American King James Version
"But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. ¶ "
— Numbers 4:20, American King James Version
“But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.”
“but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die. ”
“but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die."”
“But the Kohathites are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die.””
“Let not others by any curiosity see the things that are in the sanctuary before they be wrapped up, otherwise they shall die.”
“But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.”
“But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.”
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron saying,
Cut you not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
But thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. ¶
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shall you number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.