Numbers 4:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁰ The Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects as they are covered  or they will die.’

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Exodus 19:21

The Lord instructed Moses, ‘Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the Lord; otherwise many of them will die.

Leviticus 10:2

Then fire came from the Lord   and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.

Leviticus 16:13

He is to put the incense on the fire before the Lord, so that the cloud  of incense covers the mercy seat that is over the testimony,  or else he will die.

Numbers 1:51

Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to stop at a campsite, the Levites are to set it up. Any unauthorised  person who comes near it is to be put to death.

Numbers 18:3

They are to perform duties for you and for the whole tent. They must not come near the sanctuary equipment or the altar; otherwise, both they and you will die.

Numbers 4:15

‘Aaron and his sons are to finish covering the holy objects and all their equipment whenever the camp is to move on. The Kohathites will come and carry them, but they are not to touch the holy objects or they will die.  These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the tent of meeting.

Numbers 4:19

Do this for them so that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy objects:  Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and transportation duty.

Numbers 4:21

The Lord spoke to Moses:

Revelation 11:19

Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant  appeared in his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder,  an earthquake,  and severe hail.

1 Samuel 6:19

God struck down the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the Lord.  , He struck down seventy persons.  The people mourned because the Lord struck them with a great slaughter.