Numbers 18:7

7And ayou and your sons with you shall guard your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and bthat is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift,
Hebrew service of gift
and dany outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

1 Chronicles 6:32

32They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order.

Ezekiel 44:8

8And eyou have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have set others to keep my charge for you in my sanctuary.

Acts 6:3-4

3 fTherefore, brothers,
Or  brothers and sisters
pick out from among you seven men hof good repute, ifull of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.
4But jwe will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

Romans 12:7

7if kservice, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching;

1 Timothy 4:15-16

15Practice these things, immerse yourself in them,
Greek be in them
so that mall may see your progress.
16 nKeep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save oboth yourself and pyour hearers.

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