Christian Standard Bible
Numbers 17:13
13Anyone who comes near the Lord’s tabernacle will die. Will we all perish?”
Numbers 17:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
- New International Version (NIV)Anyone who even comes near the tabernacle of the Lord will die. Are we all going to die?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the Lord, shall die. Are we all to perish?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)Whoever even comes near the tabernacle of the Lord must die. Shall we all utterly die?”
Context of Numbers 17:13
11So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. 12Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we’re perishing! We’re lost; we’re all lost! Anyone who comes near the Lord’s tabernacle will die. Will we all perish?”
Read all of Numbers 17Numbers 17:13 word by word
כֹּ֣ל הַקָּרֵ֧ב׀ הַקָּרֵ֛ב אֶל־מִשְׁכַּ֥ן יְהוָ֖ה יָמ֑וּת הַאִ֥ם תַּ֖מְנוּ לִגְוֹֽעַ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 17:13
- Numbers 1:51Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to stop at a campsite, the Levites are to set it up. Any unauthorized person who comes near it is to be put to death.
- Numbers 18:4They are to join you and guard the tent of meeting, doing all the work at the tent, but no unauthorized person may come near you.
- Genesis 3:3But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’”
- 1 Samuel 6:19God struck down the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the Lord. He struck down seventy persons. The people mourned because the Lord struck them with a great slaughter.
- 2 Samuel 6:6When they came to Nacon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to the ark of God and took hold of it because the oxen had stumbled.
- 1 Chronicles 13:11David was angry because of the Lord’s outburst against Uzzah, so he named that place Outburst Against Uzzah, as it is still named today.
- 1 Chronicles 15:13For the Lord our God burst out in anger against us because you Levites were not with us the first time, for we didn’t inquire of him about the proper procedures.”
- Psalms 130:3Lord, if you kept an account of iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
- Acts 5:5When he heard these words, Ananias dropped dead, and a great fear came on all who heard.
- Ephesians 2:13But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
- Hebrews 10:19Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have boldness to enter the sanctuary through the blood of Jesus —
- Numbers 16:26He warned the community, “Get away now from the tents of these wicked men. Don’t touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
- Numbers 32:13The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years until the whole generation that had done what was evil in the Lord’s sight was gone.
- Deuteronomy 2:16“When all the fighting men had died among the people,
- Job 34:14If he put his mind to it and withdrew the spirit and breath he gave,
- Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.
Commentaries on Numbers 17:13
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 While all the other rods remained as they were. Aaron's rod became a living branch. In some places there were buds, in others blossoms, in others fruit, at the same time; all this was miraculous. Thus Aaron was manifested to be under the special blessing of Heaven. Fruitfulness is the best evidence of a Divine call; and the plants of God's setting, and the boughs cut off them, will flourish. This rod was preserved, to take away the murmurings…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13The Lord and his tabernacle were holy. Because of God's holiness, his holy place could be dangerous for unqualified people. Moses worked hard to help the people understand and respect the God of Israel. His efforts were becoming successful.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1312-13. Behold, we die, we perish--an exclamation of fear, both from the remembrance of former judgments, and the apprehension of future relapses into murmuring.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 17
- 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
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