Numbers 4:18

King James 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 19:21 : 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
Lev 10:1-2 : 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. 2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
Num 16:32 : 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
Num 17:10 : 10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from 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 no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
1 Sam 6:19 : 19 And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
2 Sam 6:6-7 : 6 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. 7 And the anger of the LORD 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 So 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
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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 when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
21And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 4:17
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17And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Num 4:1-2
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
Num 4:15
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15And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Num 4:34
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Num 4:4
77%
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Num 4:36-37
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36And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
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Num 18:1-7
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77%
1And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
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3And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
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47But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
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Num 3:27
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Num 18:22-23
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22Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
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5And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Num 8:26
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Num 8:22
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Num 18:32
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Exod 6:18
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