Numbers 18:2 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

² The Levites are your relatives and are here to help you in your service at the tent.

Tuilleadh leaganacha

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And your brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your [fore]father, bring with you, that they may be joined to you and minister to you; but only you and your sons with you shall come before the Tent of the Testimony [into the Holy Place where only priests may go and into the Most Holy Place which only the high priest dares enter].

American Standard Version (1901)

² And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tent of the testimony.

Common English Bible

² Bring with you your brothers from the tribe of Levi, your father’s tribe, so that they can assist you and serve you and your sons before the covenant tent.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² But take to yourselves also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, and the scepter of your father, and may they be prepared, and may they minister to you. Then you and your sons shall minister in the tabernacle of the testimony.

Numbers 18:2 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 29:34

When Leah's third son was born, she said, “Now my husband will hold me close.” So this son was named Levi.

Ezekiel 44:11

They will still be allowed to serve me as temple workers by guarding the gates and by killing the animals to be sacrificed and by helping the worshipers.

Ezekiel 44:15

The priests of the Levi tribe who are descendants of Zadok the priest were faithful to me, even when the rest of the Israelites turned away. And so, these priests will continue to serve as my priests and to offer the fat and the blood of sacrifices.

Malachi 2:4

I am telling you this, so I can continue to keep my agreement with your ancestor Levi.

Numbers 1:53

But the Levites will camp around the sacred tent to make sure that no one goes near it and makes me furious with the Israelites.

Numbers 16:40

just as the Lord had told Moses. The pans were a warning to the Israelites that only Aaron's descendants would be allowed to offer incense to the Lord. Anyone else who tried to would be punished like Korah and his followers.

Numbers 17:7

Moses took them and placed them in the Lord's sacred tent.

Numbers 18:4

No one else is allowed to take care of the sacred tent or do anything connected with it.

Numbers 3:5

The Lord said to Moses:

Numbers 4:15

When the camp is ready to be moved, the Kohathites will be responsible for carrying the sacred objects and the furnishings of the sacred tent. But Aaron and his sons must have already covered those things so the Kohathites won't touch them and die.

Numbers 8:19

and I have given them as gifts to Aaron and his sons to serve at the sacred tent. I will hold them responsible for what happens to anyone who gets too close to the sacred tent.

Numbers 8:22

After this, the Levites worked at the sacred tent as assistants to Aaron and his sons, just as the Lord had commanded.

Hebrews 9:6

But this is how everything was when the priests went each day into the first part of the tent to do their duties.