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10 So you are to appoint Aaron and his sons, and they will be responsible for their priesthood,[a] but the unauthorized person[b] who comes near must be put to death.”

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  1. Numbers 3:10 tc The LXX includes the following words here: “and all things pertaining to the altar and within the veil.” Cf. Num 18:7.
  2. Numbers 3:10 tn The word is זָר (zar), usually rendered “stranger, foreigner, pagan.” But in this context it simply refers to anyone who is not a Levite or a priest, an unauthorized person or intruder in the tabernacle. That person would be put to death.