Numbers 18:6

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹So the LORD said to Aaron, "You, your sons, and your father's house must bear the iniquity against the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity against the priesthood. ²But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony. ³And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die. ⁴They are to join you and attend to the obligations of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you. ⁵And you shall attend to the obligations of the sanctuary and of the altar, that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again. ⁶Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.⁷But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death."

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And I: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Exodus 14:17, Exodus 31:6, Isaiah 48:15, Isaiah 51:12, Ezekiel 34:11, Ezekiel 34:20

I have: Numbers 3:12, Numbers 3:45

given: Numbers 3:9, Numbers 8:16-19

Reciprocal: Numbers 8:13 - offer them Numbers 8:14 - and the Levites Numbers 18:21 - even the service 2 Chronicles 29:34 - their brethren Ezra 8:17 - ministers Ezekiel 44:11 - and they

Cross-References

Isaiah 32:8
But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.

Matthew 13:33
He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened."

Acts 16:15
And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, "If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she persuaded us.

Romans 12:13
Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.

Galatians 5:13
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

Hebrews 13:2
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

1 Peter 4:9
Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites, from among the children of Israel,.... :-; where the same is said, only they, are here called the brethren of the priests for the reason given, Numbers 18:2;

to you [they are] given [as] a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; Numbers 18:2- :,

Numbers 18:2- :, and

Numbers 18:2- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord instructs here the priests that the office which they fill, and the help which they enjoy, are gifts from Him, and are to be viewed as such.