Numbers 17:13

Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

Whosoever cometh any thing near {H7131} unto the tabernacle {H4908} of the LORD {H3068} shall die {H4191}: shall we be consumed {H8552} with dying {H1478}?

Whenever anyone approaches the tabernacle of ADONAI, he dies! Will we all perish?"

Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”

Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah, dieth: shall we perish all of us?

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Job 34:14 (2 votes)

    If he set his heart upon man, [if] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

  • Job 34:15 (2 votes)

    All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

  • 2 Samuel 6:6 (2 votes)

    ¶ And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth [his hand] to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook [it].

  • 2 Samuel 6:12 (2 votes)

    ¶ And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that [pertaineth] unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.

  • Deuteronomy 2:16 (2 votes)

    So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

  • Acts 5:11 (2 votes)

    And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.

  • Acts 5:14 (2 votes)

    And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)