Numbers 18:22
Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
Numbers 18:22 in other translations
| BSB | No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die. |
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| WEB | Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die. |
| ASV | And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die. |
| YLT | ‘And the sons of Israel come no more near unto the tent of meeting, to bear sin, to die, |
| DARBY | Neither shall the children of Israel henceforth come near the tent of meeting, to bear sin and die. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. |
What does Numbers 18:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 18:21-22
Nu 18:21-32. The Levites' Portion. 21-22. I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve--Neither the priests nor the Levites were to possess any allotments of land but to depend entirely upon Him who liberally provided for them out of His own portion; and this law was subservient to many important purposes--such as that, being exempted from the cares…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 18:20-32
As Israel was a people not to be numbered among the nations, so Levi was a tribe to be distinguished from the rest. Those who have God for their Inheritance and their Portion for ever, ought to look with holy contempt and indifference upon the possessions of this world. The Levites were to give God his dues out of their tithes, as well as the Israelites out of their increase. See, in ver. #(31), the way to have…
Numbers 18:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 18:22
- Leviticus 22:9
They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the Lord do sanctify them.
- Numbers 3:38
But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, 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
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: 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 3:10
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
- Numbers 1:51-52
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. And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
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Context
- Numbers 18:21
And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Numbers 18:22
Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
- Numbers 18:23
But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.
Numbers 18:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y no llegarán más los hijos de Israel al tabernáculo del testimonio, porque no lleven pecado, por el cual mueran. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les fils d’Israël n’approcheront plus de la tente d’assignation, pour porter le péché et mourir; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Kinder Israel sollen nicht mehr dem Zelte der Zusammenkunft nahen, um Sünde auf sich zu laden, daß sie sterben; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ut non accedant ultra filii Israël ad tabernaculum, nec committant peccatum mortiferum, |