Numbers 4:20

New Living Translation

The Kohathites must never enter the sanctuary to look at the sacred objects for even a moment, or they will die.”

Cross References

Exodus 19:21

Then the Lord told Moses, “Go back down and warn the people not to break through the boundaries to see the Lord, or they will die.

Leviticus 10:2

So fire blazed forth from the Lord’s presence and burned them up, and they died there before the Lord.

Leviticus 16:13

There in the Lord’s presence he will put the incense on the burning coals so that a cloud of incense will rise over the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—that rests on the Ark of the Covenant. If he follows these instructions, he will not die.

Numbers 1:51

Whenever it is time for the Tabernacle to move, the Levites will take it down. And when it is time to stop, they will set it up again. But any unauthorized person who goes too near the Tabernacle must be put to death.

Numbers 18:3

But as the Levites go about all their assigned duties at the Tabernacle, they must be careful not to go near any of the sacred objects or the altar. If they do, both you and they will die.

Numbers 4:15

The camp will be ready to move when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the sacred articles. The Kohathites will come and carry these things to the next destination. But they must not touch the sacred objects, or they will die. So these are the things from the Tabernacle that the Kohathites must carry.

Numbers 4:19

This is what you must do so they will live and not die when they approach the most sacred objects. Aaron and his sons must always go in with them and assign a specific duty or load to each person.

Numbers 4:21

And the Lord said to Moses,

Revelation 11:19

Then, in heaven, the Temple of God was opened and the Ark of his covenant could be seen inside the Temple. Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and roared, and there was an earthquake and a terrible hailstorm.

1 Samuel 6:19

But the Lord killed seventy men from Beth-shemesh because they looked into the Ark of the Lord. And the people mourned greatly because of what the Lord had done.