Numbers 4:20 - Tree of Life Version

²⁰ But the Kohathites are not to go in to look at what is holy, not even momentarily, or they will die.”

More versions

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

Then Adonai said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to see Adonai, and many of them die.

Leviticus 10:2

So fire came out from the presence of Adonai and consumed them. So they died before Adonai.

Leviticus 16:13

Then he is to put the incense on the fire before Adonai, so that the cloud of the incense may cover the atonement cover that is on the Ark, so that he would not die.

Numbers 1:51

Whenever the Tabernacle sets out, the Levites are to dismantle it, and whenever the Tabernacle is pitched, the Levites are to set it up. But the commoner who comes near to it must be put to death.

Numbers 18:3

They are to perform their duties for you and for all matters related to the Tent. They must not approach the implements of the Sanctuary or the altar—otherwise, both you and they will die.

Numbers 4:15

“When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the Sanctuary and all its holy implements, and when the camp is ready to move out, after this the sons of Kohath may come to do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy items or they will die. These are the task of the sons of Kohath with regard to the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 4:19

Do this for them so that they may live and not die whenever they approach the most holy items–-Aaron and his sons are to go into the Sanctuary and assign each man his job and his responsibility.

Numbers 4:21

Again Adonai spoke to Moses saying,

Revelation 11:19

Then the Temple of God in heaven was opened, and the Ark of His Covenant appeared in His Temple. And there were flashes of lightning and rumblings and clashes of thunder and an earthquake and heavy hail.

1 Samuel 6:19

Then He struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh because they had gazed into the ark of Adonai. He struck down the people—70 out of 50,000 men—the people mourned because Adonai had struck the people a great slaughter.