Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

Joined unto thee

Bible References

Joined unto thee

Genesis 29:34
She conceived again and bore a son and said, “Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore he was named Levi.

But thou

Numbers 3:10
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.”
Numbers 4:15
When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them, so that they will not touch the holy objects and die. These are the things in the tent of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.
Numbers 16:40
as a reminder to the sons of Israel that no layman who is not of the descendants of Aaron should come near to burn incense before the Lord; so that he will not become like Korah and his company—just as the Lord had spoken to him through Moses.
Numbers 17:7
So Moses deposited the rods before the Lord in the tent of the testimony.
1 Chronicles 16:39
He left Zadok the priest and his relatives the priests before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place which was at Gibeon,
2 Chronicles 30:16
They stood at their stations after their custom, according to the law of Moses the man of God; the priests sprinkled the blood which they received from the hand of the Levites.
Ezekiel 44:15
“But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from Me, shall come near to Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer Me the fat and the blood,” declares the Lord God.

General references

Numbers 17:7
So Moses deposited the rods before the Lord in the tent of the testimony.
Nehemiah 10:35
and that they might bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of the Lord annually,
Hebrews 5:4
And no one takes the honor to himself, but receives it when he is called by God, even as Aaron was.