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Numbers 18:23 Cross-References
Explore 3 cross-references for Numbers 18:23 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Numbers chapter 18 verse 23 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.”
Numbers 18:23 (KJV)
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Commentary on Numbers 18:23
The Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle, and they shall bear their iniquity (עָוֺן avon, iniquity/guilt)—Levites absorbed the liability for Israel's inadvertent violations of sacred space. Their physical placement between the tabernacle and the twelve tribes (ch. 1-2) symbolized their function as a protective buffer against holy contagion.A statute for ever throughout your generations (חֻקַּת עוֹלָם chuqqat olam)—Yet this "eternal" statute ended with Christ's once-for-all sacrifice. The paradox resolves when we see Levitical service as eternally valid typology, not eternally require...
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Cross-References for Numbers 18:23
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“and the charge of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting”
“You shall have no inheritance in their land”
“You and your sons and your fathers' house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.”