Numbers 18:5
And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar, that there be no more wrath upon the sons of Israel.
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Exodus 30:7And Aaron shall burn in it incense of sweet spices. Every morning, when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn it.
Leviticus 24:3Aaron shall keep it outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, in order from evening to morning before LORD continually. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
Numbers 4:18Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites,
Numbers 8:19And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to do the service of the sons of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the sons of Israel, that there be no plague am
1 Chronicles 9:19And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent. And their fathers had been over t
1 Chronicles 9:33And these are the singers, heads of fathers of the Levites, [who dwelt] in the chambers [and were] free [from other service], for they were employed in their work day and night.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 18:2-8
The Service of the Priests and Levites. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 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. 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. 3 And they shall keep thy… Read the whole commentary →