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
Again she conceived and bore a son, and said, "Now this time my husband will be attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore his name was called Levi.

But thou

Numbers 3:10
And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall guard their priesthood. But if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death."
Numbers 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.
Numbers 16:40
to be a reminder to the people of Israel, so that no outsider, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his company--as the LORD said to him through Moses.
Numbers 17:7
And Moses deposited the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.
1 Chronicles 16:39
And he left Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests before the tabernacle of the LORDin the high place that was at Gibeon
2 Chronicles 30:16
They took their accustomed posts according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests threw the blood that they received from the hand of the Levites.
Ezekiel 44:15
"But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people 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
And Moses deposited the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.
Nehemiah 10:35
We obligate ourselves to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the LORD;
Hebrews 5:4
And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was.

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