy Place. I am giving you a gift—your service as a priest. Anyone else who tries to come too close must be killed.”

Hebrews 8:4

If our high priest were now living on earth, he would not be a priest. I say this because there are already priests here who follow the law by offering gifts to God.

Ephesians 2:19

So now you non-Jewish people are not visitors or strangers, but you are citizens together with God’s holy people. You belong to God’s family.

Ezekiel 44:8

You did not take care of my holy things. No, you let foreigners have responsibility of my holy place!’”

Numbers 18:3

These Levites will be under your control. They will do all the work that needs to be done in the Tent. But they must not go near the things in the Holy Place or the altar. If they do, they will die—and you also will die.

Numbers 16:40

He did this the way the Lord commanded him through Moses. This was a sign to help the Israelites remember that only someone from the family of Aaron should burn incense before the Lord. Any other person who burns incense before the Lord will die like Korah and his followers.

Numbers 16:35

Then a fire came from the Lord and destroyed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

Exodus 29:9

Then tie cloth belts around their waists, and give them cloth caps to wear. At that time they will begin to be priests. They will be priests because of the special law that will continue forever. This is the way you will make Aaron and his sons priests.

1 Chronicles 6:32

These men served by singing at the Holy Tent. The Holy Tent is also called the Meeting Tent. These men served until Solomon built the Lord’s Temple in Jerusalem. They served by following the rules given to them for their work.

2 Samuel 6:7

But the Lord was angry with Uzzah and killed him for that mistake. Uzzah showed he did not honor God when he touched the Holy Box, so he died there by God’s Holy Box.

1 Samuel 6:19

But no priests were there to lead the celebration when the men of Beth Shemesh saw the Lord’s Holy Box. So the Lord killed 70 men from Beth Shemesh. The people of Beth Shemesh cried loudly because of this hard punishment.

Leviticus 22:10

Only a priest’s family can eat the holy food. A visitor staying with the priest or a hired worker must not eat any of the holy food.

Numbers 3:11

The Lord also said to Moses,

Numbers 16:10

He brought you Levites near to him to help the priests, but now you are trying to become priests also.

Judges 17:5

Micah had a temple for worshiping idols. He made an ephod and some house idols. Then Micah chose one of his sons to be his priest.

Deuteronomy 18:5

This is because the Lord your God looked at all your tribes and chose Levi and his descendants to serve him as priests forever.

1 Kings 12:31

Jeroboam also built temples at the high places and chose priests from among the different tribes of Israel. (He did not choose priests only from the tribe of Levi.)

Nehemiah 6:11

But I said to Shemaiah, “Should a man like me run away? You know that an ordinary man like me cannot go into the Holy Place without being put to death. I will not go!”