numbers 18:7

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Numbers 18:7

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody
Numbers 18:7
Verse 7 of 32

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Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office [unto you as] a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Numbers 18:7KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 18:7

Theological / Devotional

Keep your priest’s office. God’s workers should be proud of their office and service in the Lord’s work, and ever keep them inviolate before God.

The altar, and within the vail. These words are in explanation of the expression “your priest’s office.” The priests were to offer the sacrifices at the brazen altar in the courtyard and to perform all the sacred duties within the sanctuary itself, such as offering the incense, arranging the shewbread, trimming and lighting the lamps, as well as other duties related to such solemn occasions as the Day of Atonement.

The stranger. That is, anyone other than a priest. Such should not presume to approach the tabernacle with the intention of performing any priestly function.

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