Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what the Lord spoke, saying,

‘By those who (A)come near Me I [a](B)will be treated as holy,
And before all the people I will (C)be honored.’”

So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 10:3 Or will show Myself holy

Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said:

“‘Among those who approach me(A)
    I will be proved holy;(B)
in the sight of all the people
    I will be honored.(C)’”

Aaron remained silent.

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Then (A)the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, because the Lord your God has chosen them to serve Him and to bless in the name of the Lord; and every dispute and [a]violent crime shall be [b]settled by them.

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  1. Deuteronomy 21:5 Lit blow
  2. Deuteronomy 21:5 Lit according to their mouth

The Levitical priests shall step forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister and to pronounce blessings(A) in the name of the Lord and to decide all cases of dispute and assault.(B)

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46 but the (A)chamber which faces north is for the priests who [a]are (B)responsible for the altar. They are the (C)sons of Zadok, who from the sons of Levi (D)come near to the Lord to serve Him.”

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  1. Ezekiel 40:46 Lit keep the duty of

46 and the room facing north(A) is for the priests who guard the altar.(B) These are the sons of Zadok,(C) who are the only Levites who may draw near to the Lord to minister before him.(D)

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