Numbers 17:13
Every man who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of LORD, dies. Shall we all of us perish?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12And the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
Cross References
Genesis 3:3but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, Ye shall not eat of it, nor shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Numbers 16:26And he spoke to 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.
Numbers 25:8And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the sons of Israel.
Deuteronomy 2:16So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
2 Samuel 6:6And when they came to the threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth to the ark of God, and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled.
1 Chronicles 13:11And David was displeased, because LORD had broken forth upon Uzza. And he called that place Perez-uzza, to this day.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 17:9-13
8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. 10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their… Read the whole commentary →