Numbers 3:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

They shall wait, in their own persons, not by the Levites. The stranger, i.e. every one who is of another family than Aaron s, yea, though he be a Levite. See Numbers 1:53, Numbers 16:40. That cometh nigh, to wit, to execute any part of the priest's office.

Numbers 3:10

10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.