Numbers 18:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 18:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 18:23 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 18:23 — KJV
“But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.”
— Numbers 18:23 (KJV)
Numbers 18:23 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 18:23
“In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 18:23: tabernacle, congregation, statute
“And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. a gift: Heb. given”
Shares key themes with Numbers 18:23: levites, service, tabernacle
“And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 18:23: levites, service, tabernacle
“And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 18:23: tabernacle, congregation, bear
“Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 18:23: statute, ever, throughout
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