“You are to guard the sanctuary and the altar so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.(A)

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“You are to be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the altar,(A) so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelites again.

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But you and your sons will carry out your priestly responsibilities(A) for everything concerning the altar and for what is inside the curtain, and you will do that work. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift,[a] but an unauthorized person who comes near the sanctuary will be put to death.”(B)

Support for the Priests and Levites

Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, “Look, I have put you in charge of the contributions(C) brought to me. As for all the holy offerings(D) of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 18:7 Or curtain. So you are to perform the service; a gift of your priesthood I grant

But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain.(A) I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift.(B) Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.(C)

Offerings for Priests and Levites

Then the Lord said to Aaron, “I myself have put you in charge of the offerings presented to me; all the holy offerings the Israelites give me I give to you and your sons as your portion,(D) your perpetual share.(E)

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