Bible verse
No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.
Numbers 18:22 · BSB
The verses around it, from Numbers 18.
18 And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.
19 All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
20 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.
21 Behold, 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.
22 No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.
23 The 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.
24 For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
25 And the LORD instructed Moses,
26 “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.
KJV
Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
ASV
And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
ERV
And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
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