Numbers 18:5-7
English Standard Version Anglicised
5 And you shall (A)keep guard over the sanctuary and over the altar, (B)that there may never again be wrath on the people of Israel. 6 (C)And behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the people of Israel. (D)They are a gift to you, given to the Lord, to do the service of the tent of meeting. 7 And (E)you and your sons with you shall guard your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and (F)that is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift,[a] and (G)any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”
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- Numbers 18:7 Hebrew service of gift
Numbers 18:5-7
New International Version
5 “You are to be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the altar,(A) so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelites again. 6 I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you,(B) dedicated to the Lord to do the work at the tent of meeting.(C) 7 But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain.(D) I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift.(E) Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.(F)”
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