Numbers 18:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

They are to join you and take responsibility for the care of the tent of meeting, performing all its service. No unauthorized person may come near you.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And they shall be joined to you, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come near you.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And 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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And let them be by the and wayte on the tabernacle of witnesse and on all the seruyce of the tabernacle and let no straunger come nye vnto you.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    howbeit they shal be ioyned vnto the, to wayte vpo the mynistracion in the Tabernacle of witnesse, in all the seruice of the Tabernacle. And there shal no straunger come nye vnto you.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And they shalbe ioyned with thee, & keepe the charge of the Tabernacle of the Congregation for all the seruice of the Tabernacle: and no stranger shal come neere vnto you:

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And they shalbe ioyned with thee, and kepe the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation for all the seruice of the tabernacle: and let no straunger come nye vnto you.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They shall be joined to you, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come near to you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and they have been joined unto thee, and have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; and a stranger doth not come near unto you;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    They are to be joined with you in the care of the Tent of meeting, doing whatever is needed for the Tent: and no one of any other family may come near you.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They shall be joined to you, and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come near to you.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They must join with you, and they will be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, but no unauthorized person may approach you.

Referenced Verses

  • Num 1:51 : 51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites must take it down, and whenever it is to be set up, the Levites must set it up. Any outsider who comes near it must be put to death.
  • Num 3:10 : 10 But you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to be responsible for their priesthood, and any unauthorized person who approaches it shall be put to death.
  • 1 Sam 6:19 : 19 But God struck down some of the men of Beth Shemesh because they looked into the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had inflicted them with a great blow.
  • 2 Sam 6:6-7 : 6 When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out his hand to the ark of God to steady it, for the oxen had stumbled. 7 The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his irreverence. He died there beside the ark of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Num 18:2-3
    2 verses
    85%

    2Bring your brothers from the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, to join you and assist you while you and your sons serve before the tent of the testimony.

    3They are to guard your duties and the duties of the entire tent, but they must not come near the sacred furnishings or the altar, so they will not die—and neither will you.

  • Num 18:5-7
    3 verses
    80%

    5You are to perform the duties of the sanctuary and the altar, so that no further wrath will fall on the Israelites.

    6I myself have chosen your brothers, the Levites, from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD for their service at the tent of meeting.

    7But you and your sons with you are to diligently guard your priestly duties for every aspect of the altar and the area behind the curtain. I have given your priesthood to you as a service of gift. Any unauthorized person who approaches shall be put to death.

  • Num 3:38
    79%

    38Those to camp in front of the tabernacle, on the east side before the tent of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons, keeping charge of the sanctuary for the duties of the people of Israel. Any outsider who approached was to be put to death.

  • Num 18:22-23
    2 verses
    78%

    22From now on, the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and die.

    23The Levites shall perform the duties of the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for their sins. This is a perpetual ordinance for your generations, but they shall not have any inheritance among the Israelites.

  • Num 1:49-51
    3 verses
    78%

    49Do not include the tribe of Levi or take a census of them among the Israelites.

    50Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant, all its furnishings, and everything that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, serve it, and camp around it.

    51Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites must take it down, and whenever it is to be set up, the Levites must set it up. Any outsider who comes near it must be put to death.

  • Num 3:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7They shall be responsible for his duties and the duties of the entire congregation before the tent of meeting, to perform the service of the tabernacle.

    8They shall care for all the furnishings of the tent of meeting and the duties of the people of Israel, to perform the service of the tabernacle.

  • Num 3:10
    78%

    10But you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to be responsible for their priesthood, and any unauthorized person who approaches it shall be put to death.

  • Lev 22:10
    75%

    10No outsider is to eat the holy food. A guest of the priest or a hired servant must not eat the holy food.

  • Num 8:26
    75%

    26Instead, they may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the tent of meeting, but they themselves must no longer do the work. This is how you are to assign the Levites to their responsibilities.

  • 1 Chr 23:32
    74%

    32In this way they fulfilled their duty to care for the Tent of Meeting, the holy place, and their brothers, the descendants of Aaron, for the service of the house of the Lord.

  • Ezek 44:16
    74%

    16They alone shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall approach My table to serve Me. They will keep My charge.

  • Num 15:14-16
    3 verses
    74%

    14When a foreigner resides with you or someone living among you throughout your generations, and they want to present a fire offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord, they must do as you do.

    15The same law applies to the congregation and the foreigner residing among you. It is a perpetual statute for your future generations. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the Lord.

    16The same instructions and the same rulings will apply for both you and the foreigner residing with you.

  • Num 4:18-21
    4 verses
    74%

    18Do not let the tribe of the Kohathite clans be cut off from the Levites.

    19Do this for them so that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things. Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.

    20But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die.

    21The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 1:53
    73%

    53But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the covenant to protect the Israelites from wrath. The Levites are to carry out the responsibilities of the tabernacle of the covenant.

  • Lev 8:35
    73%

    35You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the Lord's charge so that you will not die, for this is what I was commanded.

  • Lev 19:33-34
    2 verses
    73%

    33When a stranger resides with you in your land, do not mistreat them.

    34Treat the foreigner residing among you as your native-born and love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 18:26
    73%

    26But you are to keep my statutes and my judgments. Do not commit any of these abominations, whether you are a native-born or a foreigner residing among you.

  • Exod 29:33
    72%

    33They shall eat those things by which atonement was made to consecrate and sanctify them. But no outsider shall eat them, because they are holy.

  • Lev 17:8
    72%

    8Say to them: Anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice

  • Num 9:14
    72%

    14If a foreigner resides with you and wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he must do so according to its statute and its ordinance. There shall be one statute for both you and the foreigner who resides among you.

  • Ezek 44:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13They shall not come near Me to serve as priests or to come near any of My holy things or the most holy things; they will bear their shame for the abominations they have committed.

    14I will appoint them as caretakers of the temple to perform all its duties and all that needs to be done within it.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    71%

    6Let no one enter the house of the Lord except the priests and those Levites who are serving. They may enter because they are holy, but all the people must keep the Lord's command.

  • Isa 56:6
    71%

    6And to the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to serve Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold firmly to my covenant—

  • Num 8:9
    71%

    9Bring the Levites to the front of the tent of meeting and assemble the entire Israelite community.

  • Num 17:4
    71%

    4So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that had been brought by those who were burned, and they were hammered into a covering for the altar.

  • Num 4:15
    71%

    15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all its furnishings as the camp sets out, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the tasks of the sons of Kohath regarding the tent of meeting.

  • Ezek 44:9
    71%

    9Thus says the Lord GOD: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, shall enter My sanctuary—not even any foreigner among the people of Israel.

  • Lev 8:33
    70%

    33You must not leave the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are completed, because it will take seven days to ordain you.

  • Num 4:4
    70%

    4This is the work of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: caring for the most holy things.

  • Num 8:15
    70%

    15After this, the Levites may go in to serve at the tent of meeting. You shall purify them and present them as a wave offering.

  • Exod 12:48-49
    2 verses
    70%

    48If an alien resides among you and wants to observe the LORD's Passover, every male in his household must be circumcised, and then he may come near to observe it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat it.

    49The same law applies to the native-born and to the foreigner residing among you.

  • Exod 12:43
    70%

    43The LORD said to Moses and Aaron: This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.

  • Num 3:31
    70%

    31Their duty included the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary used in ministering, the screen, and all the work related to these.

  • Num 4:31
    70%

    31This is what they are responsible to carry as part of all their work in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases.