These sought their place among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.
Numbers 16:40 - Y'all Version Bible to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger who isn’t of the offspring of Aaron, would come near to burn incense before YHWH, that he not be as Korah and as his company; as YHWH spoke to him by Moses. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition To be a memorial [a warning forever] to the Israelites, so that no outsider, that is, no one not of the descendants of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the Lord, lest he become as Korah and as his company, as the Lord said to Eleazar through Moses. American Standard Version (1901) to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, that is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before Jehovah; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as Jehovah spake unto him by Moses. Common English Bible just as the LORD instructed him through Moses. This was a reminder for the Israelites that no outsider who isn’t one of Aaron’s descendants should approach to burn incense in the LORD’s presence, so as not to be like Korah and his community. Catholic Public Domain Version so that the sons of Israel would have, thereafter, something to admonish them, lest any stranger, or anyone who is not of the offspring of Aaron, might approach to offer incense to the Lord, and lest he endure what happened to Korah, and to all his congregation, when the Lord spoke to Moses. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That the children of Israel might have for the time to come wherewith they should be admonished, that no stranger or any one that is not of seed of Aaron should come near to offer incense to the Lord: lest he should suffer as Core suffered, and all his congregation: according as the Lord spoke to Moses. |
These sought their place among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.
House of Aaron, y’all are to trust in YHWH! He is their help and their shield.
The room which faces toward the north is for the priests who perform the duty of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to YHWH to minister to him.”
You are to give to the Levitical priests who are of the offspring of Zadok, who are near to me, to minister to me,’ says Lord YHWH, ‘a young bull for a sin offering.
“‘No stranger is to eat of the holy thing: a foreigner residing with the priests, or a hired servant, is not to eat of the holy thing.
When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites must take it down. When the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites must set it up. The stranger who comes near must be put to death.
Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which those who were burned had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,
You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to keep their priesthood, but the stranger who comes near must be put to death.”
Moses, Aaron, and his sons, who keep the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel, camped before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise. Any outsider who approaches was to be put to death.
No one takes this honor upon themselves, but they receive it only when called to it by God, just as Aaron was.
then y’all are to tell them, ‘Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off ahead of the ark of YHWH’s covenant. When it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.’ These stones are to be a memorial to the children of Israel forever.”
Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, rushed into the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.