Numbers 4:20

20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered , 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 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

19 But thus do unto them, that they may live , and not die , when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in , and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:

20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered , lest they die .

21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying ,

22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;