Numbers 4:18

18 "Don't let the Kohathite families from Levi's tribe be destroyed.

Numbers 4:18 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:18

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.

Numbers 4:18 In-Context

16 "Eleazar, son of the priest Aaron, will be in charge of the oil for the lamps, the sweet-smelling incense, the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil. He is in charge of the whole tent and everything in it, the holy place and its contents."

17 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

18 "Don't let the Kohathite families from Levi's tribe be destroyed.

19 This is what you must do so that they won't die when they come near the most holy things: Aaron and his sons will go into the holy place and tell each man what he will do and what he will carry.

20 But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die."