And Jehovah said to Moses, Go down. Command the people, lest they break through to Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.
Numbers 4:20 - Modern King James Version But they shall not go in to watch when the holy things are covered, lest they die. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die. Common English Bible But they may not enter to look at the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 Let not others by any curiosity see the things that are in the sanctuary before they be wrapped up. Otherwise they shall die. |
And Jehovah said to Moses, Go down. Command the people, lest they break through to Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.
And there went out fire from Jehovah and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah.
And he shall put the incense on the fire before Jehovah. And the cloud of the incense shall cover the mercy-seat that is on the Testimony. And he shall not die.
And when the tabernacle sets forth, the Levites shall take it down. And when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And the stranger who comes near shall die.
And they shall keep your charge and the charge of all the tabernacle. Only they shall not come near the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, so that neither they nor you also may die.
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set forward, then after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it. But they shall not touch any holy thing lest they die. These are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
But do this to them, and they shall live and not die when they approach the Holy of Holies. Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint each one of them to his service and to his burden.
And the temple of God was opened in Heaven, and there was seen in His temple the ark of His covenant, and there occurred lightnings and voices, and thunders and an earthquake, and a great hail.
And He struck the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah. He even struck seventy among the people, including fifty chief men. And the people lamented because Jehovah had struck the people with a great slaughter.