Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
The levites
Bible References
The levites
Numbers 4:5
When it is time for the camp to journey, Aaron and his sons must come and take down the screening curtain and cover the ark of the testimony with it.
Numbers 10:11
On the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle of the testimony.
The stranger
Numbers 3:10
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."
Numbers 16:40
It was a memorial for the Israelites, that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to burn incense before the Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his company -- just as the Lord had spoken by the authority of Moses.
Numbers 18:22
No longer may the Israelites approach the tent of meeting, or else they will bear their sin and die.
Leviticus 22:10
"'No lay person may eat anything holy. Neither a priest's lodger nor a hired laborer may eat anything holy,
1 Samuel 6:19
But the Lord struck down some of the people of Beth Shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the Lord; he struck down 50,070 of the men. The people grieved because the Lord had struck the people with a hard blow.
2 Samuel 6:7
The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him on the spot for his negligence. He died right there beside the ark of God.