Arrogance leads to nothing but strife, but wisdom is gained by those who take advice.
Numbers 16:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He has brought you near, and all your fellow Levites who are with you, but you are pursuing the priesthood as well. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And that He has brought you near to Him, and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you? Would you seek the priesthood also? American Standard Version (1901) and that he hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee? and seek ye the priesthood also? Common English Bible He has allowed you and all your fellow Levites with you to approach him. Yet you also seek the priesthood? Catholic Public Domain Version Was the reason that he caused you and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, to approach him, so that you would even claim for yourselves the priesthood too, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Did he therefore make thee and all thy brethren, the sons of Levi, to approach unto him, that you should challenge to yourselves the priesthood also, |
Arrogance leads to nothing but strife, but wisdom is gained by those who take advice.
The Lord said to Aaron, ‘You, your sons, and your ancestral family , will be responsible for iniquity against the sanctuary. You and your sons will be responsible for iniquity involving your priesthood.
But you and your sons will carry out your priestly responsibilities for everything concerning the altar and for what is inside the curtain, and you will do that work. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but an unauthorised person who comes near the sanctuary will be put to death.’
You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out their priestly responsibilities, but any unauthorised person who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.’
‘Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them to the priest Aaron to assist him.
Then a dispute also arose among them about who should be considered the greatest.
Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honouring one another.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.
I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have first place among them, does not receive our authority.
Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.