20but they shall not go in and see for a moment the holy things, lest they die.


In Context

17 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

18 Ye shall not cut off the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites,

19 but this shall ye do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they draw near unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;

20 but they shall not go in and see for a moment the holy things, lest they die.

21 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, according to their fathers' houses, after their families.

Numbers 4:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:20But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:20But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:20Let not others by any curiosity see the things that are in the sanctuary before they be wrapped up, otherwise they shall die.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:20but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:20but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20and they go not in to see when the holy thing is swallowed, that they have died.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:20But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.