Numbers 18:1

Provision For The Priesthood

¹ The Lord said to Aaron, “You, your sons, and your ancestral house will be responsible for sin against the sanctuary. You and your sons will be responsible for sin involving your priesthood. ² But also bring your relatives with you from the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, so they may join you and assist you and your sons in front of the tent of the testimony.

Bear the Guilt

Bear the Iniquity

Holy Place

Lord Said

Sin Against

Be Held Responsible

Aaron

Jehovah

Sin

Exodus 28:38

It will be on Aaron’s forehead so that Aaron may bear the guilt connected with the holy offerings that the Israelites consecrate as all their holy gifts. It is always to be on his forehead, so that they may find acceptance with the Lord.

Leviticus 22:9

They must keep My instruction, or they will be guilty and die because they profane it; I am Yahweh who sets them apart.

Numbers 14:34

You will bear the consequences of your sins 40 years based on the number of the 40 days that you scouted the land, a year for each day. You will know My displeasure.

Numbers 17:3

Write Aaron’s name on Levi’s staff, because there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.

Numbers 17:7

Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the testimony.

Numbers 17:13

Anyone who comes near the Lord’s tabernacle will die. Will we all perish?”

Numbers 18:22-23

The Israelites must never again come near the tent of meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.

Isaiah 53:6

We all went astray like sheep;
we all have turned to our own way;
and the Lord has punished Him
for the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 53:11

He will see it out of His anguish,
and He will be satisfied with His knowledge.
My righteous Servant will justify many,
and He will carry their iniquities.

Ezekiel 3:18-19

If I say to the wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him—you don’t speak out to warn him about his wicked way in order to save his life—that wicked person will die for his iniquity. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.

Acts 20:26-27

Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of everyone’s blood,

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tested in every way as we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 13:17

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

1 Peter 2:24

He Himself bore our sins
in His body on the tree,
so that, having died to sins,
we might live for righteousness;
you have been healed by His wounds.