³ And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying:

So Aaron held his peace.

²² Also let the ^(A)priests who come near the Lord ^(B)consecrate themselves, lest the Lord ^(C)break out against them.”

⁶ They shall be ^(A)holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the ^(B)bread of their God; ^(C)therefore they shall be holy.

¹² Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because ^(A)you did not believe Me, to ^(B)hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”

¹² He said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; ^[a]sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it. ¹³ For ^(A)because you did not do it the first time, ^(B)the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him ^[b]about the proper order.”

³⁰ Therefore the Lord God of Israel says: ^(A)‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the Lord says: ^(B)‘Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and ^(C)those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.

²⁸ Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we ^[a]may ^(A)serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. ²⁹ For ^(B)our God is a consuming fire.