Numbers 18:4-6

International Standard Version

⁴They are to join you to maintain services related to the Tent of Meeting, for all the responsibilities involved with the tent. But no unauthorized person^[a] is to approach you. ⁵Take care of the sanctuary and the services of the altar so that there won’t be any more wrath on the Israelis. ⁶Notice that I’ve taken your brothers, the descendants of Levi, from among the Israelis, giving them to you as a gift from the Lord to perform the service of the Tent of Meeting.

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Footnotes

Numbers 18:4 Lit. stranger

Numbers 18:4-6

New International Version

⁴They are to join you and be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting—all the work at the tent—and no one else may come near where you are.^(A)

⁵“You are to be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the altar,^(B) so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelites again. ⁶I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you,^(C) dedicated to the Lord to do the work at the tent of meeting.^(D)

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Numbers 18:4-6

King James Version

⁴And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

⁵And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

⁶And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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