Numbers 4:19

19 But thus doo vnto them that they maye lyve and not dye whe they goo vnto ye most holy place. Aaron and his sonnes shall goo in and put them euery man vnto his seruyce and vnto his burthen.

Numbers 4:19 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:19

But thus do unto them
As after directed:

that they may live and not die;
live long, and not die a sudden and violent death:

when they approach unto the most holy things;
the ark, the shewbread table to take them up and carry them:

Aaron and his sons shall go in;
into the holy and most holy places:

and appoint them in everyone to his service, and to his burden;
what everyone shall do, and how they shall take them up, and bear them.

Numbers 4:19 In-Context

17 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge:

18 destroye not the trybe of the kynredes of the Cahathites from amonge the leuites.

19 But thus doo vnto them that they maye lyve and not dye whe they goo vnto ye most holy place. Aaron and his sonnes shall goo in and put them euery man vnto his seruyce and vnto his burthen.

20 But let them not goo in to se when they couer the sanctuarye lest they dye.

21 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge