Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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.”

King James Version

And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Holman Bible

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.”

International Standard Version

Appoint Aaron and his sons so that they are to take responsibility for their priesthood. Any unauthorized person who approaches it is to be put to death."

A Conservative Version

And thou shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

American Standard Version

And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Amplified

So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall observe and attend to their priesthood; but the layman (non-Levite) who approaches [the holy things] shall be put to death.”

Bible in Basic English

And give orders that Aaron and his sons are to keep their place as priests; any strange person who comes near is to be put to death.

Darby Translation

And Aaron and his sons shalt thou appoint that they may attend to their priest's office; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.

Julia Smith Translation

And Aaron and his sons thou shalt set up, and they shall watch their priesthood; and the stranger coming near shall die.

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But you will count Aaron and his descendants; they will keep their priesthood, and the stranger who approaches will be put to death."

Modern King James verseion

And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons to wait on their priests' office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall die for it."

NET Bible

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."

New Heart English Bible

And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall attend to their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death."

The Emphasized Bible

but unto Aaron, and unto his sons, shalt thou give oversight, so shall they keep charge of their priesthood, - and, the stranger who cometh near, shall be put to death.

Webster

And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

World English Bible

You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death."

Youngs Literal Translation

'And Aaron and his sons thou dost appoint, and they have kept their priesthood, and the stranger who cometh near is put to death.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אהרון 
'Aharown 
Usage: 347

and they shall wait on
שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

כּהנּה 
K@hunnah 
Usage: 14

קרב 
Qareb 
Usage: 12

References

Context Readings

Aaron's Sons

9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons; they are completely given unto him out of the sons of Israel. 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.” 11 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,



Cross References

Numbers 1:51

And when the tabernacle departs, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up; and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.

Numbers 3:38

And those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, before the tabernacle of the testimony towards the sunrise, shall be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel; and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.

Numbers 18:7

Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for every thing of the altar and within the veil, and ye shall minister; for I have given the service of your priesthood as a gift, and the stranger that comes near shall die.

Romans 12:7

or ministry, in serving; or he that teaches, in doctrine;

Exodus 29:9

And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind the tiaras on them; and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute; and thou shalt fill the hands Aaron and his sons.

Numbers 16:35

And fire came out from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

Numbers 16:40

to be a memorial unto the sons of Israel, that no stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron come near to offer incense before the LORD, that he not be as Korah and as his company, as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.

Numbers 18:3

And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle; only they shall not come near the holy vessels or the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.

1 Samuel 6:19

Then God smote those of Bethshemesh because they had looked at the ark of the LORD; he smote fifty thousand of the people and seventy principal men. And the people lamented because the LORD had smitten the people with such a great slaughter.

2 Samuel 6:7

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God smote him there for his effrontery, and there he died by the ark of God.

1 Chronicles 6:32

And they served before the tent of the tabernacle of the testimony with singing until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and then they remained in their ministry according to their right.

2 Chronicles 26:16-21

But when he was strengthened, his heart lifted itself up unto corruption, for he rebelled against the LORD his God, entering into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

Ezekiel 44:8

And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

Acts 6:3-4

therefore, brethren, seek out among you seven men of whom you bear witness, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

Ephesians 2:19

Now therefore ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints and of the household of God,

1 Timothy 4:15-16

Occupy thyself in these things with care, for in this is everything, that thy profiting may be manifest unto all.

Hebrews 8:4

For if he were on earth, he should not even be a priest, being present still the other priests that offer gifts according to the law,

Hebrews 10:19-22

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

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