Numbers 16:29

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.

²⁸ 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:

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.”

³¹ As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,

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.

Compare

BSB: If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.
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.
WEB: If these men die the common death of all men, or if they experience what all men experience, then the LORD hasn’t sent me.
ASV: If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then Jehovah hath not sent me.
DARBY: if these men die as all men die, and are visited with the visitation of all men, Jehovah has not sent me;
BLB: If like the death of every man these ones die, or if the common fate of all men is visited upon them, [then] YHWH has not sent me.

ÅB: Dersom disse folk dør på samme måte som alle andre mennesker, eller de hjemsøkes på samme måte som alle andre mennesker, da har Herren ikke sendt meg;
OTB: Hvis disse mennene dør en naturlig død, eller hvis de lider samme skjebne som alle mennesker, da har Herren ikke sendt meg.
B1930: Dersom disse folk dør på samme måte som alle andre mennesker, eller de hjemsøkes på samme måte som alle andre mennesker, da har Herren ikke sendt mig;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Kings 22:28
But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”
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Lamentations 4:22
O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.
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Jeremiah 5:9
Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
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Ecclesiastes 3:19
For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
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Job 35:15
and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
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2 Chronicles 18:27
But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”
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Isaiah 10:3
What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
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Exodus 32:34
Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
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