Numbers 16:10

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He has allowed you to approach him, and all your brother Levites with you, yet you seek the priesthood as well!

Cross References

3 John 1:9

I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not welcome us.

Philippians 2:3

Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.

Romans 12:10

love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.

Luke 22:24

A dispute also arose among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

Proverbs 13:10

By insolence the empty-headed person makes strife, but wisdom is with those who take advice.

Numbers 18:7

But you and your sons with you shall diligently perform your priestly duties in all that concerns the altar and the area behind the curtain. I give your priesthood as a gift; any outsider who approaches shall be put to death.”

Numbers 3:10

But you shall enroll Aaron and his descendants; it is they who shall attend to the priesthood, and any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

Numbers 18:1

The Lord said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your ancestral house with you shall bear responsibility for offenses connected with the sanctuary, while you and your sons alone shall bear responsibility for offenses connected with the priesthood.

Judges 17:12

So Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and was in the house of Micah.

Numbers 3:6

“Bring the tribe of Levi near and set them before Aaron the priest, so that they may assist him.