Numbers 18:22
New International Version
From now on the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and will die.

New Living Translation
“From now on, no Israelites except priests or Levites may approach the Tabernacle. If they come too near, they will be judged guilty and will die.

English Standard Version
so that the people of Israel do not come near the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin and die.

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

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

New King James Version
Hereafter the children of Israel shall not come near the tabernacle of meeting, lest they bear sin and die.

New American Standard Bible
And the sons of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting again, or they will bring sin on themselves and die.

NASB 1995
“The sons of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting again, or they will bear sin and die.

NASB 1977
“And the sons of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting again, lest they bear sin and die.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the sons of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting again, or they will bear sin and die.

Amplified Bible
The Israelites shall never again approach the Tent of Meeting [the covered sanctuary, the Holy Place, and the Holy of Holies], or they [who do] will incur sin and die.

Christian Standard Bible
The Israelites must never again come near the tent of meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Israelites must never again come near the tent of meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the children of Israel shall not come near again to the Time Tabernacle lest they bear sin and they will die.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the children of Israel shall no more draw nigh to the tabernacle of witness to incur fatal guilt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That the children of Israel may not approach any more to the tabernacle, nor commit deadly sin,

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The other Israelites must never again come near the tent of meeting. Otherwise, they'll suffer the consequences of their sin and die.

Good News Translation
The other Israelites must no longer approach the Tent and in this way bring on themselves the penalty of death.

International Standard Version
Therefore, the Israelis need no longer come to the Tent of Meeting, so they won't suffer the consequences of their sin and die.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

Literal Standard Version
And the sons of Israel no longer come near to the Tent of Meeting, to bear sin, to die,

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

New American Bible
The Israelites may no longer approach the tent of meeting, thereby incurring the penalty of death.

NET Bible
No longer may the Israelites approach the tent of meeting, or else they will bear their sin and die.

New Revised Standard Version
From now on the Israelites shall no longer approach the tent of meeting, or else they will incur guilt and die.

New Heart English Bible
Hereafter the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

Webster's Bible Translation
Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

World English Bible
Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

Young's Literal Translation
'And the sons of Israel come no more near unto the tent of meeting, to bear sin, to die,

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Context
Offerings for Priests and Levites
21Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting. 22No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die. 23The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.…

Cross References
Leviticus 22:9
The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

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.


Treasury of Scripture

Neither must the children of Israel from now on come near the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

come nigh

Numbers 18:7
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 1:52
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.

Numbers 3:10,38
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…

bear sin

Leviticus 20:20
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.

Leviticus 22:9
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.

and die.

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1. The charge of the priests and Levites
8. The priests, portion
21. The Levites,
25. The heave offering to the priests out of the Levites' portion














(22) Lest they bear sin and die.--i.e., lest they bring sin upon themselves, the penalty of which they would have to bear. This appears to be the primary meaning of the phrase, from which the secondary meaning, viz., that of bearing sin in the sense of atoning for it, is derived. (Comp. Leviticus 19:17; Leviticus 22:9.)

Verse 22. - Lest they bear sin, and die. לָשֵׂאת חֵטְא לָמוּת. Septuagint, λαβεῖν ἀμαρτίαν θανατηφόρον. In the sense of incurring sin, and the consequent wrath and death.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
No
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

longer
ע֛וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

may the Israelites
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

come
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

near
יִקְרְב֥וּ (yiq·rə·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7126: To come near, approach

the Tent
אֹ֣הֶל (’ō·hel)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 168: A tent

of Meeting,
מוֹעֵ֑ד (mō·w·‘êḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4150: Appointed time, place, or meeting

or they will incur
לָשֵׂ֥את (lā·śêṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

guilt
חֵ֖טְא (ḥêṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2399: A crime, its penalty

and die.
לָמֽוּת׃ (lā·mūṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill


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