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Offerings for Priests and Levites

Numbers 18:22

In 11 translations

BSB
No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.
KJV
Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.and die: Heb. to die
WEB
Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
ASV
And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
LSV
And the sons of Israel no longer come near to the Tent of Meeting, to bear sin, to die,
YLT
'And the sons of Israel come no more near unto the tent of meeting, to bear sin, to die,
DBY
Neither shall the children of Israel henceforth come near the tent of meeting, to bear sin and die.
DRC
That the children of Israel may not approach any more to the tabernacle, nor commit deadly sin,
GNV
Neyther shall the children of Israel any more come neere the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest they susteine sinne, and die.
JPS
And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
LXXE
And the children of Israel shall no more draw nigh to the tabernacle of witness to incur fatal guilt.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְלֹא־יִקְרְב֥וּ ע֛וֹד בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד לָשֵׂ֥את חֵ֖טְא לָמֽוּת׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ οὐ προσελεύσονται ἔτι οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου λαβεῖν ἁμαρτίαν θανατηφόρον.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 22:9The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
  • Leviticus 20:20If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.
  • Numbers 3:10So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
  • Numbers 18:7But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but…
  • Numbers 1:51–52Whenever 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. The Israelites are to camp by…
  • Numbers 3:38Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but…

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