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Nu 18:4 Strong Concordance And they shall be joined [03867] unto thee, and keep [08104] the charge [04931] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], for all the service [05656] of the tabernacle [0168]: and a stranger [02114] shall not come nigh [07126] unto you.
  King James And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
A stranger - i. e. every one not a Levite. So in Num 18:7, it denotes each one who was not a priest: compare Num 3:10; Num 16:40.
 
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40 To be a memorial [02146] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that [0834] [04616] no stranger [0376] [02114], which is not of the seed [02233] of Aaron [0175], come near [07126] to offer [06999] incense [07004] before [06440] the LORD [03068]; that he be not as Korah [07141], and as his company [05712]: as the LORD [03068] said [01696] to him by the hand [03027] of Moses [04872].
10 And thou shalt appoint [06485] Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121], and they shall wait on [08104] their priest's office [03550]: and the stranger [02114] that cometh nigh [07131] shall be put to death [04191].
7 Therefore thou and thy sons [01121] with thee shall keep [08104] your priest's office [03550] for every thing [01697] of the altar [04196], and within [01004] the vail [06532]; and ye shall serve [05647]: I have given [05414] your priest's office [03550] unto you as a service [05656] of gift [04979]: and the stranger [02114] that cometh nigh [07131] shall be put to death [04191].