Numbers 17:13
What does Numbers 17:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 17:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah, dieth: shall we perish all of us?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah, dieth: shall we perish all of us?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Death will overtake everyone who comes near, who comes near the House of the Lord: are we all to come to destruction?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862any who is at all drawing near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah dieth; have we not been consumed--to expire?'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Whosoever approacheth to the tabernacle of the Lord, he dieth. Are we all to a man to be utterly destroyed?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Every one that comes at all near to the tabernacle of Jehovah shall die: shall we then expire altogether?
Context
v.12And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 90:7
For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled.
- Numbers 1:51
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.
- 2 Samuel 6:6
And when they came to the threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen stumbled.
- Numbers 16:26
And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
- 1 Samuel 6:19
And he smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah, he smote of the people seventy men, andfifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because Jehovah had smitten the people with a great slaughter.
- Psalms 130:3
If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
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