Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
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Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
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Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
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And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
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Passages linked to Numbers 18:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 22:9 “ ‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, lest they bear sin for it and die in it, if they profane it. I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
- Leviticus 20:20 If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness. They shall bear their sin. They shall die childless.
- Numbers 1:51-52 When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death. The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions.
- Numbers 3:10 You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood, but the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
- Numbers 3:38 Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
- Numbers 18:7 You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain To serve therein: for the Levites are put in…
To serve therein: for the Levites are put in their place.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 18:22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth…
Num 18:22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
Ver. 22. Neither must the children.] But only God’s kinsmen, the priests and Levites, as they are called, {Lev 10:3} according to some translations, or his nigh ones. So in the New Testament, others are called God’s children, God’s servants, God’s people: ministers only are called God’s men. {1Ti 6:11 2Ti 3:17}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain i.e. So nigh as to do any act proper…
i.e. So nigh as to do any act proper to the priests or Levites.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But the Levites shall do the service of the…
But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation,.... In guarding the tabernacle, that no unclean persons enter into it, or any others take anything out of it, and in assisting the priests in their service, and carrying the vessels of the sanctuary when required:
and they shall bear their iniquity: that is, when they fail in the duty of their office, are not careful in their service and work, and business appointed them; if either they did not do their business themselves, or suffered others to do it, or such to come to the tabernacle who should not, they would be blameworthy and suffer for it:
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it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that the children of Israel they have no inheritance; having such a plentiful provision made for them, by a statute as durable as this.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Nigh - So nigh as to do any proper…
Nigh - So nigh as to do any proper act to the priests or Levites.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Deadly sin. That is, sin which will bring death…
Deadly sin. That is, sin which will bring death after it. (Challoner) --- Hebrew, "lest they bear sin unto death," and fall like their brethren, chap. xvii. 13. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 22. Bear sin — That is, expiate it, or…
22. Bear sin — That is, expiate it, or suffer its penalty, which in this case is death. The Seventy and the Vulgate render it thus: lest they commit a death-bearing sin. See Num_4:18, note; Jas_1:15; 1Jn_5:16.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (22) Lest they bear sin and die.—i.e., lest they…
(22) Lest they bear sin and die.—i.e., lest they bring sin upon themselves, the penalty of which they would have to bear. This appears to be the primary meaning of the phrase, from which the secondary meaning, viz., that of bearing sin in the sense of atoning for it, is derived. (Comp. Lev_19:17; Lev_22:9.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Lest they boar sin, and die. tWml afje tacel…
Lest they boar sin, and die. tWml afje tacel Septuagint, labein amartian yanathforon . In the sense of incurring sin, and the consequent wrath and death.
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