You are to guard King Joash with drawn swords and stay with him wherever he goes. Anyone who comes near you is to be killed."

The officers obeyed Jehoiada's instructions and brought their men to him---those going off duty on the Sabbath and those going on duty.

Mark a boundary around the mountain that the people must not cross, and tell them not to go up the mountain or even get near it. If any of you set foot on it, you are to be put to death;

you must either be stoned or shot with arrows, without anyone touching you. This applies to both people and animals; they must be put to death. But when the trumpet is blown, then the people are to go up to the mountain."

But when someone gets angry and deliberately kills someone else, he is to be put to death, even if he has run to my altar for safety.

You shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; anyone else who tries to do so shall be put to death."

Moses and Aaron and his sons were to camp in front of the Tent on the east. They were responsible for carrying out the services performed in the Holy Place for the people of Israel. Anyone else who tried to do so was to be put to death.