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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Numbers 4:18

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

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.
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.
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;

Contextual Overview

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 "Take a census of the descendants of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' households, 3 from thirty years and upward, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work in the tent of meeting. 4 "This is the work of the descendants of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things. 5 "When the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and they shall take down the veil of the screen and cover the ark of the testimony with it; 6 and they shall lay a covering of porpoise skin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth of pure blue, and shall insert its poles. 7 "Over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall also spread a cloth of blue and put on it the dishes and the pans and the sacrificial bowls and the jars for the drink offering, and the continual bread shall be on it. 8 "They shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet material, and cover the same with a covering of porpoise skin, and they shall insert its poles. 9 "Then they shall take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand for the light, along with its lamps and its snuffers, and its trays and all its oil vessels, by which they serve it; 10 and they shall put it and all its utensils in a covering of porpoise skin, and shall put it on the carrying bars.

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
Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.
Genesis 36:2
Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

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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