Numbers 18:4 - New International Reader's Version

⁴ They will help you take care of the tent of meeting. They will join you in all the work at the tent. No one else can come near you there.

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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

But I will still appoint them to guard the temple. They will guard it for all the work that has to be done there.

Numbers 1:51

When the holy tent must be moved, the Levites must take it down. And when the tent must be set up, the Levites must do it. Anyone else who approaches it must be put to death.

Numbers 1:53

But the Levites must set up their tents around the holy tent. That’s where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. Then I will not be angry with the community of Israel. The Levites will be responsible for taking care of the tent.”

Numbers 18:3

The Levites will work for you. They must do everything that needs to be done at the tent. But they must not go near anything that belongs to the sacred tent. And they must not go near the altar. If they do, they and you will die.

Numbers 18:5

“You will be responsible for taking care of the sacred tent and the altar. Then I will not be angry with the Israelites again.

Numbers 3:10

Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests. Anyone else who approaches the sacred tent must be put to death.”

Numbers 31:30

Also take something from the half that belongs to the Israelites. Choose one out of every 50 people, cattle, donkeys, sheep or other animals. Give them to the Levites. They are responsible for taking care of my holy tent.”

Numbers 8:26

They can help their brothers with their duties at the tent of meeting. But they themselves should not do the work. That is how you must direct the Levites to do their work.”

1 Samuel 6:19

But some of the people of Beth Shemesh looked into the ark of the Lord. So he struck them down. He put 70 of them to death. The rest of the people were filled with sorrow. That’s because the Lord had killed so many of them.