Numbers 18:5 “And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar,…”

Numbers 18:5

And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary and the duty of the altar, that there be no more wrath on the children of Israel.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore shall ye keepe the charge of the Sanctuarie, and the charge of the altar: so there shall fall no more wrath vpon the children of Israel.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

and ye have kept the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar, and there is no more wrath against the sons of Israel.

Bible in Basic English

You are to be responsible for the holy place and the altar, so that wrath may never again come on the children of Israel.

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Cross references

“And ye”

Exodus 27:21 Leviticus 24:3 Numbers 8:2 Exodus 30:7–10 1 Chronicles 9:19 1 Chronicles 9:23

Exodus 27:21 · BSB

In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for th…

Leviticus 24:3 · BSB

Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.

Numbers 8:2 · BSB

“Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”

Exodus 30:7–10 · BSB

And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.

1 Chronicles 9:19 · BSB

Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwe…

1 Chronicles 9:23 · BSB

So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.

“no wrath”

Numbers 16:46 Numbers 8:19 Jeremiah 23:15 Zechariah 10:3

Numbers 16:46 · BSB

Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”

Numbers 8:19 · BSB

And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come…

Jeremiah 23:15 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”

Zechariah 10:3 · BSB

“My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle.

Also

Leviticus 10:6

Leviticus 10:6 · BSB

Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your bro…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.

6Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.

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