"But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons…" — Numbers 4:19

Numbers 4:19 · KJV

“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:”

— Numbers 4:19

Verse 18

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

Verse 20

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

Numbers 4 — Context

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

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

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:

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

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Cross References

Numbers 4:15

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.

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