Numbers 3:6 Cross References - CLV

⁶ Bring near the stock of Levi and stand them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

²⁶ then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said: Whoever is for Yahweh come to me! So all the sons of Levi gathered themselves to him; ²⁷ and he said to them: Thus says Yahweh Elohim of Israel: Each man place his sword on his thigh, cross over and return from gate to gate in the camp. Each man kill his brother and each man his associate and each man his nearest. ²⁸ The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses, and there fell of the people in that day about three thousand men. ²⁹ Hence Moses said: They have filled your hands today to Yahweh, for each man has been against his son and against his brother so as to give a blessing over you today.

⁴⁹ Only the stock of Levi you shall not muster, and their sum you shall not obtain, in the midst of the sons of Israel. ⁵⁰ As for you, give the Levites supervision over the tabernacle of the testimony, over all its furnishings and over all which pertains to it. They themselves shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they shall minister to it, and around the tabernacle shall they encamp. ⁵¹ When the tabernacle is to journey the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to encamp the Levites shall set it up. But any alien who comes near shall be put to death. ⁵² The sons of Israel will encamp by their militia hosts, each man on his campsite and each under his standard. ⁵³ Yet the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony so that no wrath may come on the congregation of the sons of Israel. The Levites will keep guard of the tabernacle of the testimony.

¹⁷ Then the tent of appointment will journey with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the other camps. Just as they are encamping so shall they journey, each man on his own side under their standards.

³³ Yet the Levites did not present themselves to be mustered in the midst of the sons of Israel, just as Yahweh had instructed Moses.

⁶ Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel and cleanse them. ⁷ Thus shall you do to them to cleanse them:spatter water of purification from sin over them, let them pass a razor over all their flesh, let them rinse their garments and so cleanse themselves. ⁸ They will take a young bull (a calf of the herd) and its approach present of flour mingled with oil; then you shall take a second young bull (a calf of the herd) for a sin offering. ⁹ You will bring near the Levites before the tent of appointment and assemble the whole congregation of the sons of Israel. ¹⁰ When you bring near the Levites before Yahweh, then the sons of Israel will support their hands on the Levites, ¹¹ and Aaron will wave the Levites as a wave offering before Yahweh from the sons of Israel, so that they will come to serve in the service of Yahweh. ¹² And the Levites, they shall support their hands on the heads of the young bulls. Then offer the one as a sin offering and the other as an ascent offering to Yahweh to make a propitiatory shelter over the Levites. ¹³ Have the Levites stand before Aaron and before his sons, and wave them as a wave offering before Yahweh. ¹⁴ Thus you will separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, so that the Levites become Mine. ¹⁵ And afterward the Levites shall come to serve in the service of the tent of appointment when you have cleansed them and waved them as a wave offering. ¹⁶ For they are the ones being given, yea given to Me from the midst of the sons of Israel; instead of everyone opening up the womb, every firstborn of the sons of Israel, I have taken them for Myself;" ¹⁷ for Mine is every firstborn among the sons of Israel among human and among beast. On the day I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself. ¹⁸ So I shall take the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, ¹⁹ and give the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel as a gift to Aaron and to his sons to serve in the service on behalf of the sons of Israel in the tent of appointment and to make a separating shelter for the sons of Israel so that no stroke may come among the sons of Israel when the sons of Israel come close to the holy place. ²⁰ Moses, Aaron and the whole congregation of the sons of Israel dealt with the Levites according to all that Yahweh had instructed Moses as to the Levites. So the sons of Israel dealt with them. ²¹ The Levites purified themselves from sin and rinsed their garments, and Aaron waved them as a wave offering before Yahweh; then Aaron made a propitiatory shelter over them to cleanse them. ²² And afterward the Levites came to serve their service in the tent of appointment before Aaron and before his sons. Just as Yahweh had instructed Moses concerning the Levites, so they dealt with them. ²³ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ²⁴ This is what applies to the Levites. From twenty-five years old and upward may one come to enlist with the Levitical host in the service of the tent of appointment. ²⁵ And from fifty years old shall one retire from the active service in the Levitical host and shall serve no longer; ²⁶ yet he may minister to his brothers in the tent of appointment, so as to keep guard, though in active service he shall not serve. Thus shall you deal with the Levites in regard to their charges.

⁹ Is it too little a thing for you that the Elohim of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel to bring you near to Him to serve in the service of the tabernacle of Yahweh and to stand before the congregation to minister to them? ¹⁰ He brought you near and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, with you. Yet now you seek even the priesthood!" ¹¹ Wherefore you and all your congregation are set against Yahweh. As for Aaron, what is he that you are grumbling against him?

¹ Yahweh said to Aaron:You and your sons and your father's house with you shall bear any depravity committed against the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear any depravity in connection with your priesthood. ² Moreover, bring near with you your brothers of the stock of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may be obligated to you and may minister to you when you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony. ³ They will keep guard of you and guard of the entire tent; only to the furnishings of the holy place and to the altar they shall not come near so that they may not die, both they and you. ⁴ They will be obligated to you and will keep guard of the tent of appointment for all the service of the tent. Yet no alien may come near to you. ⁵ You will keep guard of the holy place and guard of the altar so that no more wrath shall come on the sons of Israel. ⁶ As for Me, behold, I have taken your brothers, the Levites, from the midst of the sons of Israel as a gift for you, given to Yahweh to serve in the service of the tent of appointment. ⁷ Yet you and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood as to every matter of the altar and to that inside the curtain. Thus you will serve in the service. As a gift am I giving your priesthood. Yet the alien who comes near shall be put to death.

⁸ At that time Yahweh separated the tribe of Levi to carry the coffer of the covenant of Yahweh, to stand before Yahweh to minister to Him and to bless in His name until this day.

⁸ About Levi he said:May your Thummim and your Urim be for your benign man whom you probed at Massah; you contended with him at the waters of Meribah, ⁹ the one saying of his father and of his mother:I do not see them, and he neither recognized his brothers, nor did he know his sons. For they observed Your sayings and preserved Your covenant.

⁴ And you shall know that I send to you this instruction to become My covenant with Levi, says Yahweh of hosts."