Numbers 18:4

They shall be joined to you, and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to you.

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WEBBE

They shall be joined to you and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to you.

BSB

They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.

KJV

And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

ASV

And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

BBE

They are to be joined with you in the care of the Tent of meeting, doing whatever is needed for the Tent: and no one of any other family may come near you.

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וְנִלְווּ ve·nil·vu and they will join themselves H3867 עָלֶיךָ 'a·lei·kha to you H5921 וְשָׁמְרוּ ve·sha·me·ru and they will keep H8104 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 מִשְׁמֶרֶת mish·me·ret [the] duty of H4931 אֹהֶל 'o·hel [the] tent of H168 מוֹעֵד mo·'ed meeting H4150 לְכֹל le·khol to all H3605 עֲבֹדַת 'a·vo·dat [the] service of H5656 הָאֹהֶל ha·'o·hel the tent H168 וְזָר ve·zar and a stranger H2114 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 יִקְרַב yik·rav he will draw near H7126 אֲלֵיכֶם 'a·lei·khem to you H413

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–7

The people complained of their difficulty and peril in drawing near to God. God here gives them to understand, that the priests should come near for them. Aaron would see reason not to be proud of his preferment, when he considered the great care and charge upon him. Be not high-minded, but fear. The greater the trust of work and power that is committed to us, the greater danger there is of betraying that trust. This is a good reason why we should neither envy others' honours, nor desire high places.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.