Numbers 3:28
28According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were 8,600, keeping guard over the sanctuary.Numbers 3:31-32
31And their guard duty involved athe ark, bthe table, cthe lampstand, dthe altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and ethe screen; all the service connected with these. 32And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the chiefs of the Levites, and to have oversight of those who kept guard over the sanctuary.Numbers 3:38
38Those who were to camp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, fguarding the sanctuary itself, to protect ▼▼Hebrew guard
the people of Israel. And any outsider who came near was to be put to death. Joshua 1:7-9
7Only be strong and hvery courageous, being careful to do according to all the law ithat Moses my servant commanded you. jDo not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success ▼▼Or may act wisely
wherever you go. 8This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but lyou shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. 9Have I not commanded you? mBe strong and courageous. nDo not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” 1 Kings 2:3
3and keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, othat you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn,Ezekiel 44:16
16They shall enter my sanctuary, and they shall approach pmy table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.
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