Catholic Public Domain Version
"so that the sons of Israel may no longer approach to the tabernacle, nor commit deadly sin. "
— Numbers 18:22, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.”
“And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die. ”
“Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.”
“No longer may the Israelites approach the tent of meeting, or else they will bear their sin and die.”
“That the children of Israel may not approach any more to the tabernacle, nor commit deadly sin,”
“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.”
“Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.”
All the first-fruits of the Sanctuary, which the sons of Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons as well as to your daughters, as a perpetual right. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the Lord, for you and for your sons.”
And the Lord said to Aaron: “In their land, you shall possess nothing; neither shall you have a portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel.
But I have given, to the sons of Levi, all the tithes of Israel as a possession, for the ministry by which they serve me in the tabernacle of the covenant,
so that the sons of Israel may no longer approach to the tabernacle, nor commit deadly sin.
Only the sons of Levi may serve me in the tabernacle and may carry the sins of the people. It shall be an everlasting ordinance in your generations. They shall possess nothing else;
being content with the oblation of tithes, which I have separated for their uses and necessities.”
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: