Numbers 18:22 “No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they…”

Numbers 18:22

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Neyther shall the children of Israel any more come neere the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest they susteine sinne, and die.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“come nigh”

Numbers 18:7 Numbers 3:10 Numbers 3:38 Numbers 1:52

Numbers 18:7 · BSB

But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but a…

Numbers 3:10 · BSB

So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”

Numbers 3:38 · BSB

Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but an…

Numbers 1:52 · BSB

The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.

“bear sin”

Leviticus 22:9 Leviticus 20:20

Leviticus 22:9 · BSB

The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

Leviticus 20:20 · BSB

If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.

Also

Numbers 1:51–52

Numbers 1:51–52 · BSB

Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.

23The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.

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