Numbers 4:20
Strong's Lexicon
But [the Kohathites] are not
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

to go in
יָבֹ֧אוּ (yā·ḇō·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to enter, come in 1a2) to come 1a2a) to come with 1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy) 1a2c) to come to pass 1a3) to attain to 1a4) to be enumerated 1a5) to go 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead in 1b2) to carry in 1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon 1b4) to bring to pass 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought, brought in 1c2) to be introduced, be put

and look
לִרְא֛וֹת (lir·’ō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7200: 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, perceive 1a3) to see, have vision 1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out 1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish 1a6) to look at, gaze at 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to see, show 1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown 1e2) to be exhibited to 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face

at the holy objects,
הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ (haq·qō·ḏeš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6944: 1) apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness 1a) apartness, sacredness, holiness 1a1) of God 1a2) of places 1a3) of things 1b) set-apartness, separateness

even for a moment,
כְּבַלַּ֥ע (kə·ḇal·la‘)
Preposition-k | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1104: 1) to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to swallow down 1a2) to swallow up, engulf 1b) (Niphal) to be swallowed up 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to swallow 1c2) to swallow up, engulf 1c3) squandering (fig.) 1d) (Pual) to be swallowed up 1e) (Hithpael) to be ended

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

or they will die.”
וָמֵֽתוּ׃ (wā·mê·ṯū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 4191: 1) to die, kill, have one executed 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to die 1a2) to die (as penalty), be put to death 1a3) to die, perish (of a nation) 1a4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct) 1b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch 1c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be killed, be put to death 1d1a) to die prematurely

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”

Young's Literal Translation
and they go not in to see when the holy thing is swallowed, that they have died.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”

New American Standard Bible
but they shall not go in to see the holy [objects] even for a moment, or they will die."

King James Bible
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die."

New Living Translation
The Kohathites must never enter the sanctuary to look at the sacred objects for even a moment, or they will die."

English Standard Version
but they shall not go in to look on the holy things even for a moment, lest they die.”

New American Standard Bible
but they shall not go in to see the holy objects even for a moment, or they will die."

King James Bible
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die."

International Standard Version
But they are not to go in to see the sanctuary as it is being covered, so they won't die."

NET Bible
But the Kohathites are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die."

American Standard Version
but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.

English Revised Version
but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.

Young's Literal Translation
and they go not in to see when the holy thing is swallowed, that they have died.'
















Cross References
Exodus 19:21
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

Leviticus 16:13
And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:

Numbers 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Numbers 4:21
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

1 Samuel 6:19
And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.

Numbers 1:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Numbers 4:19
But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:

Numbers 4:18
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

Numbers 4:17
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Numbers 4:22
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

Numbers 4:23
From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
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