These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. Cross References Numbers 16:39 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar, Numbers 16:40 just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his followers. Treasury of Scripture These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. therefore Leviticus 21:21-23 Numbers 3:10 Numbers 16:40 Ezekiel 44:10-14 |