Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Therefore thou
Within
As a service
The stranger
General references
Bible References
Therefore thou
Numbers 18:5
“You are to guard the sanctuary and the altar so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.
Numbers 3:10
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.”
Within
Leviticus 16:2
The Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron that he may not come whenever he wants into the holy place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
Hebrews 9:3
Behind the second curtain, the tabernacle was called the most holy place.
As a service
Numbers 16:5
Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will reveal who belongs to Him, who is set apart, and the one He will let come near Him. He will let the one He chooses come near Him.
1 Samuel 2:28
Out of all the tribes of Israel, I selected your house to be priests, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave your house all the Israelite fire offerings.
John 3:27
John responded, “No one can receive a single thing unless it’s given to him from heaven.
Romans 15:15
Nevertheless, I have written to remind you more boldly on some points because of the grace given me by God
Ephesians 3:8
This grace was given to me—the least of all the saints—to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of the Messiah,
Hebrews 5:4
No one takes this honor on himself; instead, a person is called by God, just as Aaron was.
The stranger
Numbers 18:4
They are to join you and guard the tent of meeting, doing all the work at the tent, but no unauthorized person may come near you.
Numbers 3:38
Moses, Aaron, and his sons, who performed the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites, camped in front of the tabernacle on the east, in front of the tent of meeting toward the sunrise. Any unauthorized person who came near it was to be put to death.
Numbers 16:40
just as the Lord commanded him through Moses. It was to be a reminder for the Israelites that no unauthorized person outside the lineage of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the Lord and become like Korah and his followers.
General references
Numbers 3:9
Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been assigned exclusively to him from the Israelites.
Numbers 17:3
Write Aaron’s name on Levi’s staff, because there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.
Psalm 115:10 House of Aaron, trust in the Lord!
He is their help and shield.
He is their help and shield.