They are to be responsible to you(A) and are to perform all the duties of the tent,(B) but they must not go near the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar. Otherwise both they and you will die.(C)

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And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.

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They shall attend to your [a]needs and (A)all the needs of the tabernacle; (B)but they shall not come near the articles of the sanctuary and the altar, (C)lest they die—they and you also.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 18:3 service

Judgment Against Israel

“Hear this, you priests!
    Pay attention, you Israelites!
Listen, royal house!
    This judgment(A) is against you:
You have been a snare(B) at Mizpah,
    a net(C) spread out on Tabor.

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Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

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Impending Judgment on Israel and Judah

“Hear this, O priests!
Take heed, O house of Israel!
Give ear, O house of the king!
For [a]yours is the judgment,
Because (A)you have been a snare to Mizpah
And a net spread on Tabor.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:1 Or to you