Numbers 16:28
26 And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
27 So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.
Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:
29 If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.
30 But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:
- KJV
- And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
- WEB
- Moses said, “Hereby you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works; for they are not from my own mind.
- ASV
- And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works; for [I have] not [done them] of mine own mind.
- DARBY
- And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah has sent me to do all these deeds, for they are not out of my own heart:
- BLB
- And Moses said, “By this you⁺ shall know that YHWH has sent me to do all these works; for [they are] not from my own heart.
- ÅB
- Og Moses sa: Derpå skal dere kjenne at det er Herren som har sendt meg til å gjøre alle disse gjerninger, og at det ikke er av egen drift jeg gjør det:
- OTB
- Da sa Moses: «Ved dette skal dere vite at Herren har sendt meg for å gjøre alle disse gjerningene; for det er ikke av min egen vilje.
- B1930
- Og Moses sa: Derpå skal I kjenne at det er Herren som har sendt mig til å gjøre alle disse gjerninger, og at det ikke er av egen drift jeg gjør det:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 6:38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
Read in contextExodus 3:12
“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
Read in contextEzekiel 13:17
Now, O son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them
Read in contextJeremiah 23:16
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.
Read in contextJohn 14:11
Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me—or at least believe on account of the works themselves.
Read in contextJohn 5:36
But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
Read in contextZechariah 2:9
I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.”
Read in contextExodus 7:9
“When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”
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