Numbers 4:20
Modern Translations
New International Version
But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die."

New Living Translation
The Kohathites must never enter the sanctuary to look at the sacred objects for even a moment, or they will die.”

English Standard Version
but they shall not go in to look on the holy things even for a moment, lest they die.”

Berean Study Bible
But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”

New American Standard Bible
but they shall not come in to see the holy objects even for a moment, or they will die.”

NASB 1995
but they shall not go in to see the holy objects even for a moment, or they will die."

NASB 1977
but they shall not go in to see the holy objects even for a moment, lest they die.”

Amplified Bible
But the Kohathites shall not go in to see the holy things, even for an instant, or they will die.”

Christian Standard Bible
The Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects as they are covered or they will die.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die."

Good News Translation
But if the Kohathites enter the Tent and see the priests preparing the sacred objects for moving, they will die."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die."

International Standard Version
But they are not to go in to see the sanctuary as it is being covered, so they won't die."

NET Bible
But the Kohathites are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

New King James Version
But they shall not go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, lest they die.”

King James 2000 Bible
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

New Heart English Bible
but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die."

World English Bible
but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die."

American King James Version
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

American Standard Version
but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.

A Faithful Version
But they shall not go in to watch when the holy things are covered, lest they die."

Darby Bible Translation
but they shall not go in and see for a moment the holy things, lest they die.

English Revised Version
but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.

Webster's Bible Translation
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
But let them not goe in, to see when the Sanctuarie is folden vp, lest they die.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
But let them not go in, to see when the holy thinges are folden vp, lest they dye.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But they shal not go in, presumptuously to loke vpo ye Sanctuary, lest they die.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
But let them not goo in to se when they couer the sanctuarye lest they dye.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and they do not go in to see when the holy thing is swallowed, lest they have died.”

Young's Literal Translation
and they go not in to see when the holy thing is swallowed, that they have died.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And they shall not go in to see for a moment's time the holy place, and die.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Let not others by any curiosity see the things that are in the sanctuary before they be wrapped up, otherwise they shall die.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Let no others, out of curiosity, see the things that are in the Sanctuary before they are wrapped, otherwise they shall die.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they shall not enter to see when the holy things are covered lest they die.”

Lamsa Bible
But they shall not go in to observe when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
but they shall not go in to see the holy things as they are being covered, lest they die.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And so they shall by no means go in to look suddenly upon the holy things, and die.
















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