Add parallel Print Page Options

You will give the Levites to Aaron and to his descendants; they are surely assigned to him from among the Israelites.[a] 10 But you will count Aaron and his descendants; they will keep their priesthood, and the stranger[b] who approaches will be put to death.”

11 Yahweh spoke to Moses saying,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:9 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Numbers 3:10 Or “outsider”

Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons;(A) they are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to him.[a] 10 Appoint Aaron(B) and his sons to serve as priests;(C) anyone else who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death.”(D)

11 The Lord also said to Moses,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:9 Most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text; some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also 8:16) to me