Bible Verses About Priests

And Korah gathered all the multitude against them vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation: then the glorie of the Lord appeared vnto all the Congregation.

And the Lord spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Separate your selues from among this Cogregation, that I may consume them at once.

And they fell vpon their faces and saide, O God the God of the spirits, of all fleshe, hath not one man onely sinned, and wilt thou bee wroth with all the Congregation?

And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

Speake vnto the Congregation and say, Get you away from about the Tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.

Then Moses rose vp, and went vnto Dathan and Abiram, and the Elders of Israel followed him.

And he spake vnto the Congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tentes of these wicked men, and touche nothing of theirs, lest ye perish in all their sinnes.

So they gate them away from the Tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram on euerie side: and Dathan, and Abiram came out and stood in the doore of their tentes with their wiues, and their sonnes, and their little children.

And Moses saide, Hereby yee shall knowe that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works: for I haue not done them of mine owne minde.

If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men, the Lord hath not sent me.

But if the Lord make a newe thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallowe them vp with all that they haue, and they goe downe quicke into ye pit, then ye shall vnderstand that these men haue prouoked the Lord.

And assoone as he had made an ende of speaking all these wordes, euen the ground claue asunder that was vnder them,

And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them vp, with their families, and all the men that were with Korah, and all their goods.

So they and all that they had, went down aliue into the pit, and the earth couered them: so they perished from among the Congregation.

And all Israel that were about them, fled at the crie of them: for they said, Let vs flee, least the earth swalow vs vp.

But there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundreth and fiftie men that offred the incense.

It is a remembrance vnto the children of Israel, that no stranger which is not of the seede of Aaron, come neere to offer incense before the Lord, that he be not like Korah and his company, as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.

And the Lord sayd vnto Aaron, Thou, and thy sonnes and thy fathers house with thee, shall beare the iniquitie of the Sanctuarie: both thou and thy sonnes with thee shall beare the iniquitie of your Priestes office.

Therefore shall ye keepe the charge of the Sanctuarie, and the charge of the altar: so there shall fall no more wrath vpon the children of Israel.

But thou, and thy sonnes with thee shall keepe your Priestes office for all things of the altar, and within the vaile: therefore shall ye serue: for I haue made your Priestes office an office of seruice: therefore the stranger that cometh neere, shalbe slayne.

Againe the Lord spake vnto Aaron, Behold, I haue giuen thee the keeping of mine offrings, of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel: vnto thee I haue giuen them for the anoyntings sake, and to thy sonnes, for a perpetuall ordinance.

This shalbe thine of the most holy things, reserued from the fire: all their offering of all their meate offring, and of all their sinne offring, and of all their trespasse offring, which they bring vnto me, that shalbe most holy vnto thee, and to thy sonnes.

In the most holy place shalt thou eate it: euery male shall eate of it: it is holy vnto thee.

This also shalbe thine: the heaue offering of their gift, with all the shake offerings of the children of Israel: I haue giuen them vnto thee and to thy sonnes and to thy daughters with thee, to be a duetie for euer al the cleane in thine house shall eate of it.