Numbers 18:22

Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

Neither must the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478} henceforth {H5750} come nigh {H7126} the tabernacle {H168} of the congregation {H4150}, lest they bear {H5375} sin {H2399}, and die {H4191}.

From now on, the people of Isra'el are not to approach the tent of meeting, so that they will not bear the consequences of their sin and die.

No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.

And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Leviticus 22:9 (5 votes)

    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 (2 votes)

    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 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Numbers 1:51 (2 votes)

    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 1:52 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Leviticus 20:20 (2 votes)

    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 (2 votes)

    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.