51 (A)So when the tabernacle is to move on, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle encamps, the Levites shall set it up. But (B)the [a]layman who comes near it shall be put to death.

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  1. Numbers 1:51 Lit stranger

51 Whenever the tabernacle(A) is to move,(B) the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it.(C) Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death.(D)

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But you and your sons with you shall (A)attend to your priesthood for everything that concerns the altar and inside the veil, and you are to perform service. I am giving you the priesthood as (B)a [a]service that is a gift, and (C)the [b]unauthorized person who comes near shall be put to death.”

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  1. Numbers 18:7 Lit service of a gift
  2. Numbers 18:7 Lit stranger

But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain.(A) I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift.(B) Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.(C)

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