• Numbers 3:38
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 38 Those camping in front of the tabernacle toward the east, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons. They were responsible for taking care of the sanctuary as their obligation in behalf of the Israelites. Any unauthorized person* coming near would be put to death.+

  • Numbers 3:38
    The Bible in Living English

    • 38 And those who camped in front of the tabernacle, on the east in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, guarding the sanctuary for the guarding of the sons of Israel; and an outsider who approached was to be put to death.

  • Numbers 3:38
    American Standard Version

    • 38 And those that encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

  • Numbers 3:38
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 38 But they who were to encamp before the habitation eastwards, before the tent of meeting towards sun-rise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, to keep the charge of the sanctuary, as the charge of the sons of Israel, and the stranger that came near was to be put to death.

  • Numbers 3:38
    King James Version

    • 38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.