Numbers 3:38

And those whose tents are to be placed on the east side of the House in front of the Tent of meeting, looking to the dawn, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, who will do the work of the holy place for the children of Israel; and any strange person who comes near will be put to death.

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In The King James Version

But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

In Context

37And the pillars of the open space round it, with their bases and nails and cords.

39All the Levites numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord, all the males of one month old and over numbered in the order of their families, were twenty-two thousand.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:53But the tents of the Levites are to be round the Tent of meeting, so that wrath may not come on the children of Israel: the Tent of meeting is to be in the care of the Levites.

Numbers 3:7In order that they may be responsible to him and to all Israel for the care of the Tent of meeting, and to do the work of the House;

Numbers 3:23The tents of the Gershonites are to be placed at the back of the House, to the west.

Numbers 3:35The chief of the families of Merari was Zuriel, the son of Abihail: their tents are to be placed on the north side of the House.

1 Chronicles 6:48And their brothers the Levites were responsible for all the work of the Tent of the house of God.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:15-40

14 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord , as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families;… Read the whole commentary →

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