Numbers 18:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ They are to join you and guard the tent of meeting, doing all the work at the tent, but no unauthorised person may come near you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And they shall be joined to you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting–all the [menial] service of the Tent–and no stranger [no layman, anyone who is not a Levite] shall come near you [Aaron and your sons].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

Common English Bible

⁴ They will assist you and they will perform the duties of the meeting tent with regard to all the work of the tent. But no outsider may accompany you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ But they may be with you, and they may watch over the care of the tabernacle and all its ceremonies. A foreigner shall not be mixed with you.

Numbers 18:4 Cross References

Ezekiel 44:14

Yet I will make them responsible for the duties of the temple   #– #for all its work and everything done in it.

Numbers 1:51

Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to stop at a campsite, the Levites are to set it up. Any unauthorised  person who comes near it is to be put to death.

Numbers 1:53

The Levites are to camp round the tabernacle of the testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the Israelite community.’

Numbers 18:3

They are to perform duties for you and for the whole tent. They must not come near the sanctuary equipment or the altar; otherwise, both they and you will die.

Numbers 18:5

‘You are to guard the sanctuary and the altar so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.

Numbers 3:10

You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out their priestly responsibilities, but any unauthorised person who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.’

Numbers 31:30

From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty from the people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats, all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who perform the duties of  the Lord’s tabernacle.’

Numbers 8:26

He may assist his brothers to fulfil responsibilities  at the tent of meeting,  but he must not do the work. This is how you are to deal with the Levites regarding their duties.’

1 Samuel 6:19

God struck down the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the Lord.  , He struck down seventy persons.  The people mourned because the Lord struck them with a great slaughter.