Numbers 4:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹא־יָבֹ֧אוּ לִרְא֛וֹת כְּבַלַּ֥ע אֶת־הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ וָמֵֽתוּ׃

Transliteration

And not yābōʾû to lirʾôt as bəballaʿ [the] qōdeš wāmētû.

Grammar Details

*yābōʾû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they shall come/enter
*lirʾôt*: Qal infinitive construct - to see/look at
*bəballaʿ*: Piel infinitive construct - swallowing/covering/packing up
*qōdeš*: noun, masculine singular - holy things/sanctuary
*wāmētû*: waw-consecutive + Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - and they will die

Word Meanings

*yābōʾû*: enter/come/go in
*lirʾôt*: to see/look at/observe/gaze upon
*bəballaʿ*: swallowing/covering/packing up/when covering
*qōdeš*: holy place/sanctuary/holy things
*wāmētû*: and they will die/lest they die/or they will die

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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.
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.
Heb 10:19-20 : 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Rev 11:19 : 19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Lev 10:2 : 2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
Num 4:15 : 15 And 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 4:19 : 19 But 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:

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