Numbers 17:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?””
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“Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah, dieth: shall we perish all of us?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“any who is at all drawing near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah dieth; have we not been consumed--to expire?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 17:13 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:3but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
- Numbers 1:51Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.
- Numbers 16:26And 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.”
- Numbers 18:4They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.
- Numbers 25:8followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,
- Numbers 32:13The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.
- Deuteronomy 2:16Now when all the fighting men among the people had died,
- 1 Samuel 6:19But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.
- 2 Samuel 6:6When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.
- 2 Samuel 24:25And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
- 1 Chronicles 13:11Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.
- 1 Chronicles 15:13It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
- Job 34:14If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
- Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
- Psalms 130:3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
- Isaiah 28:22So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
- Acts 5:5On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.
- Acts 5:11And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.
- Ephesians 2:13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
- Hebrews 10:19Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
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