Numbers 16:40

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.

That no

Jude 1:11

Come near

1 Kings 13:1

2 Chronicles 26:16

General references

Bible References

That no

So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons that they may keep their priesthood, but the layman who comes near shall be put to death.”

They shall be joined with you and attend to the obligations of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; but an outsider may not come near you.

‘No layman, however, is to eat the holy gift; a sojourner with the priest or a hired man shall not eat of the holy gift.

They opposed Uzziah the king and said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful and will have no honor from the Lord God.”

Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

Come near

Now behold, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the Lord, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.

But when he became strong, his heart was so proud that he acted corruptly, and he was unfaithful to the Lord his God, for he entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.

General references

Do this: take censers for yourselves, Korah and all your company,

And a fire blazed up in their company;
The flame consumed the wicked.

O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord;
He is their help and their shield.

And no one takes the honor to himself, but receives it when he is called by God, even as Aaron was.