Numbers 3:7

They must perform the duties on behalf of Aaron and the whole community before the tent of meeting. They must serve in the tabernacle.

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In The King James Version

And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

In Context

6“Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest for them to help him.

8They must care for all the furnishings in the tent of meeting, and they must help the tribes of Israel to carry out the tabernacle service.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:50Instead, assign the Levites to care for the tabernacle of the covenant decrees, and to care for all the furnishings in the tabernacle and for everything in it. The Levites must carry the tabernacle, and they must carry the tabernacle's furnishings. They must care for the tabernacle and make their camp around it.

Numbers 3:32Eleazar son of Aaron the priest must lead the men who lead the Levites. He must supervise the men who care for the holy place.

Numbers 8:15After that, the Levites must go in to serve in the tent of meeting. You must purify them. You must offer them as a wave offering.

Numbers 31:30Also from the people of Israel's half, you must take one out of every fifty—from the persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats. Give these to the Levites who take care of my tabernacle.”

1 Chronicles 26:20Among the Levites, Ahijah was in charge of the treasures of God's house, and of the treasures of the things that belong to Yahweh.

1 Chronicles 26:26Shelomith and his relatives were over all the storehouses holding the things that belong to Yahweh, that David the king, the family leaders, commanders over thousands and hundreds, and the army commanders had set apart.

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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