Bible Cross References
the Levites
Numbers 18:21-24
21
Behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the service in which they serve, the service of the tent of meeting.
22
Neither shall the children of Israel come anymore near the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin and die.
23
But the Levites shall do the work of service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute, throughout your generations, that they shall have no inheritance among the children of Israel.
24
For the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer up as a heave offering unto Jehovah, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance; therefore I have said to them, They shall have no inheritance among the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 12:17-19
17
You cannot eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or your new wine or your oil, of the firstborn of your herd or your flock, of any of your vows which you vow, of your freewill offerings, or of the heave offering of your hand.
18
But you shall eat them before Jehovah your God in the place which Jehovah your God chooses, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates; and you shall rejoice before Jehovah your God in all to which you put your hands.
19
Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
Luke 10:1-8
1
After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to come.
2
And He said to them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.
3
Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
4
Carry neither money bag, knapsack, nor sandals; and greet no one along the road.
5
And whatever house you enter, first say, Peace to this house.
6
And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on it; if not, it will return to you.
7
And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.
8
Whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you.
1 Thessalonians 5:12
And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,
1 Thessalonians 5:13
and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
kept the charge
Numbers 31:30
And from the children of Israel's half you shall take one of every fifty, of man, from the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep, from all the livestock; and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.
Psalm 134:1
i1 [A Song of Ascents.] i0 par Behold, bless Jehovah, all you servants of Jehovah, who by night stand in the house of Jehovah.
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind; they are all ignorant; they are all dumb dogs who cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Isaiah 56:11
Yea, they are greedy dogs which never have enough. And they are shepherds who cannot understand; they all look to their own way, every one for his own gain, to his own end.