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Numbers 4

Num. 4:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But they shall not go in
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
tog see
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
when the holy things
qodesh (Hebrew #6944)
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
KJV usage: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
Pronounce: ko'-desh
Origin: from 6942
are covered
bala` (Hebrew #1104)
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
KJV usage: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
Pronounce: baw-lah'
Origin: a primitive root
, lest they die
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
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Cross References

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they shall.
Num. 4:15,19• 15And when Aaron and his sons have ended covering the sanctuary, and all the utensils of the sanctuary, when the camp setteth forward, then afterwards the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it; but they shall not touch the holy things, lest they die. This is what the sons of Kohath have to carry in the tent of meeting.
19but this shall ye do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they draw near unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;
(Num. 4:15,19)
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Ex. 19:21• 21And Jehovah said to Moses, Go down, testify to the people that they break not through to Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish. (Ex. 19:21)
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Lev. 10:2• 2And there went out fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah. (Lev. 10:2)
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1 Sam. 6:19• 19And he smote among the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah, and smote of the people seventy men; and the people lamented, because Jehovah had smitten the people with a great slaughter. (1 Sam. 6:19)
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Heb. 10:19‑20• 19Having therefore, brethren, boldness for entering into the holy of holies by the blood of Jesus,
20the new and living way which he has dedicated for us through the veil, that is, his flesh,
(Heb. 10:19‑20)
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Rev. 11:19• 19And the temple of God in the heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen in his temple: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail. (Rev. 11:19)
the holy things.{Hakkodesh,} "the holy," or "sanctuary," i.e., the ark, as the Jews generally understand it; and with good reason, as any one may be convinced, who compares 1 Ki 8:8 with 2 Ch 5:9, where that which is called the holy in the former, is called the ark in the latter.

J. N. Darby Translation

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but they shall not go in and see for a momentg the holy things, lest they die.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "like a swallowing (of spittle)." Job. 7.19.