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Numbers 17:13
13Any person who comes near the Lord's special Tent will die. So we will all die!’
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
11Moses did what the Lord told him. 12The Israelites said to Moses, ‘We will all die! Any person who comes near the Lord's special Tent will die. So we will all die!’
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 1:51When the people move to another place, the Levites must pack the Tent. When the people arrive at a new place, the Levites must put the Tent up again. If any other person, not a Levite, comes near to the special Tent, they must die.
- Numbers 18:4The Levites must work with you as they take care of the Tent of Meeting. No other people have authority to come near you as you work there.
- Genesis 3:3But God said, “You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch it. If you do that, you will die.” ’
- 1 Samuel 6:19But some of the men from Beth Shemesh looked inside the Lord's Covenant Box. So God killed 70 of them. The people were very sad because the Lord had punished them so much.
- 2 Samuel 6:6They reached the place of Nacon's threshing floor. There the oxen that were pulling the cart almost fell. So Uzzah reached out to hold God's Covenant Box to stop it falling.
- 1 Chronicles 13:11David was angry because the Lord had punished Uzzah. So he called that place ‘Perez Uzzah’. That is still its name today.
- 1 Chronicles 15:13The first time that we tried to bring it here, you did not carry it. Because of that, the Lord our God punished us. He did that because we did not ask him about the proper way to carry it.’
- Psalms 130:3Lord, if you should write down all our sins, nobody could stand as a righteous person.
- Acts 5:5As soon as he heard Peter say this, Ananias fell down and he died. When people heard what had happened, they were all very afraid.
- Ephesians 2:13You were far away from God. But now, God has brought you near to himself, because you belong to Christ Jesus. That is possible because of Christ's death on the cross as a sacrifice.
- Hebrews 10:19So then, Christian friends, we see that Jesus died as a sacrifice on our behalf. Because of that, we may go into God's Most Holy Place. We are not afraid to do that.
- Numbers 16:26Moses said to all the people, ‘Move away from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them. If you do not move away, God may destroy you together with them, because of all their sins.’
- Numbers 32:13At that time, the Lord was angry with all the Israelites. He caused them to travel in the desert for 40 years. After that, all the men who had turned against him were dead.’
- Deuteronomy 2:16Finally, the last one of these men died and no longer lived among the people.
- Job 34:14God could decide to remove life from the world. He could take back his spirit and his breath.
- Psalms 90:7Your anger destroys us, and we become very afraid.
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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