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Numbers 17:13

Fear

11 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.

12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
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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
Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”
KJV
Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
WEB
Everyone who keeps approaching the LORD’s tabernacle, dies! Will we all perish?”
ASV
Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah, dieth: shall we perish all of us?
DARBY
Every one that comes at all near to the tabernacle of Jehovah shall die: shall we then expire altogether?
BLB
Whoever [is] at all drawing near unto the tabernacle of YHWH, he must die. Shall we all utterly die?”
ÅB
Enhver som kommer nær - som kommer nær til Herrens tabernakel, han må dø. Skal vi da omkomme alle sammen?
OTB
Enhver som nærmer seg Herrens tabernakel vil dø. Skal vi alle omkomme fullstendig?"
B1930
Enhver som kommer nær - som kommer nær til Herrens tabernakel, han må dø. Skal vi da omkomme alle sammen?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hebrews 10:19–22

    Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

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  • Genesis 3:3

    But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

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  • Numbers 18:4–7

    And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

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  • 1 Chronicles 13:11–13

    And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:13

    For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

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  • Numbers 1:51–53

    And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

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  • Psalms 130:3–4

    If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

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  • Ephesians 2:13

    But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

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