Numbers 4:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תַּכְרִ֕יתוּ אֶת־שֵׁ֖בֶט מִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת הַקְּהָתִ֑י מִתּ֖וֹךְ הַלְוִיִּֽם׃

Transliteration

Do not takrîtû [the] šēbeṭ mišpəḥōt the Qəhātî from tôk the Ləwiyyîm.

Grammar Details

*takrîtû*: Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you shall cut off/destroy
*šēbeṭ*: noun, masculine singular, construct state - tribe/branch of
*mišpəḥōt*: noun, feminine plural, construct state - families/clans of
*Qəhātî*: adjective, masculine singular - Kohathite
*tôk*: noun, masculine singular, construct state - midst/middle of
*Ləwiyyîm*: noun, masculine plural - Levites

Word Meanings

*takrîtû*: cut off/destroy/eliminate/excommunicate
*šēbeṭ*: tribe/branch/rod/staff
*mišpəḥōt*: families/clans/kinship groups
*tôk*: midst/middle/among

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Referenced Verses

Exod 19:21 : 21 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.
Lev 10:1-2 : 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire before Jehovah, which he had not commanded them. 2 And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah.
Num 16:32 : 32 and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
Num 17:10 : 10 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that thou mayest make an end of their murmurings against me, that they die not.
Num 18:5 : 5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there be wrath no more upon the children of Israel.
1 Sam 6:19 : 19 And he smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah, he smote of the people seventy men, [and] fifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because Jehovah had smitten the people with a great slaughter.
2 Sam 6:6-7 : 6 And when they came to the threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth [his hand] to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen stumbled. 7 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
Jer 38:23 : 23 And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans; and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Num 4:19-21
3 verses
81%
19but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;
20but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.
21And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 4:17
80%
17And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Num 4:1-2
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79%
1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
Num 4:15
78%
15And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.
Num 4:34
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34And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
Num 4:4
77%
4This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, [about] the most holy things:
Num 4:36-37
2 verses
77%
36and those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
37These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
Num 18:1-7
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77%
1And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy fathers' house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
2And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tent of the testimony.
3And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the Tent: only they shall not come nigh unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar, that they die not, neither they, nor ye.
4And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
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Num 1:47-50
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76%
47But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
48For Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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Num 3:27
76%
27And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
Num 18:22-23
2 verses
75%
22And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
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Num 3:11
74%
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Num 7:9
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5And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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Num 16:40
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Num 8:14
72%
14Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.
Num 8:26
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Deut 18:1
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Num 3:19
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Lev 22:1-2
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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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Num 16:8
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8And Moses said unto Korah, Hear now, ye sons of Levi:
1 Chr 6:1
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Num 8:6
72%
6Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
Num 8:19
72%
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Lev 22:17
72%
17And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 8:22
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22And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
Num 18:32
72%
32And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best thereof: and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that ye die not.
Exod 6:18
71%
18And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years.
Josh 21:20
71%
20And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
Deut 12:19
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19Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest in thy land.
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