Numbers 4:20
“But they shall not goe in to see when the holy things are couered, lest they die.”
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Numbers 4:20 Context
18Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites, from among the Leuites. 19But thus doe vnto them, that they may liue, and not die: when they approche vnto the most Holy things, Aaron and his sonnes shall goe in, and appoint them euery one to his seruice, and to his burden. 20But they shall not goe in to see when the holy things are couered, lest they die. 21¶ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, 22Take also the summe of the sonnes of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families:
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But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
- King James Version
but they shall not go in to see the holy {objects} even for a moment, or they will die."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.
- Basic English Bible
but they shall not go in and see for a moment the holy things, lest they die.
- Darby Bible
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
- Webster's Bible
but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die."
- World English Bible
and they go not in to see when the holy thing is swallowed, that they have died.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
but they shall not go in to see the holy things as they are being covered, lest they die.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible