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Numbers 1:51

Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּבִנְסֹ֣עַu.vin.So.a'and when sets outH5265 →
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֗ןha.mish.Kanthe tabernacleH4908 →
יוֹרִ֤ידוּyo.Ri.duthey will take downH3381 →
אֹתוֹ֙'o.To<obj.> itH853 →
הַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881 →
וּבַחֲנֹת֙u.va.cha.Notand when encampsH2583 →
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ןha.mish.Kanthe tabernacleH4908 →
יָקִ֥ימוּya.Ki.muthey will raise upH6965 →
אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> itH853 →
הַלְוִיִּ֑םhal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881 →
וְהַזָּ֥רve.ha.Zarand the strangerH2114 →
הַקָּרֵ֖בha.ka.Rev<the> approachingH7131 →
יוּמָֽת׃yu.Mathe will be put to deathH4191 →

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Numbers 3:38Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.Numbers 3:10So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”1 Samuel 6:19But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.2 Samuel 6:7And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.Numbers 18:22No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.Numbers 10:17Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.Numbers 4:1–33Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,Numbers 16:40just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his followers.Leviticus 22:10–13No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.Numbers 10:11On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,Numbers 10:17–21Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.Numbers 10:21Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.Numbers 18:3And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.Numbers 18:4They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.Numbers 18:7But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”1 Kings 13:33Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.Numbers 4:15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.Exodus 29:33They must eat those things by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecration. But no outsider may eat them, because these things are sacred.

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