NUMBERS—NOTE ON Numbers 18:1 In general, the priests guarded the interior of the tabernacle (vv. Numbers 18:5) and the Levites guarded its exterior (vv. Numbers 18:3). Any outsider (that is, any unauthorized person) is to be executed if he is caught trespassing (vv. Numbers 18:4, Numbers 18:7). If a Levite enters the area guarded by the priests, both the Levite and priest will die (v. Numbers 18:3). These rigorous measures are designed that there may never again be wrath on the people of Israel (v. Numbers 18:5). The risk of divine judgment for ritual trespass will be limited to the priests and Levites, who bear iniquity connected with your priesthood (v. Numbers 18:1).

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