Numbers 18:22 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.”

Numbers 18:22 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Numbers 18:22 in 6 Bible Translations

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Numbers 18:22 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.”

Numbers 18:22 — World English Bible

Numbers 18:22 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Numbers 18:22 — American Standard Version

Numbers 18:22 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`And the sons of Israel come no more near unto the tent of meeting, to bear sin, to die,”

Numbers 18:22 — Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 18:22 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Neither shall the children of Israel henceforth come near the tent of meeting, to bear sin and die. ”

Numbers 18:22 — Darby Translation

Numbers 18:22 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Neyther shall the children of Israel any more come neere the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest they susteine sinne, and die.”

Numbers 18:22 — Geneva Bible

Numbers 18:22 in Context — Numbers 18

20 And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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

23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

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What Does Numbers 18:22 Mean?

Numbers 18:22 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 18. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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