Tree of Life Version
Numbers 17:13
13Anyone approaching the Tabernacle of Adonai will die! Must all of us 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 just as Adonai had commanded him. 12But Bnei-Yisrael said to Moses saying, “Look! We will die! We are all lost! We are lost! Anyone approaching the Tabernacle of Adonai will die! Must all of us 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 1:51Whenever the Tabernacle sets out, the Levites are to dismantle it, and whenever the Tabernacle is pitched, the Levites are to set it up. But the commoner who comes near to it must be put to death.
- Numbers 18:4They are to team with you and attend to the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. But no unauthorized person may intrude upon you.
- Genesis 3:3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat of it and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
- 1 Samuel 6:19Then He struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh because they had gazed into the ark of Adonai. He struck down the people—70 out of 50,000 men—the people mourned because Adonai had struck the people a great slaughter.
- 2 Samuel 6:6But when they reached the threshing floor of Nahon, Uzzah reached out to the ark of God and grasped it, for the oxen had stumbled.
- 1 Chronicles 13:11David was angry because Adonai had burst out against Uzza. So he called that place Perez-uzza as it is to this day.
- 1 Chronicles 15:13Because you were not there the first time, Adonai our God burst out upon us, for we did not seek Him regarding the prescribed way.”
- Psalms 130:3If You, Adonai, kept a record of iniquities— my Lord, who could stand?
- Acts 5:5As soon as he heard these words, Ananias fell down and died. Great fear came upon all who heard about it.
- Ephesians 2:13But now in Messiah Yeshua, you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.
- Hebrews 10:19Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have boldness to enter into the Holies by the blood of Yeshua.
- Numbers 16:26He warned the assembly saying, “Move away from the tents of these wicked men! Don’t touch anything that is theirs, or you will be swept away because of all their sins!”
- Numbers 32:13The anger of Adonai burned against Israel and He caused them to wander in the wilderness 40 years until all the generation doing that evil in Adonai’s sight was gone.
- Deuteronomy 2:16“Now when all the men of war had finished dying from among the people,
- Job 34:14“If He were to set His heart on it, and gather to Himself His Ruach and breath,
- Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by Your anger and 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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