5|You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary, and the duty of the altar; that there be wrath no more on the children of Israel.


In Context

2 Your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall be before the tent of the testimony.

3 They shall keep your commands, and the duty of all the Tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they, nor you.

4 They shall be joined to you, and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come near to you.

5 |You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary, and the duty of the altar; that there be wrath no more on the children of Israel.

6 I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given to Yahweh, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting.

7 You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and you shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.|

Numbers 18:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:5And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:5"You are to be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the altar, so that wrath will not fall on the Israelites again.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:5Watch ye in the charge of the sanctuary, and in the ministry of the altar: lest indignation rise upon the children of Israel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:5And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there be wrath no more upon the children of Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there come no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:5And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be wrath no more upon the children of Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5and ye have kept the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar, and there is no more wrath against the sons of Israel.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:5And you shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more on the children of Israel.