Numbers 16:29

Numbers 16:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.
• New International Version (NIV)If these men die a natural death and suffer the fate of all mankind, then the Lord has not sent me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If these men die as all men die, or if they are visited by the fate of all mankind, then the Lord has not sent me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)If these men die naturally like all men, or if they are visited by the common fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me.

Context of Numbers 16:29

27So they got back from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the doorway of their tents with their wives and their sons and their little children. 28Then Moses said, “By this you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works; for I do not act of my own accord. If these men die the common death of all mankind or if what happens to everyone happens to them, then [you will know for sure that] the Lord has not sent me. 30But if the Lord creates an entirely new thing, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up, along with all that belongs to them, and they descend alive into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), then you will understand that these men have spurned and rejected the Lord!” 31As soon as Moses finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split open;

Numbers 16:29 word by word

אִם־כְּמ֤וֹת כָּל־הָֽאָדָם֙ יְמֻת֣וּן אֵ֔לֶּה וּפְקֻדַּת֙ כָּל־הָ֣אָדָ֔ם יִפָּקֵ֖ד עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם לֹ֥א יְהוָ֖ה שְׁלָחָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If these men dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• the common deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• of all menאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• or if they be visitedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: visitH6485
• after the visitationפְּקֻדָּהpeqûddâh · punishmentH6486
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath not sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971

Cross-references for Numbers 16:29

• Exodus 20:5You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous (impassioned) God [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely mine], visiting (avenging) the iniquity (sin, guilt) of the fathers on the children [that is, calling the children to account for the sins of their fathers], to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
• Exodus 32:34But now go, lead the people [to the place] where I have told you. Behold, My Angel shall go before you; nevertheless, in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin!”
• Job 35:15And now, because He has not [quickly] punished in His anger, Nor has He acknowledged transgression and arrogance well [and seems unaware of the wrong of which a person is guilty],
• Isaiah 10:3Now what will you do in the day of [God’s] punishment, And in the storm of devastation which will come from far away? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your wealth [for safekeeping]?
• Jeremiah 5:9Shall I not punish them [for these things]?” says the Lord; “Shall I not avenge Myself On a nation such as this?”
• Lamentations 4:22The punishment of your sin has been completed, O Daughter of Zion; The Lord will no longer send you into exile. But He will punish your sin, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.
• 1 Kings 22:28Micaiah said, “If you indeed return safely, the Lord has not spoken by me.” Then he said, “Listen, all you people.”
• 2 Chronicles 18:27But Micaiah said, “If you actually return in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.” And he added, “Listen [to what I have said], you people, all of you.”

Commentaries on Numbers 16:29

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-34Verses 23-34 The seventy elders of Israel attend Moses. It is our duty to do what we can to countenance and support lawful authority when it is opposed. And those who would not perish with sinners, must come out from among them, and be separate. It was in answer to the prayer of Moses, that God stirred up the hearts of the congregation to remove for their own safety. Grace to separate from evil-doers is one of the things that accompany salvation. God, in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-30Moses believed that God would deliver justice, and God did so (16:31–35; compare 1 Kings 18:18–40). into Sheol: This was the place of the dead in the Old Testament. Sheol describes the realm where people go after death (see 1 Samuel 2:6; 2 Samuel 22:5–6; Job 3:20–22; Psalm 16:10; Acts 2:27–33; 1 Corinthians 15:15; Revelation 20:13–14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-3428-34. Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works--The awful catastrophe of the earthquake which, as predicted by Moses, swallowed up those impious rebels in a living tomb, gave the divine attestation to the mission of Moses and struck the spectators with solemn awe.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 16:29

• Ambition
• Conspiracy
• Dathan
• Faith
• Incense
• Israel
• Miracles
• Prophets
• Treason

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Commentaries on Numbers 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings