Numbers 3:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

1 Chronicles 15:2

Then David commanded that no one but the Levites were to carry the ark of God, for the Lord had chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to him forever.

1 Chronicles 23:28

“but their duty shall be to assist the descendants of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, having the care of the courts and the chambers, the cleansing of all that is holy, and any work for the service of the house of God;

1 Chronicles 23:32

Thus they shall keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary and shall attend the descendants of Aaron, their kindred, for the service of the house of the Lord.”

1 Chronicles 6:33

These are the men who served, and their sons were: Of the Kohathites: Heman, the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel,

2 Chronicles 29:11

My sons, do not now be negligent, for the Lord has chosen you to stand in his presence to minister to him and to be his ministers and offer incense.”

Ezra 6:18

Then they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

Malachi 2:4

Know, then, that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may hold, says the Lord of hosts.

Numbers 18:21

“To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for a possession in return for the service that they perform, the service in the tent of meeting.

Numbers 2:17

“The tent of meeting, with the camp of the Levites, shall set out in the center of the camps; they shall set out just as they camp, each in position, by their regiments.

Numbers 2:33

Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, the Levites were not enrolled among the other Israelites.

Numbers 3:5

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister to him and to bless in his name, to this day.