Numbers 1:51-53 contains the original law that any stranger who comes near the tabernacle shall die — the very rule the people are citing here.

Numbers 18:4-7 provides the priestly regulation: only Levites may approach the sanctuary, confirming the fear of death for outsiders.

In Numbers 16:34, the people flee from Korah's rebellion crying 'Lest the earth swallow us!' — the same fear of immediate death from God's presence.

In Numbers 18:1, God assigns Aaron's family to bear sanctuary iniquity — directly addressing the people's fear by providing priestly mediation.

Hebrews 10:19-22 gives boldness to enter the Most Holy Place through Jesus, contrasting the deadly fear of approaching the tabernacle here.

In Ephesians 2:13, Christ's blood brings the far away near — a direct contrast to the terror of approaching God's presence in Numbers.

Acts 5:11-14 describes the resulting fear and hesitancy to join the believers, mirroring the question 'Are we all going to die?'

In Acts 5:5, Ananias drops dead for lying to the Holy Spirit, and great fear seizes the church—a NT parallel to divine judgment.

1 Chronicles 15:13 explains that the previous death occurred because the ark was not carried according to God's instructions.

1 Chronicles 13:11-13 recounts David's anger and fear when the LORD strikes Uzzah, echoing the same holy danger.

In 2 Samuel 6:6-12, Uzzah's death for touching the ark causes David to fear and ask how the ark can come to him.

In 1 Samuel 6:19-21, the people of Beth-shemesh ask 'Who can stand before this holy God?' after deaths from looking into the ark.

In 1 Chronicles 13:12, David again fears the ark, asking 'How can I bring it?' — reinforcing the same lesson about approaching God's holiness.

In 2 Samuel 6:9, David fears the ark after Uzzah's death, saying 'How can the ark come to me?' — identical awe and dread of God's holiness.

In 1 Samuel 6:20, the people of Beth-shemesh ask 'Who can stand before the LORD?' — echoing the same terror at God's holy presence.

Isaiah 33:14 echoes the same dread of approaching God's holy presence—asking who can dwell with devouring fire, mirroring Israel's fear at the tabernacle.

Jeremiah 30:21 reverses the death threat—God promises a ruler who will safely draw near, contrasting the terror of approaching the tabernacle.

Psalm 130:3 shifts the question of standing before God from physical approach to moral guilt—'who could stand if sins were recorded?'

Psalm 130:4 contrasts by offering forgiveness that leads to reverence, not the terror of immediate death.

Genesis 3:3 records a similar 'touch and die' warning in Eden, though about the forbidden tree, not the tabernacle.