Numbers 4:20

20 ¹but they shall not go in to look on the holy things even for a moment, lest they die."

Numbers 4:20 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:20

But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are
covered
They were not to be present while they were packing up, test they should see any of them with their eyes; they were not to go in until they were quite covered out of sight; which may signify the hiding of the mysteries of grace in those things under the former dispensation, when even the Levites themselves were not admitted to a sight of them; see ( Ephesians 3:4 Ephesians 3:5 ) ;

lest they die;
by the immediate hand of God.

Numbers 4:20 In-Context

18 "Let not the tribe of the clans of the Kohathites be destroyed from among the Levites,

19 but deal thus with them, that they may live and not die when they come near to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint them each to his task and to his burden,

20 but they shall not go in to look on the holy things even for a moment, lest they die."

21 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

22 "Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses and by their clans.

Cross References

• 1. [Exodus 19:21; 1 Samuel 6:19]