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Numbers 18:22

Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
Numbers 18:22 · King James Version

In other versions

  • And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

    ASV

  • In future the children of Israel are not to come near the Tent of meeting, so that death may not come to them because of sin.

    BBE

  • Neither shall the children of Israel henceforth come near the tent of meeting, to bear sin and die.

    DBY

  • Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

    WEB

  • `And the sons of Israel come no more near unto the tent of meeting, to bear sin, to die,

    YLT

  • Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

    ENG

  • Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

    WBT

  • No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.

    BSB

In context

20And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

21And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

22Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

23But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

24But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

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