Numbers 4:20 - Revised Standard Version

²⁰ but they shall not go in to look upon the holy things even for a moment, lest they die.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ but they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ But [the Kohathites] shall not go in to see the sanctuary [the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies] or its holy things, even for an instant, lest they die.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.

Common English Bible

²⁰ But they may not enter to look at the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Let no others, out of curiosity, see the things that are in the Sanctuary before they are wrapped, otherwise they shall die."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Let not others by any curiosity see the things that are in the sanctuary before they be wrapped up. Otherwise they shall die.

Numbers 4:20 Cross References

Exodus 19:21

And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord to gaze and many of them perish.

Leviticus 10:2

And fire came forth from the presence of the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

Leviticus 16:13

and put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat which is upon the testimony, lest he die;

Numbers 1:51

When the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And if any one else comes near, he shall be put to death.

Numbers 18:3

They shall attend you and attend to all duties of the tent; but shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary or to the altar, lest they, and you, die.

Numbers 4:15

And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.

Numbers 4:19

but deal thus with them, that they may live and not die when they come near to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint them each to his task and to his burden,

Numbers 4:21

The Lord said to Moses,

Revelation 11:19

Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, voices, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.

1 Samuel 6:19

And he slew some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked into the ark of the Lord; he slew seventy men of them, and the people mourned because the Lord had made a great slaughter among the people.