Num 18:3 | CPDV | STEP | And the Levites shall stand watch by your precepts, and for all the works of the tabernacle; yet in such a manner that they shall not approach the vessels of the Sanctuary and of the altar, lest both they die, and you perish, at the same time.

Numbers 18:3

3 And the Levites shall stand watch by your precepts, and for all the works of the tabernacle; yet in such a manner that they shall not approach the vessels of the Sanctuary and of the altar, lest both they die, and you perish, at the same time. ^{▼▼18:3This verse teaches a necessary and perpetual distinction between the ordained clergy and non-ordained religious.(Conte)}