Parallel Verses

Amplified

“Do not cut off (eliminate, destroy) the tribe of the families of the Kohathites [who are only Levites and not priests], from among the Levites [by exposing them to the sin of touching the most holy things].

New American Standard Bible

“Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites.

King James Version

Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

Holman Bible

“Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be wiped out from the Levites.

International Standard Version

"You are not to eliminate the tribe of the families of the descendants of Kohath from the descendants of Levi.

A Conservative Version

Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites,

American Standard Version

Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

Bible in Basic English

Do not let the family of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites;

Darby Translation

Ye shall not cut off the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites,

Julia Smith Translation

Ye shall not cut off the tribe from the families of the Kohathites from the midst of the Levites.

King James 2000

Cut not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

Lexham Expanded Bible

"You must not cut off the tribe of the clan of the Kohathites from the midst of the Levites.

Modern King James verseion

Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Destroy not the tribe of the kindreds of the Kohathites, from among the Levites.

NET Bible

"Do not allow the tribe of the families of the Kohathites to be cut off from among the Levites;

New Heart English Bible

"Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

The Emphasized Bible

Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off out of the midst of the Levites.

Webster

Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

World English Bible

"Don't cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

Youngs Literal Translation

'Ye do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathite from the midst of the Levites;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Cut ye not off
כּרת 
Karath 
Usage: 287

the tribe
שׁבט 
Shebet 
Usage: 190

of the families
משׁפּחה 
Mishpachah 
Usage: 303

of the Kohathites
קהתי 
Qohathiy 
Usage: 15

תּוך 
Tavek 
Usage: 419

Context Readings

The Census Of The Kohathites

17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 18 “Do not cut off (eliminate, destroy) the tribe of the families of the Kohathites [who are only Levites and not priests], from among the Levites [by exposing them to the sin of touching the most holy things]. 19 But deal with them in this way, so that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign each of them to his [specific] work and to his load [to be carried on the march].


Cross References

Exodus 19:21

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, so that they do not break through [the barriers around the mountain] to the Lord to see [Me], and many of them perish [as a result].

Leviticus 10:1-2

Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective [ceremonial] censers, put fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange (unauthorized, unacceptable) fire before the Lord, [an act] which He had not commanded them to do.

Numbers 16:32

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, and all the men who supported Korah, with all their possessions.

Numbers 17:10

But the Lord said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s rod back before the Testimony [in the ark], to be kept as a [warning] sign for the rebellious and contentious, so that you may put an end to their murmurings [of discontent] against Me, so that they do not die.”

Numbers 18:5

So you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar [of burnt offering and the altar of incense], so that there will no longer be wrath on the Israelites [as with Korah, Dathan, and Abiram].

1 Samuel 6:19

The Lord struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the Lord. He struck down 50,070 men among the people, and the people mourned because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.

2 Samuel 6:6-7

When they came to Nacon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out [with his hand] to the ark of God and took hold of it, because the oxen [stumbled and] nearly overturned it.

Jeremiah 38:23

Also, all your wives and your children will be brought out to the Chaldeans; and you yourself will not escape from their hand, but you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city [Jerusalem] will be burned down with fire.’”

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