Numbers 4:5-33 provides detailed instructions for the Levites' transport duties summarized in verse 51.

Numbers 10:11 records the cloud lifting, the signal for the tabernacle to move and the Levites to take it down as per verse 51.

Numbers 10:17-21 describes the actual march where Levites take down and carry the tabernacle, fulfilling verse 51.

Numbers 18:22 explains that the ban on approaching the tent of meeting is to prevent the people from incurring sin and death.

Numbers 17:13 directly echoes the warning that anyone who comes near the tabernacle will die, reinforcing the same threat.

Numbers 18:4 reinforces the same restriction: only Levites may approach the tent of meeting, and outsiders face death.

Numbers 10:21 describes the Kohathites carrying the sanctuary items, illustrating the Levites' appointed role in handling the tabernacle.

1 Kings 13:33 shows Jeroboam violating this rule by appointing non-Levite priests, directly opposing the exclusive Levite access.

1 Samuel 6:19 shows death for looking into the ark, a parallel consequence for unauthorized contact with holy objects, though the violation differs.

2 Samuel 6:7 records Uzzah's death for touching the ark, another instance of divine judgment for unauthorized handling of sacred items.