Numbers 18:4
ContextNET © | They must join 1 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 2 may approach you. |
NIV © | They are to join you and be responsible for the care of the Tent of Meeting—all the work at the Tent—and no-one else may come near where you are. |
NASB © | "They shall be joined with you and attend to the obligations of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; but an outsider may not come near you. |
NLT © | The Levites must join with you to fulfill their responsibilities for the care and maintenance of the Tabernacle, but no one who is not a Levite may officiate with you. |
MSG © | They are to work with you in taking care of the Tent of Meeting, whatever work is involved in the Tent. Outsiders are not allowed to help you. |
BBE © | They are to be joined with you in the care of the Tent of meeting, doing whatever is needed for the Tent: and no one of any other family may come near you. |
NRSV © | They are attached to you in order to perform the duties of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; no outsider shall approach you. |
NKJV © | "They shall be joined with you and attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, for all the work of the tabernacle; but an outsider shall not come near you. |
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NET © | They must join 1 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 2 may approach you. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Now the sentence uses the Niphal perfect with a vav (ו) consecutive from the same root לָוָה (lavah). 2 tn The word is “stranger, alien,” but it can also mean Israelites here. |