Quotes About Separation

“Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.

But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

“Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be cut off from among the Levites.

You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”

So the Israelites did this, sending such people outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,

All the days of his separation, he is not to eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.

For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall pass over his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow long.

Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body.

Throughout the time of his separation, he is holy to the LORD.

He must rededicate his time of separation to the LORD and bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But the preceding days shall not be counted, because his separation was defiled.

Now this is the law of the Nazirite when his time of separation is complete: He must be brought to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,

This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD for his separation, in addition to whatever else he can afford; he must fulfill whatever vow he makes, according to the law of his separation.”

“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.

In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.

For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.

For every firstborn male in Israel is Mine, both man and beast. I set them apart for Myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.

“I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”

Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORDís tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?

“Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”

“Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”

And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”

So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.

No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.