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Numbers 3:10 KJV
Numbers · chapter 3 · verse 10
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.Numbers 3:10 · King James Version
Numbers 3:10 in context
8And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
9And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
10And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
11And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- strangerzûwrto turn asideH2114 →
- appointpâqadto visitH6485 →
- officekᵉhunnâhpriesthoodH3550 →
- AaronʼAhărôwnAharon, the brother of MosesH175 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- nighqârêbnearH7131 →
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Here, I. The family of Aaron is confirmed in the priests' office, Num 3:10. They had been called to it before, and consecrated; here they are appointed to wait on their priests' office: the apostle uses this phrase (Rom 12:7), Let us wait on our ministry.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-13