They shall join you and perform the duties of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; but [a]an unauthorized person shall not come near you. So you shall perform the (A)duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar, (B)so that there will no longer be wrath on the sons of Israel. Behold, I Myself (C)have taken your [b]fellow Levites from among the sons of Israel; they are (D)a gift to you, [c]dedicated to the Lord, to perform the service for the tent of meeting.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 18:4 Lit a stranger
  2. Numbers 18:6 Lit brothers the
  3. Numbers 18:6 Lit given

They are to join you and be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting—all the work at the tent—and no one else may come near where you are.(A)

“You are to be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the altar,(B) so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelites again. I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you,(C) dedicated to the Lord to do the work at the tent of meeting.(D)

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And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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