Numbers 18:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ They will join you and work with you. They will be responsible for caring for the Meeting Tent. [232] All the work that must be done in the Tent will be done by them. No one else may come near the place where you are.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ But let them be with thee, and watch in the charge of the tabernacle, and in all the ceremonies thereof. A stranger shall not join himself with you.

Numbers 18:4 Cross References

Ezekiel 44:14

But I will let them take care of the temple. They will work in the temple and do the things that must be done in it.

Numbers 1:51

Whenever the Holy Tent is moved, the men of Levi must do it. Whenever the Holy Tent is set up, the men of Levi must do it. They are the men who will take care of the Holy Tent. If any person who is not from Levi’s family group tries to take care of the tent, he must be killed.

Numbers 1:53

But the men of Levi must make their camp around the Holy Tent. The men of Levi will guard the Holy Tent of the Agreement. {They will protect the Holy Tent} so that nothing bad will happen to the people of Israel.”

Numbers 18:3

Those people from the family of Levi are under your control. They will do all the work that needs to be done in the Tent. But they must not go near the things in the Holy Place [230] or the altar. [231] If they do, then they will die—and you will die also.

Numbers 18:5

“You are responsible for caring for the holy place and the altar. [233] I don’t want to become angry with the people of Israel again.

Numbers 3:10

“Appoint Aaron and his sons to be priests. They must do their duty and serve as priests. Any other person who tries to come near the holy things [30] must be killed.”

Numbers 31:30

And then, from the people’s half, take one thing for every 50 things. This includes people, cows, donkeys, sheep, or any other animal. Give that share to the Levites. Why? Because the Levites take care of the Lord’s Holy Tent.”

Numbers 8:26

Those men 50 years old or older can help their brothers with their work at the Meeting Tent. But those men must not do the work themselves. You must do these things when you choose Levite men to do their work.”

1 Samuel 6:19

But there were no priests [80] there, and the men of Beth Shemesh looked at the Holy Box of the Lord. So God killed 70 men from Beth Shemesh. The people of Beth Shemesh cried because the Lord punished them so severely.