Bible Cross References
the Levites
Numbers 18:21-24
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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."
Deuteronomy 12:17-19
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Nothing that you offer to the LORD is to be eaten in the places where you live: neither the tithes of your grain, your wine, or your olive oil, nor the first-born of your cattle and sheep, the gifts that you promise to the LORD, your freewill offerings, or any other offerings.
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You and your children, together with your servants and the Levites who live in your towns, are to eat these offerings only in the presence of the LORD your God, in the one place of worship chosen by the LORD your God. And you are to be happy there over everything that you have done.
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Be sure, also, not to neglect the Levites, as long as you live in your land.
Luke 10:1-8
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After this the Lord chose another seventy-two men and sent them out two by two, to go ahead of him to every town and place where he himself was about to go.
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He said to them, "There is a large harvest, but few workers to gather it in. Pray to the owner of the harvest that he will send out workers to gather in his harvest.
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Go! I am sending you like lambs among wolves.
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Don't take a purse or a beggar's bag or shoes; don't stop to greet anyone on the road.
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Whenever you go into a house, first say, 'Peace be with this house.'
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If someone who is peace-loving lives there, let your greeting of peace remain on that person; if not, take back your greeting of peace.
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Stay in that same house, eating and drinking whatever they offer you, for workers should be given their pay. Don't move around from one house to another.
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Whenever you go into a town and are made welcome, eat what is set before you,
1 Thessalonians 5:12
We beg you, our friends, to pay proper respect to those who work among you, who guide and instruct you in the Christian life.
1 Thessalonians 5:13
Treat them with the greatest respect and love because of the work they do. Be at peace among yourselves.
kept the charge
Numbers 31:30
From the part given to the rest of the people, take one out of every fifty prisoners and the same proportion of the cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats. Give them to the Levites who are in charge of the LORD's Tent."
Psalm 134:1
Come, praise the LORD, all his servants, all who serve in his Temple at night.
Isaiah 56:10
He says, "All the leaders, who are supposed to warn my people, are blind! They know nothing. They are like watch dogs that don't bark---they only lie around and dream. How they love to sleep!
Isaiah 56:11
They are like greedy dogs that never get enough. These leaders have no understanding. They each do as they please and seek their own advantage.