Numbers 4:20 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

²⁰ But the Kohathites must not go in to look on the holy things even for a moment; otherwise 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."

Numbers 4:20 Tagairtí Cros

Exodus 19:21

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to the Lord to look; otherwise many of them will perish.

Leviticus 10:2

And fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.

Leviticus 16:13

and put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the covenant, or he will die.

Numbers 1:51

When the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.

Numbers 18:3

They shall perform duties for you and for the whole tent. But they must not approach either the utensils of the sanctuary or the altar, otherwise both they and you will die.

Numbers 4:15

When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the Kohathites shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, or they will die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the Kohathites are to carry.

Numbers 4:19

This is how you must deal with them in order that they may live and not die when they come near to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign each to a particular task or burden.

Numbers 4:21

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Revelation 11:19

Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.

1 Samuel 6:19

The descendants of Jeconiah did not rejoice with the people of Beth-shemesh when they greeted the ark of the Lord; and he killed seventy men of them. The people mourned because the Lord had made a great slaughter among the people.