King James Version
Numbers 18:22 in the King James Version says “Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. and die: Heb. to die”
Numbers 18:22 · KJV
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.
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.
Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. and die: Heb. to die
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.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“henceforth”
H5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“Neither must the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“of the congregation”
H4150properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for
“lest they bear”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
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