Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Ark of the covenant » Profanation of, punished
Some of the men of Bethshemesh looked inside the Ark. Jehovah killed seventy of them. This made the people of Bethshemesh very sad.
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When Aaron and his sons finished covering the holy things and the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites will come to carry all the holy articles. They must never touch the holy things, or they will die. The Kohathites will carry all the things from the tent of meeting.
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When the camp is to move, Aaron and his sons will go in and take down the canopy that hangs over the Ark containing the words of God's Covenant. First they will cover the Ark with the canopy.
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Because you Levites were not there the first time, Jehovah our God struck us. We had not dedicated our lives to serving him in the way he designated.
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Disobedience to God » Instances of » Of priests, in not performing their functions after the due order
Because you Levites were not there the first time, Jehovah our God struck us. We had not dedicated our lives to serving him in the way he designated.
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Form » In religious service
Because you Levites were not there the first time, Jehovah our God struck us. We had not dedicated our lives to serving him in the way he designated. So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy in order to move the Ark of Jehovah the God of Israel.
Since there were not enough priests to kill all these animals, the Levites helped them until the work was finished. By then more priests had made themselves ritually clean. The Levites were more faithful in keeping ritually clean than the priests were.
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