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Numbers 3:38 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. "

Numbers 3:38

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36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,

37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

40 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

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Numbers 1:53

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"But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony."

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"And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death."

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Numbers 2:3

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"And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah."

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1 Chronicles 23:32

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"And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD."

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Numbers 3:29

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"The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward."

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Numbers 18:1-5

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"And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood."

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Numbers 3:1

"These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai."

Numbers 3:2

"And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar."

Numbers 3:3

"These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office."

Numbers 3:4

"And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father."

Numbers 3:5

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"

Numbers 3:6

"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him."

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