Numbers 4:18

Complete Jewish Bible

"Do not cut off the clan of K'hat from among the L'vi'im;

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"Don't cut off the tribe of the families of the Kehati from among the Levites;

King James Version
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

Lexham English Bible
"You must not cut off the tribe of the clan of the Kohathites from the midst of the Levites.

New Century Version
"Don't let the Kohathites be cut off from the Levites.

New English Translation
"Do not allow the tribe of the families of the Kohathites to be cut off from among the Levites;

Amplified Bible
"Do not cut off (eliminate, destroy) the tribe of the families of the Kohathites [who are only Levites and not priests], from among the Levites [by exposing them to the sin of touching the most holy things].

New American Standard Bible
"Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be eliminated from among the Levites.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Ye shal not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Leuites:

Legacy Standard Bible
"Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites.

Darby Translation
Ye shall not cut off the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites,

Easy-to-Read Version
"Be careful! Don't let these Kohathite men be destroyed.

English Standard Version
"Let not the tribe of the clans of the Kohathites be destroyed from among the Levites,

George Lamsa Translation
You shall not destroy the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
“Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be wiped out from the Levites.

Literal Translation
Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ye shal not destroye the trybe of the kynred of the Rahathites amoge the Leuites,

American Standard Version
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

Bible in Basic English
Do not let the family of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye shall not cut of the tribe of the kinred of the Caathites, from among the Leuites:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

King James Version (1611)
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites, from among the Leuites.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Ye shall not destroy the family of Caath from the tribe out of the midst of the Levites.

English Revised Version
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

Berean Standard Bible
"Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be cut off from among the Levites.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Nyle ye leese the puple of Caath fro the myddis of Leuytis;

Young's Literal Translation
`Ye do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathite from the midst of the Levites;

Update Bible Version
Don't cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

Webster's Bible Translation
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

World English Bible
"Don't cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

New King James Version
"Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

New Living Translation
"Do not let the Kohathite clans be destroyed from among the Levites!

New Life Bible
"Do not let the family group of the Kohathites be destroyed from among the Levites.

New Revised Standard
You must not let the tribe of the clans of the Kohathites be destroyed from among the Levites.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off out of the midst of the Levites.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Destroy not the people of Caath from the midst of the Levites:

Revised Standard Version
"Let not the tribe of the families of the Ko'hathites be destroyed from among the Levites;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites.

Contextual Overview

¹ (vii) Adonai said to Moshe and Aharon, ² "Take a census of the descendants of K'hat, who are among the descendants of Levi, by clans and families, ³ all those from thirty to fifty years old; these will enter the corps doing the work in the tent of meeting. ⁴ "Here is how the descendants of K'hat are to serve in the tent of meeting and deal with the especially holy things: ⁵ when the time comes to break camp, Aharon is to go in with his sons, take down the curtain which serves as a screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it. ⁶ On that they are to place a covering of fine leather, and on top of that spread an all-blue cloth. Then they are to insert the carrying-poles. ⁷ On the table of showbread they are to spread a blue cloth and place on it the dishes, incense pans, offering bowls and pitchers. The perpetual bread is to remain on the table. ⁸ They are to spread on these things a scarlet cloth, cover them with a covering of fine leather and insert the poles. ⁹ They are to take a blue cloth and cover the menorah for the light, its lamps, its tongs, its trays and the jars used to add oil to it. ¹⁰ They are to wrap it and all its accessories in fine leather and place them on a carrying-frame.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Eleazar and the priests would be chargeable with the death of the Kohathites, if they failed to give them proper cautions and directions; or permitted them to gaze with irreverence or curiosity upon the holy things, which they might carry, but not see - Numbers 4:20. Numbers 16:32, Numbers 17:10, Numbers 18:5, Exodus 19:21, Leviticus 10:1, Leviticus 10:2, 1 Samuel 6:19, 2 Samuel 6:6, 2 Samuel 6:7, Jeremiah 38:23

Cross-References

Genesis 5:21
Hanokh lived sixty-five years and fathered Metushelach.

Genesis 36:2
‘Esav chose Kena‘ani women as his wives: ‘Adah the daughter of Eilon the Hitti; Oholivamah the daughter of ‘Anah the daughter of Tziv‘on the Hivi;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites. Or give no occasion, as the Targum of Jonathan; or be not the cause of their cutting off, as Jarchi, through negligence or inadvertency of theirs, in packing up the above things, and delivering them to them.