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Numbers 3:38 Cross-References
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“But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.”
Numbers 3:38 (KJV)
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Commentary on Numbers 3:38
Moses, Aaron, and Aaron's sons camping east of the tabernacle, before the entrance, positioned the supreme leaders at the place of highest honor facing the Holy Place's entry. This spatial arrangement taught that covenant leadership derives from proximity to God's presence and responsibility for guarding His holiness. The warning that 'the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death' maintained the distinction between those called to leadership and the general congregation.
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Cross-References for Numbers 3:38
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“and they shall keep their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.,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., וְאֶת־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶת־בָּנָיו תִּפְקֹד וְשָׁמְרוּ אֶת־כְּהֻנָּתָם וְהַזָּר הַקָּרֵב יוּמָת׃ פ ,And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, that they may keep their priesthood; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death.”
“that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony.,But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony., וְהַלְוִיִּם יַחֲנוּ סָבִיב לְמִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדֻת וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה קֶצֶף עַל־עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְשָׁמְרוּ הַלְוִיִּם אֶת־מִשְׁמֶרֶת מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדוּת׃ ,But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.”
“according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.”
“The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.”
“Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.”
“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.”
“and the charge of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting”
“the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up”
“The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.”
“And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.”