V. 13.— For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. For he was declared a priest after the order of Melchisedec, Hebrews 3:1; Hebrews 4:14-15; Hebrews 5:4-10, and pertained to another tribe of which no man officiated at the altar. We have seen that the priesthood had been expressly limited to the family of Aaron, and the appointment was confirmed in a very remarkable manner. When Izhar, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, sought the priesthood, Numbers 16:3-31, alleging that all the congregation was holy, and complained that Moses and Aaron lifted up themselves above the congregation of the Lord, they took their censers and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, standing in the door of the tabernacle. The earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and of their censers were made broad plates for a covering of the altar,—"To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.” Numbers 16:40. And not only so, but by the Lord’ s commandment the rods of the princes of the congregation, twelve rods, were laid before the Lord in the Tabernacle, and next day Aaron’ s rod was budded and bloomed blossoms and yielded almonds, Numbers 17 : This settled the matter; the children of Israel said, “Whosoever cometh anything near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die.” Numbers 17:13.