Numbers:18:1-8
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And the LORD said unto Aaron ,
Thou and thy sons and thy fathers house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary :
and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood .
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And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi ,
the tribe of thy father ,
bring thou with thee ,
that they may be joined unto thee ,
and minister unto thee :
but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness .
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And they shall keep thy charge ,
and the charge of all the tabernacle :
only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar ,
that neither they ,
nor ye also ,
die .
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And they shall be joined unto thee ,
and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation mow #
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for all the service of the tabernacle :
and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you .
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And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary ,
and the charge of the altar :
that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel Yisra #
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And I ,
behold ,
I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel Yisra #
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to you they are given as a gift for the LORD ,
to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation mow #
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Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priests office for every thing of the altar ,
and within the vail ;
and ye shall serve :
I have given your priests office unto you as a service of gift :
and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death .
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And the LORD spake unto Aaron ,
Behold ,
I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel Yisra #
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unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing ,
and to thy sons ,
by an ordinance for ever .