Numbers 1:53 Cross References - MLV

⁵³ But the Levites will encamp all around the tabernacle of the testimony, that there is no wrath upon the congregation of the sons of Israel. And the Levites will keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.

⁶ And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, Do not let the hair of your* heads go loose, neither tear your* clothes, that you* not die and that he not be angry with all the congregation, but let your* brothers, the whole house of Israel, weep at the burning which Jehovah has kindled.

⁵⁰ but appoint you the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony and over all the furniture of it and over all that belongs to it. They will bear the tabernacle and all the furniture of it and they will minister to it and will encamp all around the tabernacle.

⁷ And they will keep his charge and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. ⁸ And they will keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting and the charge of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

³⁸ And those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, will be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel. And the stranger that comes near will be put to death.

¹⁹ And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to do the service of the sons of Israel in the tent of meeting and to make atonement for the sons of Israel, that there is no plague among the sons of Israel, when the sons of Israel come near to the sanctuary.

²⁴ This is what belongs to the Levites: From twenty-five years old and upward they will go in to wait upon the service in the work of the tent of meeting. ²⁵ And from the age of fifty years they will cease waiting upon the work and will serve no more, ²⁶ but will minister with their brothers in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge and will do no service. Thus will you do to the Levites concerning their charges.

⁴⁶ And Moses said to Aaron, Take your censer and put fire in it from the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah. The plague has begun.

² And your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring near with you, that they may be joined to you and minister to you, but you and your sons with you will be before the tent of the testimony. ³ And they will keep your charge and the charge of all the tent. Only they will not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they, nor you*. ⁴ And they will be joined to you and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent and a stranger will not come near to you*. ⁵ And you* will keep the charge of the sanctuary and the charge of the altar, that there is no more wrath upon the sons of Israel.

³⁰ And of the sons of Israel's half, you will take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the donkeys and of the flocks, even of all the cattle and give them to the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.

⁴⁷ even of the sons of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast and gave them to the Levites, who kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

¹⁹ And he killed* of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah. He killed* of the people fifty thousand and seventy men. And the people mourned, because Jehovah had struck the people with a great slaughter.

³² And that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting and the charge of the holy place and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of Jehovah.

¹⁰ But as for us, Jehovah is our God and we have not forsaken him. And we have priests ministering to Jehovah, the sons of Aaron and the Levites in their work.

³¹ The prophets prophesy falsely and the priests bear rule by their means. And my people love to have it so. And what will you* do in the end of it?

¹⁵ Therefore Jehovah of hosts says thus concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood and make them drink the water of gall. For from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone forth into all the land.

²⁸ Therefore, take-heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit placed you as overseers, to shepherd the congregation of the Lord and God, which the Lord acquired through his own blood. ²⁹ I know this: after my goodbye, cruel wolves will be entering into you, not sparing the flock; ³⁰ and men will be standing up from among yourselves, speaking perverse things, to pull away the disciples after themselves. ³¹ Hence watch, remembering that for three years I ceased not from admonishing each one of you^\'b0 every day with tears.

¹³ Until I come, take-heed to the public-reading, to the encouragement, to the teaching. ¹⁴ Do not neglect the gift which is in you, which was given to you through prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. ¹⁵ Meditate on these things; be diligent in them; in order that your progress may be apparent to all. ¹⁶ Take-heed to yourself and to the teaching. Abide in these things; for while practicing this, you will be saving both yourself and those who hear you.

² Preach the word. Stand-ready opportunely and inopportunely. Reprove, rebuke and encourage in all patience and teaching.