Numbers 3:6

Bring the tribe of Levi near, and appoint them before Aharon the priest, that they may minister with him.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

In Context

5And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying:

7And they shall keep the watch and the charge of all the congregation by the tabernacle of ordinance to perform the service of the tabernacle.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:26And Mosheh stood at the gate of the camp, and said, Let those who fear the Lord come to me. And all the sons of Levi gathered together to him.

Numbers 1:50But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all that belongeth to it: and they shall carry the tabernacle and all its vessels, and serve it; and they shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

Numbers 2:33But the Levites were not numbered among the sons of Israel, as the Lord commanded Mosheh.

Numbers 8:16For by a separation are they separated unto Me from among the sons of Israel, instead of every firstborn who openeth the womb of all the children of Israel have I taken them (to be) before Me.

Numbers 16:9Is it a little thing with you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel to bring you near before Him to perform the service of the Lord’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?

Numbers 18:1And the Lord said to Aharon: Thou and thy sons, and the house of thy fathers with thee, shall make reconciliation on account of transgressions (against) the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee shall make atonement for the sins of your priesthood.

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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