¹⁰ But you will appoint only Aaron and his descendants to exercise the priesthood.^(A) Any unauthorized person who comes near shall be put to death.

³⁸ East of the tabernacle, that is, in front of the tent of meeting, toward the sunrise, were camped Moses and Aaron and the latter’s sons, performing the duties of the sanctuary incumbent upon the Israelites. Any unauthorized person who came near was to be put to death.

^7 (A)But you and your sons with you must take care to exercise your priesthood in whatever concerns the altar and the area within the veil.^[a] I give you your priesthood as a gift. Any unauthorized person who comes near shall be put to death.

⁶ As they reached the threshing floor of Nodan, Uzzah stretched out his hand to the ark of God and steadied it, for the oxen were tipping it. ⁷ Then the Lord became angry with Uzzah; God struck him on that spot, and he died there in God’s presence.

¹⁰ Then the Lord became angry with Uzzah and struck him, because he had laid his hand on the ark; he died there in God’s presence.