Numbers 4:20

World English Bible (2000)

but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die."

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 19:21 : 21 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to Yahweh to gaze, and many of them perish.
  • 1 Sam 6:19 : 19 He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.
  • Heb 10:19-20 : 19 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
  • Rev 11:19 : 19 God's temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord's covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.
  • Lev 10:2 : 2 And fire came forth from before Yahweh, and devoured them, and they died before Yahweh.
  • Num 4:15 : 15 "When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry 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 4:19 : 19 but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 4:17-19
    3 verses
    84%

    17 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

    18 "Don't cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

    19 but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;

  • Num 4:21
    82%

    21 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 18:22
    81%

    22 Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

  • Num 18:3-5
    3 verses
    81%

    3 They shall keep your commands, and the duty of all the Tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they, nor you.

    4 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.

    5 "You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary, and the duty of the altar; that there be wrath no more on the children of Israel.

  • Exod 30:20
    80%

    20 When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

  • Num 4:15
    80%

    15 "When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry 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.

  • Ezek 42:14
    78%

    14 When the priests enter in, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments in which they minister; for they are holy: and they shall put on other garments, and shall approach to that which pertains to the people.

  • Lev 21:23
    78%

    23 He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.'"

  • Lev 16:2
    77%

    2 and Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother, not to come at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.

  • Lev 22:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15 The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,

    16 and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.'"

  • Lev 22:9
    77%

    9 "'They shall therefore follow my requirements, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it. I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.

  • Exod 28:35
    77%

    35 It shall be on Aaron to minister: and its sound shall be heard when he goes in to the holy place before Yahweh, and when he comes out, that he not die.

  • Lev 10:7
    76%

    7 You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting, lest you die; for the anointing oil of Yahweh is on you." They did according to the word of Moses.

  • Num 17:13
    76%

    13 Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of Yahweh, dies! Will we all perish?"

  • Exod 19:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to Yahweh to gaze, and many of them perish.

    22 Let the priests also, who come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves, lest Yahweh break forth on them."

  • Ezek 44:13
    76%

    13 They shall not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

  • Num 18:32
    75%

    32 You shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it its best: and you shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you not die.'"

  • Num 4:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4 "This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, the most holy things.

    5 When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it,

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    75%

    6 But let no one come into the house of Yahweh, except the priests, and those who minister of the Levites. They shall come in, for they are holy, but all the people shall follow Yahweh's instructions.

  • Lev 15:31
    75%

    31 "'Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, so they will not die in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is in their midst.'"

  • Exod 24:2
    75%

    2 Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him."

  • Lev 16:17
    75%

    17 No one shall be in the Tent of Meeting when he enters to make atonement in the Holy Place, until he comes out, and has made atonement for himself and for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel.

  • Lev 16:13
    75%

    13 and he shall put the incense on the fire before Yahweh, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the testimony, so that he will not die.

  • Lev 21:11
    74%

    11 neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

  • Exod 19:12
    73%

    12 You shall set bounds to the people all around, saying, 'Be careful that you don't go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.

  • Lev 21:1
    73%

    1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people;

  • Ezek 44:19
    73%

    19 When they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they minister, and lay them in the holy rooms; and they shall put on other garments, that they not sanctify the people with their garments.

  • Exod 30:29
    73%

    29 You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.

  • Exod 28:43
    73%

    43 They shall be on Aaron, and on his sons, when they go in to the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they don't bear iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute forever to him and to his descendants after him.

  • Lev 22:2
    73%

    2 "Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am Yahweh.

  • Num 3:38
    72%

    38 Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

  • Ezek 44:16
    72%

    16 they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my instruction.

  • Num 1:51
    72%

    51 When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

  • Num 4:12
    72%

    12 "They shall take all the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.

  • Lev 10:9
    72%

    9 "Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don't die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations:

  • Lev 8:35
    72%

    35 You shall stay at the door of the Tent of Meeting day and night seven days, and keep Yahweh's command, that you don't die: for so I am commanded."

  • Ezek 44:25
    72%

    25 They shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

  • Num 16:40
    71%

    40 to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who isn't of the seed of Aaron, comes near to burn incense before Yahweh; that he not be as Korah, and as his company: as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.

  • Num 3:10
    71%

    10 You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death."

  • Lev 22:4
    71%

    4 "'Whoever of the seed of Aaron is a leper or has an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goes from him;

  • Lev 8:33
    71%

    33 You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting seven days, until the days of your consecration are fulfilled: for he shall consecrate you seven days.

  • Heb 12:20
    71%

    20 for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned;"

  • Lev 16:23
    71%

    23 "Aaron shall come into the Tent of Meeting, and shall take off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and shall leave them there.