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Geneva Bible

Numbers 4:18

Ye shal not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Leuites:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Levites;   Tabernacle;   Thompson Chain Reference - Kohathites;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Tabernacle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Punishments;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kohathites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Kohath, Kohathites;   Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Badgers' Skins;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Table;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Koliath;   Tabernacle;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Burden;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Punishments;   Tribe;  

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.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Do not cut off the clan of K'hat from among the L'vi'im;
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 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying, 2 Take the summe of the sonnes of Kohath fro among the sonnes of Leui, after their families, and houses of their fathers, 3 From thirtie yeere olde and aboue, euen vntill fiftie yeere olde, all that enter into the assemblie to do the worke in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 4 This shall be the office of the sonnes of Kohath in the Tabernacle of the Congregat?on about the Holiest of all. 5 When the hoste remoueth, then Aaron and his sonnes shall come and take downe the couering vaile, and shall couer the Arke of the Testimonie therewith. 6 And they shall put thereon a couering of badgers skinnes, and shall spread vpon it a cloth altogether of blewe silke, and put to the barres thereof: 7 And vpon ye table of shew bread they shall spread a cloth of blewe silke, and put thereon the dishes, and the incense cups, and goblets, and couerings to couer it with, and the bread shall be thereon continually: 8 And they shal spread vpon them a couering of skarlet, and couer the same with a couering of badgers skinnes, and put to the barres thereof. 9 Then they shall take a cloth of blewe silke, and couer the candlesticke of light wt his lampes and his snuffers, and his snuffedishes, and al the oyle vessels thereof, which they occupie about it. 10 So they shal put it, and all the instruments thereof in a couering of badgers skinnes, and put it vpon the barres.

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
Also Henoch liued sixtie & fiue yeeres, and begate Methushelah.
Genesis 36:2
Esau tooke his wiues of the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon an Hittite, & Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon an Hiuite,

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.


 
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