Numbers 18:2 Cross References - Rotherham

² Therefore also, thy brethren of the tribe of Levi, the stem of thy father, bring thou near with thee, and let them be joined unto thee, and let them wait upon thee,––both on thee and on thy sons with thee, before the tent of the testimony.

³⁴ And she conceived again, and bare a son, and said, Now––this time, will my husband be bound unto me, For I have borne him three sons,––For this cause, called she his name, Levi.

⁶ Bring near the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt cause it to stand before Aaron the priest,––so shall they wait upon him; ⁷ so shall they keep his charge, and the charge of all the assembly, before the tent of meeting,––to do the laborious work of the habitation; ⁸ so shall they have charge of all the furniture of the tent of meeting, even the charge of the sons of Israel,––to do the laborious work of the habitation. ⁹ Thus shalt thou give the Levites unto Aaron, and unto his sons,––given, given, they are unto him, from among the sons of Israel; ¹⁰ but, unto Aaron, and unto his sons, shalt thou give oversight, so shall they keep charge of their priesthood,––and, the stranger who cometh near, shall be put to death. ¹¹ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying–– ¹² I, therefore, lo! I have taken the Levites out of the midst of the sons of Israel, instead of every firstborn that a mother beareth, from among the sons of Israel,––so shall the Levites be mine; ¹³ for, mine, is every firstborn, in the day when I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto myself, every firstborn in Israel, both of man and of beast,––mine, did they become, [and belong] unto me, Yahweh.

¹⁵ So shall Aaron and his sons make an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the utensils of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set forward, then, after that, shall the sons of Kohath enter to bear it, but they must not put forth a touch unto that which is holy, else should they die,––these, shall be the burden of the sons of Kohath, in the tent of meeting.

¹⁹ therefore have I given the Levites, as a gift unto Aaron and unto his sons, out of the midst of the sons of Israel, to do the laborious work of the sons of Israel, in the tent of meeting, and to put a propitiatory–covering over the sons of Israel,––so shall there be, among the sons of Israel, no plague, by the coming nigh of the sons of Israel unto the sanctuary.

²² And, after that, went the Levites in, to do their laborious work in the tent of meeting, before Aaron, and before his sons,––as Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so, did they unto them.

⁴⁰ a memorial unto the sons of Israel, That no stranger, who is, not of the seed of Aaron, shall draw near to offer incense before Yahweh,––lest he become like Korah and like his assembly, As spake Yahweh by the hand of Moses, with regard thereto.

⁷ So Moses laid up the staves before Yahweh,––in the tent of the testimony.

⁴ So shall they be joined unto thee, and shall keep the charge of the tent of meeting, as to all the laborious work of the tent,––but, a stranger, shall not come near unto you.

³⁹ and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the habitation of Yahweh,––in the high place that was in Gibeon: ⁴⁰ to offer ascending–sacrifices unto Yahweh, upon the altar of ascending–sacrifice,––continually, morning and evening,––even according to all that is written in the law of Yahweh, which he commanded concerning Israel;

¹⁶ And they stood in their place, according to their regulation, according to the law of Moses the man of God,––the priests, dashing the blood, [which they received] at the hand of the Levites.

¹⁵ But, the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, Who kept the charge of my sanctuary––when the sons of Israel went astray from me, They, shall draw near unto me, to wait upon me,––And shall stand before me, to bring near unto me the fat and the blood, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh: