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Numbers 18:3

King James Version (KJV)

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Numbers 18:3

Verse 3 of 32

Scripture focus

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.

Numbers 18:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 18:3

Theological / Devotional

Keep thy charge. They were the appointed guardians of the sanctuary.

Not come nigh. This would not refer to the Kohathites (ch. 4:15), but only to the other Levites. The Kohathites were not to handle the vessels when uncovered, nor even to look upon them (ch. 4:19, 20). This prohibition also included the brazen altar (Ex. 29:37) as well as the altar of incense, for both were “most holy.”

The vessels. Literally, “the furniture.” The word translated “vessels” includes all the sacred vessels and furnishings of the sanctuary.

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