Numbers 4:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 4:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 4:20 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 4:20 — KJV
“But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.”
— Numbers 4:20 (KJV)
Numbers 4:20 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 4:20
“And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 4:20: holy, things, lest
“And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 4:20: holy, things, lest
“And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 4:20: see, holy, die
“Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 4:20: see, holy, things
“What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; running...: Heb. running of the reins”
Shares key themes with Numbers 4:20: see, holy, things
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