Numbers 4:18
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
Numbers 4:18 in other translations
| BSB | “Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be cut off from among the Levites. |
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| WEB | “Don’t cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites; |
| ASV | Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites; |
| YLT | ‘Ye do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathite from the midst of the Levites; |
| DARBY | Ye shall not cut off the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites, |
| BBE | Do not let the family of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites; |
| Webster | Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: |
What does Numbers 4:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 4:17-20
17-20. Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites, &c.--a solemn admonition to Moses and Aaron to beware, lest, by any negligence on their part, disorder and improprieties should creep in, and to take the greatest care that all the parts of this important service be apportioned to the proper parties, lest the Kohathites should be disqualified for their high and honorable…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 4:4-20
The Kohathites were to carry the holy things of the tabernacle. All the holy things were to be covered; not only for security and respect, but to keep them from being seen. This not only marked the reverence due to holy things, but the mystery of the things signified by those types, and the darkness of the dispensation. But now, through Christ, the case is altered, and we are encouraged to come boldly to the throne…
Numbers 4:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 4:18
- Numbers 16:32
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
- 2 Samuel 6:6-7
And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
- Numbers 18:5
And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
- Jeremiah 38:23
So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
- 1 Samuel 6:19
And he smote the men of Beth–shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
- Leviticus 10:1-2
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.
- Numbers 17:10
And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
- Exodus 19:21
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.
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16:32; 17:10; 18:5; Ex 19:21; Le 10:1,2; 1Sa 6:19; 2Sa 6:6,7
Jer 38:23
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Context
- Numbers 4:17
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
- Numbers 4:18
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
- Numbers 4:19
But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
Numbers 4:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No cortaréis la tribu de las familias de Coath de entre los Levitas; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ne faites pas que la tribu des familles des Kehathites soit retranchée d’entre les Lévites; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ihr sollt den Stamm der Familien der Kehathiter nicht lassen ausgerottet werden aus der Mitte der Leviten; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nolite perdere populum Caath de medio Levitarum: |