◄ Numbers 4:20 ►
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Good News Translation
But if the Kohathites enter the Tent and see the priests preparing the sacred objects for moving, they will die."

New Revised Standard Version
But the Kohathites must not go in to look on the holy things even for a moment; otherwise they will die.

New American Bible
but the Kohathites shall not go in to look upon the sacred objects even for an instant, or they will die.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let not others by any curiosity see the things that are in the sanctuary before they be wrapped up, otherwise they shall die.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Let not others by any curiosity see the things that are in the sanctuary before they be wrapped up, otherwise they shall die.

they shall

Numbers 4:15,19 And when Aaron and his sons have wrapped up the sanctuary and the vessels thereof at the removing of the camp, then shall the sons of Caath enter in to carry the things wrapped up: and they shall not touch the vessels of the sanctuary, lest they die. These are the burdens of the sons of Caath: in the tabernacle of the covenant: . . .

Exodus 19:21 He said unto him: Go down, and charge the people; lest they should have a mind to pass the limits to see the Lord, and a very great multitude of them should perish.

Leviticus 10:2 And fire coming out from the Lord destroyed them: and they died before the Lord.

1 Samuel 6:19 But he slew of the men of Bethsames, because they had seen the ark of the Lord, and he slew of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand of the common people. And the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten the people with a great slaughter.

Hebrews 10:19,20 Having therefore, brethren, a confidence in the entering into the holies by the blood of Christ: . . .

Revelation 11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven: and the ark of his testament was seen in his temple. And there were lightnings and voices and an earthquake and great hail.

the holy things.

1 Kings 8:8 And whereas the staves stood out, the ends of them were seen without, in the sanctuary before the oracle, but were not seen farther out, and there they have been unto this day.

with

2 Chronicles 5:9 Now the ends of the staves wherewith the ark was carried, because they were some thing longer, were seen before the oracle: but if a man were a little outward, he could not see them. So the ark has been there unto this day.

, where that which is called the holy in the former, is called the ark in the latter.

Context
The Duties of the Kohathites
…19But do this to them, that they may live, and not die, by touching the holies of holies. Aaron and his sons shall go in, and they shall appoint every man his work, and shall divide the burdens that every man is to carry. 20Let not others by any curiosity see the things that are in the sanctuary before they be wrapped up, otherwise they shall die.
Cross References
Exodus 19:21
He said unto him: Go down, and charge the people; lest they should have a mind to pass the limits to see the Lord, and a very great multitude of them should perish.

Leviticus 16:13
That when the perfumes are put upon the fire, the cloud and vapour thereof may cover the oracle, which is over the testimony, and he may not die.

Numbers 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have wrapped up the sanctuary and the vessels thereof at the removing of the camp, then shall the sons of Caath enter in to carry the things wrapped up: and they shall not touch the vessels of the sanctuary, lest they die. These are the burdens of the sons of Caath: in the tabernacle of the covenant:

Numbers 4:21
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

1 Samuel 6:19
But he slew of the men of Bethsames, because they had seen the ark of the Lord, and he slew of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand of the common people. And the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten the people with a great slaughter.

Numbers 4:19
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