Numbers 18:1
The Lord told Aaron, “You and your sons and the other Levites bear the responsibility for sins relating to the sanctuary. You and your sons alone bear the responsibility for sins relating to your priesthood.
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Exodus 28:38Aaron will wear it on his forehead, so that he may take responsibility for the guilt of the offerings the Israelites make, and this applies to all their holy gifts. It must always remain on his forehead in order that the people are accepted in the Lord's presence.
Numbers 14:34Just as you explored the country for forty days, so shall your punishment for your sins be forty years, a year for every day, and you will see what happens when I oppose you.
Numbers 17:7Moses placed the walking sticks before the Lord in the Tent of the Testimony.
Numbers 18:22The Israelites are no longer allowed to approach the Tent of Meeting, or they will commit an offense and die.
Isaiah 53:11After his suffering, he will see the results and be satisfied. Through his knowledge my servant who does what is right will set many right, and he will bear their sins.
Acts 20:26So I declare to you today that I am not responsible if anyone is lost.
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 →