any thing neere] Extream feare makes them aggravate the danger above measure; or else they meane it onely of such as being no Levites, make too neer approches to the Tabernacle, or meddle with holy things, without sufficient warrant for that purpose. with dying] The words are a passionate expostulation with 〈1 page duplicate〉〈1 page duplicate〉God, in sense thus, Wilt thou not, O God, withdraw thine indignation from us, untill by killing, thou hast consumed us? and such an Interrogation is virtually an ardent deprecation of danger, as Psal. 85. 5, 6. Esay 64. 12.