Ezra 2:62
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62 These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but they were not found there, and (A)so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
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Numbers 3:10
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10 And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and (A)they shall guard their priesthood. But if (B)any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death.”
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Numbers 16:39-40
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39 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered, and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar, 40 to be a reminder to the people of Israel, so (A)that no outsider, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the Lord, lest he become like Korah and his company—as the Lord said to him through Moses.
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Ezekiel 44:10-14
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10 But (A)the Levites who went far from me, going astray from me after their idols (B)when Israel went astray, (C)shall bear their punishment.[a] 11 They shall be (D)ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight (E)at the gates of the temple and ministering in the temple. They shall slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and (F)they shall stand before the people, to minister to them. 12 Because they ministered to them before their idols and became (G)a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have (H)sworn concerning them, declares the Lord God, and they shall bear their punishment. 13 They (I)shall not come near to me, to serve me as priest, nor come near any of my holy things and the things that are most holy, but (J)they shall bear their shame and the abominations that they have committed. 14 Yet I will appoint them to keep (K)charge of the temple, (L)to do all its service and all that is to be done in it.
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- Ezekiel 44:10 Or iniquity; also verse 12
Numbers 18:7
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7 And (A)you and your sons with you shall guard your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and (B)that is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift,[a] and (C)any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”
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- Numbers 18:7 Hebrew service of gift
Leviticus 21:21-23
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21 No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to (A)offer the Lord's food offerings; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God. 22 He may eat the bread of his God, both of (B)the most holy and of the (C)holy things, 23 but he shall not go through the veil or approach the altar, because he has a blemish, that he may not (D)profane my sanctuaries,[a] (E)for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.”
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- Leviticus 21:23 Or my holy precincts
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