Numbers 3:9 Cross References - NSB

⁹ »Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons. The Levites will be the only Israelites given to them.

¹⁹ »I assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons, as a gift from the Israelites. They are to work in the tent for the people of Israel and to protect the Israelites from the disaster that would strike them if they came too near the Holy Place.«

⁶ »I chose the other Levites from among the Israelites to help you. They are a gift given to Jehovah to do the necessary work at the tent of meeting. ⁷ »Only you and your sons may do the work of priests, everything done at the altar and under the canopy. This is my gift to you: You may serve me as priests. Anyone else who comes near the holy place to do this work must die.«

⁸ Therefore it says: »When he ascended on high, he led captives, and gave gifts to men (anthropos: human beings).«

¹¹ He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers.