Numbers 18:1
And the Lord said to Aaron: “You, and your sons, and the house of your father with you, shall carry the iniquity of the Sanctuary. And you and your sons together shall bear the sins of your priesthood.
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Exodus 28:38hanging in front of the high priest. And Aaron shall carry the iniquities of that which the sons of Israel have offered and sanctified, in all their gifts and donations. But the plate will always be at his forehead, so that the Lord may be well pleased with them.
Numbers 14:34According to the number of the forty days, during which you examined the land, one year shall be charged for each day. And so, for forty years you shall take back your iniquities, and you shall know my retribution.
Numbers 17:7And when Moses had placed these before the Lord, in the tabernacle of the testimony,
Numbers 18:22so that the sons of Israel may no longer approach to the tabernacle, nor commit deadly sin.
Isaiah 53:11Because his soul has labored, he will see and be satisfied. By his knowledge, my just servant will himself justify many, and he himself will carry their iniquities.
Acts 20:26For this reason, I call you as witnesses on this very day: that I am clean from the blood of all.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 18:1
Aaron being now fully established in the priesthood abundantly to his own satisfaction, and to the satisfaction of the people (which was the good that God brought out of the evil opposition made to him), in this chapter God gives him full instructions concerning his office or rather repeats those which he had before given him. He tells him, I. What must be his work and the care and charge committed to him, and what assistance he should have the Levites in that work, ver. 1-7 . II. What should be his and the… Read the whole commentary →