Numbers 4:20

In 11 translations

BSB

But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

and they do not go in to see when the holy thing is swallowed, lest they have died.”

YLT

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

DBY

but they shall not go in and see for a moment the holy things, lest they die.

DRC

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

GNV

But let them not goe in, to see when the Sanctuarie is folden vp, lest they die.

JPS

but they shall not go in to see the holy things as they are being covered, lest they die.'

LXXE

And so they shall by no means go in to look suddenly upon the holy things, and die.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְלֹא־יָבֹ֧אוּ לִרְא֛וֹת כְּבַלַּ֥ע אֶת־הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ וָמֵֽתוּ׃

LXX-Br

καὶ οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθωσιν ἰδεῖν ἐξάπινα τὰ ἅγια, καὶ ἀποθανοῦνται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 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…
• Leviticus 10:2So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.
• Hebrews 10:19–20Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
• 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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