Numbers 4:19

This, therefore, do ye for them, so shall they live and not die when they approach the most holy place,—Aaron and his sons shall enter and set them man by man over his labour, and unto his burden;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

18Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off out of the midst of the Levites.

20but they shall not enter to see, for a moment, that which is holy, else should they die.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:21Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Go down, adjure the people,—lest they press through unto Yahweh to see, and so there fall from among them a multitude.

Numbers 4:15So shall Aaron and his sons make an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the utensils of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set forward, then after that, shall the sons of Kohath enter to bear it, but they must not put forth a touch unto that which, is holy, else should they die, these, shall be the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 4:2-21

The Office of the Levites. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: 5 And when the camp setteth forward,… Read the whole commentary →

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