A moment in scripture
Numbers 4:20
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But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
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The surrounding passage
- 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 4:21
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
- Numbers 4:22
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.