Numbers 4:15

God's Word

“When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy things and the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites will come to carry all the holy articles. They must never touch the holy things, or they will die. The Kohathites will carry all the things from the tent of meeting.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:24

Zadok and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of God’s promise. They set down the ark of God beside Abiathar until all the troops had withdrawn from the city.

2 Samuel 6:13

When those who carried the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, David sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.

1 Kings 8:3

When all the leaders of Israel had arrived, the priests picked up the Lord’s ark.

1 Chronicles 15:15

The Levites carried God’s ark on their shoulders. They used poles as Moses had commanded according to the Lord’s instructions.

1 Chronicles 15:2

Then David insisted that only the Levites carry God’s ark because the Lord had chosen them to carry his ark and to serve him forever.

1 Chronicles 23:26

The Levites will no longer have to carry the tent and all the utensils used in worship.”

Exodus 19:12

Mark off a boundary around the mountain for the people, and tell them not to go up the mountain or even touch it. Those who touch the mountain must be put to death.

Exodus 19:21

The Lord said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to force their way through ⌞the boundary⌟ to see the Lord, or many of them will die.

Exodus 27:7

The poles should be put through the rings on both sides of the altar to carry it.

Leviticus 16:13

Then he will put the incense on the fire in the Lord’s presence. The cloud of incense will cover the throne of mercy, which is over the words of God’s promise, so that he will not die.

Numbers 1:50

Put the Levites in charge of the tent of God’s words, including the equipment for the tent and everything else having to do with the tent. The Levites will carry the tent and all its equipment. They will take care of the tent and camp around it.

Numbers 1:51

When the tent has to be moved, the Levites will take it down. When we camp, they will set it up. Anyone else who comes near the tent will be put to death.

Numbers 10:21

Then the Kohathites, who carried the holy things, broke camp. By the time they arrived, the tent ⌞of meeting⌟ would already be set up.

Numbers 18:3

They will work for you, doing whatever work is necessary for the whole tent. But they must not come near the altar or the furnishings in the holy place, or they will die, and you will die, too.

Numbers 3:38

Moses, Aaron, and his sons put up their tents on the east side in front of the tent of meeting. They were in charge of the holy place on behalf of the Israelites. Anyone else who tried to do the Levites’ duties had to be put to death.

Numbers 4:14

Next, they will put all the accessories used at the altar on it. These are the trays, forks, shovels, and bowls—all the altar’s accessories. They will spread a covering of fine leather over all this. Then they will put the poles in place.

Numbers 4:19

This is what you must do so that they won’t die when they come near the most holy things: Aaron and his sons will go into the holy place and tell each man what he will do and what he will carry.

Numbers 4:20

But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die.”

Numbers 7:9

But Moses gave none of these gifts to the Kohathites, because they took care of the holy things. They had to carry the holy things on their own shoulders.

Deuteronomy 31:9

Moses wrote down these teachings and gave them to the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the Lord’s promise and to all the leaders of Israel.

Joshua 4:10

The priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan. They stood there until everything the Lord had ordered Joshua to tell the people had been carried out. This was as Moses had told Joshua. The people hurried to the other side.

1 Samuel 6:19

God struck down some of the people from Beth Shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the Lord. He struck down 70 people. The people mourned because the Lord struck them with such a great blow.