Numbers 18:22
What does Numbers 18:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 18:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949In 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And the sons of Israel come no more near unto the tent of meeting, to bear sin, to die,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752That the children of Israel may not approach any more to the tabernacle, nor commit deadly sin,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Neither shall the children of Israel henceforth come near the tent of meeting, to bear sin and die.
Context
v.21And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.
v.22This passage
v.23But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 3:10
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
- Leviticus 20:20
And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
- Numbers 1:51
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
- Numbers 3:38
And those that encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
- Numbers 18:7
And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and ye shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
- Leviticus 22:9
They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.
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