Bible Verses

They are to help you, take charge of the Tent of Meeting for the entire ministry of the Tent, and no layman shall come near you.

They are to be at your service and the service of the entire Tent. But let them not come near the sacred vessels or the altar, lest they die and you as well.

Let your brothers of Levi, your father’s tribe, come with you, too. They are to join you and serve you, yourselves, and your sons before the Tent of the Covenant.

Functions and Rights of the Aaronites and Levites Aaronites and Levites Then the Lord said to Aaron: “You and your sons, and your whole family shall be responsible for the Sanctuary. You and your sons with you shall suffer the guilt for any faults committed while serving as priests in the Holy Tent.

Anyone who draws near the Holy Tent of the Lord dies! Are we doomed to die to the last one?”

The people of Israel said to Moses: “We are lost! We are all to die!

Moses did as the Lord had commanded.

Then the Lord told Moses: “Put back Aaron’s stick before the Ark and keep it as a sign to these rebels so that I will no longer hear their complaints and they may not die.”

Moses took all the sticks away from before the Lord and brought them back to all the people of Israel; they examined them, and each took back his own stick.