Numbers 4:15

New American Bible - revised edition

Only after Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sacred objects and all their utensils on breaking camp, can the Kohathites enter to carry them. But they shall not touch the sacred objects; if they do they will die. These, then, are the objects in the tent of meeting that the Kohathites shall carry.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:24

Zadok, too, and all the Levites bearing the ark of the covenant of God set down the ark of God until the whole army had finished marching out of the city; and Abiathar came up.

2 Samuel 6:13

As soon as the bearers of the ark of the Lord had advanced six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.

1 Kings 8:3

When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark;

1 Chronicles 15:15

The Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 15:2

At that time he said, “No one may carry the ark of God except the Levites, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to him forever.”

1 Chronicles 23:26

Henceforth the Levites need not carry the tabernacle or any of the equipment for its service.”

Exodus 19:12

Set limits for the people all around, saying: Take care not to go up the mountain, or even to touch its edge. All who touch the mountain must be put to death.

Exodus 19:21

Then the Lord told Moses: Go down and warn the people not to break through to the Lord in order to see him; otherwise many of them will be struck down.

Exodus 27:7

These poles are to be put through the rings, so that they are on either side of the altar when it is carried.

Leviticus 16:13

there before the Lord he shall put incense on the fire, so that a cloud of incense may shield the cover that is over the covenant, else he will die.

Numbers 1:50

You are to give the Levites charge of the tabernacle of the covenant with all its equipment and all that belongs to it. It is they who shall carry the tabernacle with all its equipment and who shall be its ministers; and they shall camp all around the tabernacle.

Numbers 1:51

When the tabernacle is to move on, the Levites shall take it down; when the tabernacle is to be pitched, it is the Levites who shall set it up. Any unauthorized person who comes near it shall be put to death.

Numbers 10:21

The Kohathites, who carried the sacred objects, then set out. Before their arrival the tabernacle would be erected.

Numbers 18:3

They shall discharge your obligations and those with respect to the whole tent; however, they shall not come near the utensils of the sanctuary or the altar, or else both they and you will die.

Numbers 3:38

East of the tabernacle, that is, in front of the tent of meeting, toward the sunrise, were camped Moses and Aaron and the latter’s sons, performing the duties of the sanctuary incumbent upon the Israelites. Any unauthorized person who came near was to be put to death.

Numbers 4:14

On this they shall put all the utensils with which it is served: the fire pans, forks, shovels, basins, and all the utensils of the altar. They shall then spread a covering of yellow-orange skin over this, and put the poles in place.

Numbers 4:19

That they may live and not die when they approach the most sacred objects, this is what you shall do for them: Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign to each of them his task and what he must carry;

Numbers 4:20

but the Kohathites shall not go in to look upon the sacred objects even for an instant, or they will die.

Numbers 7:9

He gave none to the Kohathites, because they were responsible for maintenance of the sacred objects that had to be carried on their shoulders.

Deuteronomy 31:9

When Moses had written down this law, he gave it to the levitical priests who carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.

Joshua 4:10

The priests carrying the ark stood in the Jordan riverbed until everything had been done that the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people, just as Moses had commanded Joshua. The people crossed over quickly,

1 Samuel 6:19

The descendants of Jeconiah did not join in the celebration with the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh when they saw the ark of the Lord, and seventy of them were struck down. The people mourned over this great calamity which the Lord had inflicted upon them.