Numbers 4:20
Let not others by any curiosity see the things that are in the sanctuary before they be wrapped up, otherwise they shall die.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Alii nulla curiositate videant quæ sunt in sanctuario priusquam involvantur, alioquin morientur.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθωσιν ἰδεῖν ἐξάπινα τὰ ἅγια, καὶ ἀποθανοῦνται.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְלֹא יָבֹ֧אוּ לִרְא֛וֹת כְּבַלַּ֥ע אֶת הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ וָמֵֽתוּ
Haydock's commentary
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)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.