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 dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the doorway of their tents, along with their wives and their sons and their little ones. 28Moses said, “By this you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these deeds; for this is not my doing. If these men die the death of all men or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me. 30But if the Lord brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they descend alive into Sheol, then you will understand that these men have spurned the Lord.” 31As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was 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

• Ifאִם'im · ifH518
• theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• the deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• of allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• menאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• if they sufferפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: visitH6485
• fateפְּקֻדָּהpeqûddâh · punishmentH6486
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• has not sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971

Cross-references for Numbers 16:29

• Exodus 20:5You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,
• Exodus 32:34But go now, lead the people where I 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 visited in His anger, Nor has He acknowledged transgression well,
• Isaiah 10:3Now what will you do in the day of punishment, And in the devastation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your wealth?
• Jeremiah 5:9Shall I not punish these people,” declares the Lord, “And on a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?
• Lamentations 4:22The punishment of your iniquity has been completed, O daughter of Zion; He will exile you no longer. But He will punish your iniquity, 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.” And he said, “Listen, all you people.”
• 2 Chronicles 18:27Micaiah said, “If you indeed return safely, the Lord has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Listen, all you people.”

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