Therefore (A)you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything at the altar and (B)behind the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood to you as a (C)gift for service, but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

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But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain.(A) I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift.(B) Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.(C)

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10 So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, (A)and they shall attend to their priesthood; (B)but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

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10 Appoint Aaron(A) and his sons to serve as priests;(B) anyone else who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death.”(C)

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15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on some points, as reminding you, (A)because of the grace given to me by God, 16 that (B)I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the (C)offering [a]of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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  1. Romans 15:16 Consisting of

15 Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me(A) 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles.(B) He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God,(C) so that the Gentiles might become an offering(D) acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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27 John answered and said, (A)“A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.

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27 To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven.

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20 Then the Lord said to Aaron: “You shall have (A)no inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; (B)I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.

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20 The Lord said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them;(A) I am your share and your inheritance(B) among the Israelites.

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They shall be joined with you and attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, for all the work of the tabernacle; (A)but an outsider shall not come near you. And you shall attend to (B)the duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar, (C)that there may be no more wrath on the children of Israel.

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They 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)

“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.

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40 to be a [a]memorial to the children of Israel (A)that no outsider, who is not a descendant of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his companions, just as the Lord had said to him through Moses.

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  1. Numbers 16:40 reminder

40 as the Lord directed him through Moses. This was to remind the Israelites that no one except a descendant of Aaron should come to burn incense(A) before the Lord,(B) or he would become like Korah and his followers.(C)

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and he spoke to Korah and all his company, saying, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will show who is (A)His and who is (B)holy,[a] and will cause him to come near to Him. That one whom He chooses He will cause to (C)come near to Him. Do this: Take censers, Korah and all your company; put fire in them and put incense in them before the Lord tomorrow, and it shall be that the man whom the Lord chooses is the holy one. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!”

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  1. Numbers 16:5 set aside for His use only

Then he said to Korah and all his followers: “In the morning the Lord will show who belongs to him and who is holy,(A) and he will have that person come near him.(B) The man he chooses(C) he will cause to come near him. You, Korah, and all your followers(D) are to do this: Take censers(E) and tomorrow put burning coals(F) and incense(G) in them before the Lord. The man the Lord chooses(H) will be the one who is holy.(I) You Levites have gone too far!”

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And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as (A)Aaron was.

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And no one takes this honor on himself, but he receives it when called by God, just as Aaron was.(A)

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Purpose of the Mystery

To me, (A)who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles (B)the unsearchable riches of Christ,

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Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people,(A) this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles(B) the boundless riches of Christ,(C)

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28 Did I not (A)choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to offer upon My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod before Me? And (B)did I not give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?

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28 I chose(A) your ancestor out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense,(B) and to wear an ephod(C) in my presence. I also gave your ancestor’s family all the food offerings(D) presented by the Israelites.

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38 (A)Moreover those who were to camp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tabernacle of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons, (B)keeping charge of the sanctuary, (C)to meet the needs of the children of Israel; but (D)the outsider who came near was to be put to death.

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38 Moses and Aaron and his sons were to camp to the east(A) of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, in front of the tent of meeting.(B) They were responsible for the care of the sanctuary(C) on behalf of the Israelites. Anyone else who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.(D)

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51 (A)And when the tabernacle is to go forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it (B)up. (C)The outsider who comes near shall be put to death.

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51 Whenever the tabernacle(A) is to move,(B) the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it.(C) Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death.(D)

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