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


In Context

17 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

18 "See that the Kohathite tribal clans are not cut off from the Levites.

19 So that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go into the sanctuary and assign to each man his work and what he is to carry.

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

21 The Lord said to Moses,

22 "Take a census also of the Gershonites by their families and clans.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20but they shall not go in and see for a moment the holy things, 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.