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

Bible References

Therefore thou

Numbers 18:5
And you shall keep the duties of the sanctuary, and the duties of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
Numbers 3:10
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.

Within

Leviticus 16:2
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron your brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
Hebrews 9:3
And behind the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

As a service

Numbers 16:5
And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even tomorrow the LORD will show who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he has chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
1 Samuel 2:28
And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of your father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
John 3:27
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
Romans 15:15
Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some way, as reminding you, because of the grace that is given to me of God,
Ephesians 3:8
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
Hebrews 5:4
And no man takes this honor unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

The stranger

Numbers 18:4
And they shall be joined unto you, and keep the duties of the tabernacle of meeting, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come near unto you.
Numbers 3:38
But those that encamp before the tabernacle on the east, even before the tabernacle of meeting eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary to meet the needs of the children of Israel; and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.
Numbers 16:40
To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he become not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.

General references

Numbers 3:9
And you shall give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
Numbers 17:3
And you shall write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
Psalm 115:10
O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.