Numbers 3:10

And thou shalt appoint Aharon and his banim; they shall be shomer to watch over their kehunah; the zar that encroach shall be put to death.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

In Context

9And thou shalt give the Levi'im unto Aharon and to his banim; they are wholly given unto him from among the Bnei Yisroel.

11And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,

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Cross References

Exodus 29:9And thou shalt gird them with Avnet, Aharon and his banim, and put the migba'ot on them; and the Kehunnah shall be theirs for a chukkat olam; and thou shalt ordain + 29:9 i.e. fill their hands (invest them with authority as ministers) Aharon and his banim.

Numbers 3:38And those that encamp in front of the Mishkan toward the east, even in front of the Ohel Mo'ed eastward, shall be Moshe, and Aharon and his banim, shomrim mishmeret HaMikdash (standing guard duty over the holy area) on behalf of the Bnei Yisroel; and the zar that shall encroach shall be put to death.

Numbers 18:7Therefore thou and thy Banim with thee shall be shomer over your Kehunah with everything of the Mizbe'ach, and within the Parochet; and ye shall do the Avodas service: I have given your Kehunah unto you as an Avodas Mattanah; and the zar (unauthorized one) that shall encroach shall be put to death.

1 Samuel 6:19And He struck down the anashim of Beit-Shemesh, because they had looked into the Aron Hashem, + 6:19 Num 4:20 even He struck down of HaAm shivim ish; + 6:19 and chamishim elef ish and HaAm mourned, because Hashem had struck down many of HaAm with a makkah gedolah (a great stroke, blow).

1 Kings 12:31And he made a bais for the + 12:31 idolatrous high places, and made kohanim of the lowest of the people, which were not of the Bnei Levi.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:2-14

The Separation of the Levites. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in Mount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord , when they offered strange fire before the Lord , in the wilderness of Sinai, and… Read the whole commentary →

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