The Iniquity Of The Sanctuary

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Numbers 18:1 Then the Lord said to Aaron: You and your sons and your father’s
house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary, and you and your sons
with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

Is there a way of understanding this verse so as to apply
this responsibility to the church, as a holy priesthood?

1 Peter 2:
5
you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house,
a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
through Jesus Christ.
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who
called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Hebrews 7:
11
Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood
(for under it the people received the law), what further need that another
priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called
according to the order of Aaron?
14 For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses
spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

Psalm 114:
1
When Israel went out of Egypt,
The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
2 Judah became His sanctuary,
Israel His dominion.
 

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Numbers 18:1 Then the Lord said to Aaron: You and your sons and your father’s
house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary, and you and your sons
with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

Is there a way of understanding this verse so as to apply
this responsibility to the church, as a holy priesthood?

1 Peter 2:
5
you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house,
a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
through Jesus Christ.
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who
called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Hebrews 7:
11
Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood
(for under it the people received the law), what further need that another
priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called
according to the order of Aaron?
14 For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses
spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

Psalm 114:
1
When Israel went out of Egypt,
The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
2 Judah became His sanctuary,
Israel His dominion.

No, this verse, as with much of the Old Testament, cannot rightly be applied to those under the New Covenant.
 
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Numbers 18:1 Then the Lord said to Aaron: You and your sons and your father’s
house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary, and you and your sons
with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

Is there a way of understanding this verse so as to apply
this responsibility to the church, as a holy priesthood?

Here are:


Numbers 18:1 Cross References

Exodus 28:38
It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear any guilt from the holy things that the people of Israel consecrate as their holy gifts. It shall regularly be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.

1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Acts 20:26-27
Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all of you, for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
 
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No, this verse, as with much of the Old Testament, cannot rightly be applied to those under the New Covenant.
Numbers 18:5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar:
that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

The church should be standing between the world and the wrath of God.
1 Timothy 2:
1
Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions,
and giving of thanks be made for all men,
2 for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable
life in all godliness and reverence.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
 
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Here are:


Numbers 18:1 Cross References

Exodus 28:38
It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear any guilt from the holy things that the people of Israel consecrate as their holy gifts. It shall regularly be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.

1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Acts 20:26-27
Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all of you, for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

Bad hermeneutics.
 
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Numbers 18:1 Cross References
These verses deal primarily with Christ Jesus as the high priest of the new covenant.
This is
thoroughly discussed in Hebrews, of which I included a portion.
Hebrews 7:
11
Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood
(for under it the people received the law), what further need that another
priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called
according to the order of Aaron?
The thread topic is centered on the priesthood as a whole, and how their role can
be compared to the church, which is alluded to in the NT

1 Peter 2:
5
you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house,
a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
through Jesus Christ.
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who
called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
This would go nicely in the thread Submit!, although I think it already is there. I will check,
and add if necessary as it is clearly applicable there.

Psalm 114:
1
When Israel went out of Egypt,
The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
2 Judah became His sanctuary,
Israel His dominion.
I have read much discussion on Israel, who is Israel, natural vs spiritual Israel. But what of Judah?
14 For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses
spoke nothing concerning priesthood.
 
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