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Numbers 18:7-8
English Standard Version
Numbers 18:7-8
English Standard Version
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.”
8 Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, “Behold, (D)I have given you charge of the contributions made to me, all the consecrated things of the people of Israel. I have given them to you (E)as a portion and to your sons as a perpetual due.
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- Numbers 18:7 Hebrew service of gift
Numbers 18:7-8
New International Version
Numbers 18:7-8
New International Version
7 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)”
Offerings for Priests and Levites
8 Then the Lord said to Aaron, “I myself have put you in charge of the offerings presented to me; all the holy offerings the Israelites give me I give to you and your sons as your portion,(D) your perpetual share.(E)
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