Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Numbers 16:10 - King James Version - American Edition And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? 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, |
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the veil; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
I wrote unto the church: but Diot´re-phes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not.
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.