Numbers 18:5
And 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.
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Context
3 And they shall keep your charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
4 And they shall be joined unto you, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
5 And 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.
6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you given a gift for the Yahuah, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
7 Therefore you and your sons with you shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.