Bible Cross References
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Hebrews 5:4
No one chooses for himself the honor of being a high priest. It is only by God's call that a man is made a high priest---just as Aaron was.
Exodus 28:1
"Summon your brother Aaron and his sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Separate them from the people of Israel, so that they may serve me as priests.
Numbers 16:10
He has let you and all the other Levites have this honor---and now you are trying to get the priesthood too!
Numbers 16:11
When you complain against Aaron, it is really against the LORD that you and your followers are rebelling."
Numbers 17:3-10
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and then write Aaron's name on the stick representing Levi. There will be one stick for each tribal leader.
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Take them to the Tent of my presence and put them in front of the Covenant Box, where I meet you.
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Then the stick of the man I have chosen will sprout. In this way I will put a stop to the constant complaining of these Israelites against you."
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So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a stick, one for each tribe, twelve in all, and Aaron's stick was put with them.
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Moses then put all the sticks in the Tent in front of the LORD's Covenant Box.
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The next day, when Moses went into the Tent, he saw that Aaron's stick, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted. It had budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds!
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Moses took all the sticks and showed them to the Israelites. They saw what had happened, and each leader took his own stick back.
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The LORD said to Moses, "Put Aaron's stick back in front of the Covenant Box. It is to be kept as a warning to the rebel Israelites that they will die unless their complaining stops."
Numbers 18:7
But you and your sons alone shall fulfill all the responsibilities of the priesthood that concern the altar and what is in the Most Holy Place. These things are your responsibility, because I have given you the gift of the priesthood. Any unqualified person who comes near the sacred objects shall be put to death."
Numbers 18:21-26
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The LORD said, "I have given to the Levites every tithe that the people of Israel present to me. This is in payment for their service in taking care of the Tent of my presence.
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The other Israelites must no longer approach the Tent and in this way bring on themselves the penalty of death.
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From now on only the Levites will take care of the Tent and bear the full responsibility for it. This is a permanent rule that applies also to your descendants. The Levites shall have no permanent property in Israel,
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because I have given to them as their possession the tithe which the Israelites present to me as a special contribution. That is why I told them that they would have no permanent property in Israel."
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The LORD commanded Moses
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to say to the Levites: "When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that the LORD gives you as your possession, you must present a tenth of it as a special contribution to the LORD.
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Leviticus 27:30-33
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One tenth of all the produce of the land, whether grain or fruit, belongs to the LORD.
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If you wish to buy any of it back, you must pay the standard price plus an additional 20 percent.
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One of every ten domestic animals belongs to the LORD. When the animals are counted, every tenth one belongs to the LORD.
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You may not arrange the animals so that the poor animals are chosen, and you may not make any substitutions. If you do substitute one animal for another, then both animals will belong to the LORD and may not be bought back.
Numbers 18:26-32
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to say to the Levites: "When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that the LORD gives you as your possession, you must present a tenth of it as a special contribution to the LORD.
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This special contribution will be considered as the equivalent of the offering which the farmer makes of new grain and new wine.
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In this way you also will present the special contribution that belongs to the LORD from all the tithes which you receive from the Israelites. You are to give this special contribution for the LORD to Aaron the priest.
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Give it from the best that you receive.
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When you have presented the best part, you may keep the rest, just as the farmer keeps what is left after he makes his offering.
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You and your families may eat the rest anywhere, because it is your wages for your service in the Tent.
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You will not become guilty when you eat it, as long as you have presented the best of it to the LORD. But be sure not to profane the sacred gifts of the Israelites by eating any of the gifts before the best part is offered; if you do, you will be put to death."
2 Chronicles 31:4-6
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In addition, the king told the people of Jerusalem to bring the offerings to which the priests and the Levites were entitled, so that they could give all their time to the requirements of the Law of the LORD.
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As soon as the order was given, the people of Israel brought gifts of their finest grain, wine, olive oil, honey, and other farm produce, and they also brought the tithes of everything they had.
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All the people who lived in the cities of Judah brought tithes of their cattle and sheep, and they also brought large quantities of gifts which they dedicated to the LORD their God.
Nehemiah 13:10
I also learned that the Temple musicians and other Levites had left Jerusalem and gone back to their farms, because the people had not been giving them enough to live on.
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Hebrews 7:10
For Levi had not yet been born, but was, so to speak, in the body of his ancestor Abraham when Melchizedek met him.
Genesis 35:11
And God said to him, "I am Almighty God. Have many children. Nations will be descended from you, and you will be the ancestor of kings.
Genesis 46:26
The total number of the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt was sixty-six, not including his sons' wives.
Exodus 1:5
The total number of these people directly descended from Jacob was seventy. His son Joseph was already in Egypt.
1 Kings 8:19
but you will never build it. It is your son, your own son, who will build my temple.'