Discovery BoxNumbers 4:19 
Context4:19 but in order that they will live 1 and not die when they approach the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons will go in and appoint 2 each man 3 to his service and his responsibility.
Numbers 18:4
Context18:4 They must join 4 with you, and they will be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, but no unauthorized person 5 may approach you.
1 tn The word order is different in the Hebrew text: Do this…and they will live. Consequently, the verb “and they will live” is a perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive to express the future consequence of “doing this” for them.
2 tn The perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive continues the instruction for Aaron.
3 tn The distributive sense is obtained by the repetition, “a man” and “a man.”
4 tn Now the sentence uses the Niphal perfect with a vav (ו) consecutive from the same root לָוָה (lavah).
5 tn The word is “stranger, alien,” but it can also mean Israelites here.
