OLD TESTAMENT

Numbers 4:20

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but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.”

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Verse 20. Curiosity. Septuagint “suddenly.” Let them not rush in before all the vessels be properly covered. The priests folded them up with all haste, that they might see them as little as possible themselves. Calmet.

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