Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

But you will count Aaron and his descendants; they will keep their priesthood, and the stranger who approaches will be put to death."

New American Standard Bible

So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons that they may keep their priesthood, but the layman who comes near shall be put to death.”

King James Version

And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Holman Bible

You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out their priestly responsibilities, but any unauthorized person who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”

International Standard Version

Appoint Aaron and his sons so that they are to take responsibility for their priesthood. Any unauthorized person who approaches it is to be put to death."

A Conservative Version

And thou shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

American Standard Version

And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Amplified

So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall observe and attend to their priesthood; but the layman (non-Levite) who approaches [the holy things] shall be put to death.”

Bible in Basic English

And give orders that Aaron and his sons are to keep their place as priests; any strange person who comes near is to be put to death.

Darby Translation

And Aaron and his sons shalt thou appoint that they may attend to their priest's office; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.

Julia Smith Translation

And Aaron and his sons thou shalt set up, and they shall watch their priesthood; and the stranger coming near shall die.

King James 2000

And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.

Modern King James verseion

And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons to wait on their priests' office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall die for it."

NET Bible

So you are to appoint Aaron and his sons, and they will be responsible for their priesthood; but the unauthorized person who comes near must be put to death."

New Heart English Bible

And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall attend to their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death."

The Emphasized Bible

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.

Webster

And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

World English Bible

You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death."

Youngs Literal Translation

'And Aaron and his sons thou dost appoint, and they have kept their priesthood, and the stranger who cometh near is put to death.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אהרון 
'Aharown 
Usage: 347

and they shall wait on
שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

כּהנּה 
K@hunnah 
Usage: 14

קרב 
Qareb 
Usage: 12

References

Context Readings

Aaron's Sons

9 You will give the Levites to Aaron and to his descendants; they [are] surely assigned to him from among the {Israelites}. 10 But you will count Aaron and his descendants; they will keep their priesthood, and the stranger who approaches will be put to death." 11 Yahweh spoke to Moses saying,



Cross References

Numbers 1:51

And when the tabernacle is set out, the Levites will {take it down}, and when encamping the tabernacle the Levites will set it up; the stranger that approaches [it] will be put to death.

Numbers 3:38

Those encamped before the tabernacle to the east--before the tent of assembly to the east--[were] Moses and Aaron and his sons; they will keep the responsibility of the sanctuary {for the Israelites}; and the stranger who approaches will be put to death.

Numbers 18:7

But you with your sons will keep your priesthood to perform your priestly duties for everything at the altar and for {the area behind the curtain}. I give you the priesthood as a gift, but the stranger who approaches will be put to death."

Romans 12:7

if [it is] service, by service; if [it is] one who teaches, by teaching;

Exodus 29:9

And you will gird Aaron and his sons [with] sashes and wrap headdresses on them. And priesthood will be theirs as a lasting rule, and {you will ordain Aaron and his sons.}

Numbers 16:35

And fire went out from Yahweh, and it consumed the two hundred and fifty men presenting the incense.

Numbers 16:40

[it was] a memorial for the {Israelites}, so that {no strange man} who is not from {the offspring} of Aaron should approach the presence [of] Yahweh to burn a smoke offering; he will not be like Korah and his company, just as Yahweh had spoken to him by the hand of Moses.

Numbers 18:3

They will keep your responsibility and the responsibility of all the tent, only they may not come near the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, so both you and they will not die.

1 Samuel 6:19

He struck seventy men among the men of Beth Shemesh because they looked into the ark of Yahweh. So the people mourned because Yahweh had struck a great blow among the people.

2 Samuel 6:7

{Then the anger of Yahweh was kindled} against Uzza, and God struck him down there because of the indiscretion, and he died there beside the ark of God.

1 Chronicles 6:32

They were ministering with song before the tabernacle of the tent of assembly until Solomon built the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem. And they stood according to their order with respect to their duty.

2 Chronicles 26:16-21

But on account of his strength his heart grew proud unto destruction. And he acted unfaithfully against Yahweh his God and went into the temple of Yahweh to offer an incense offering on the altar.

Ezekiel 44:8

And you did not observe the responsibility of my sanctuary, but you appointed [them] as the keepers of my responsibility in my sanctuary for you."

Acts 6:3-4

So, brothers, select from among you seven men {of good reputation}, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we will put in charge of this need.

Ephesians 2:19

Consequently, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God,

1 Timothy 4:15-16

Practice these [things]. Be [diligent] in these [things], in order that your progress may be evident to everyone.

Hebrews 8:4

Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, [because there] are those who offer the gifts according to the law,

Hebrews 10:19-22

Therefore, brothers, [since we] have confidence for the entrance into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

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