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Numbers 4:20

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they shall: Numbers 4:15, Numbers 4:19; Exodus 19:21; Leviticus 10:2; 1 Samuel 6:19; Hebrews 10:19-20; Revelation 11:19

the holy things: Hakkodesh:, "the holy," or "sanctuary," i.e., the ark, as the Jews generally understand it; and with good reason, as any one may be convinced, who compares 1 Kings 8:8 with 2 Chronicles 5:9, where that which is called the holy in the former, is called the ark in the latter.

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