Numbers 4:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.””
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“But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.”
King James Version · Public Domain“but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and they go not in to see when the holy thing is swallowed, that they have died.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 4:20 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 19:21and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.
- Leviticus 10:2So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.
- Numbers 1:51Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.
- Numbers 4:15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:19In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.
- Numbers 18:3And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.
- 1 Samuel 6:19But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.
- Hebrews 10:19Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
- Revelation 11:19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
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