Numbers 4:20
King James Version (KJV)
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
In context
18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
19 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:
20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
Numbers 4:20 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
- WEB World English Bible
- but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and they go not in to see when the holy thing is swallowed, that they have died.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- but they shall not go in and see for a moment the holy things, lest they die.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.