Numbers 16 · Verse 29

Numbers 16:29

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.
Numbers 16:29, King James Version

Numbers 16:29 in other translations

BSBIf these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.
WEBIf these men die the common death of all men, or if they experience what all men experience, then the LORD hasn’t sent me.
ASVIf 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.
YLTif according to the death of all men these die--or the charge of all men is charged upon them--Jehovah hath not sent me;
DARBYif these men die as all men die, and are visited with the visitation of all men, Jehovah has not sent me;
BBEIf these men have the common death of men, or if the natural fate of all men overtakes them, then the Lord has not sent me.
WebsterIf these men shall 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.

What does Numbers 16:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 16:28-34

28-34. Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works--The awful catastrophe of the earthquake which, as predicted by Moses, swallowed up those impious rebels in a living tomb, gave the divine attestation to the mission of Moses and struck the spectators with solemn awe.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 16:23-34

The seventy elders of Israel attend Moses. It is our duty to do what we can to countenance and support lawful authority when it is opposed. And those who would not perish with sinners, must come out from among them, and be separate. It was in answer to the prayer of Moses, that God stirred up the hearts of the congregation to remove for their own safety. Grace to separate from evil-doers is one of the things that…

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Numbers 16:29 in the original Hebrew

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אִם\־'im-ifH518
כְּמ֤וֹתke.Motlike [the] death ofH4194
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
הָֽאָדָם֙ha.'a.Dam<the> humanH120
יְמֻת֣וּןye.mu.Tunthey will die !H4191
אֵ֔לֶּה'E.lehthese [men]H428
וּפְקֻדַּת֙u.fe.ku.Datand [the] visitation ofH6486
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
הָ֣אָדָ֔םha.'a.Dam<the> humanH120
יִפָּקֵ֖דyi.pa.Kedit will be visitedH6485
עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם'a.lei.Hemon themH5921
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
שְׁלָחָֽנִי\׃she.la.Cha.nihe has sent meH7971

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 16:29

  • 1 Kings 22:28

    And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.

  • Lamentations 4:22

    The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.

  • Jeremiah 5:9

    Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • Ecclesiastes 3:19

    For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

  • Job 35:15

    But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

  • 2 Chronicles 18:27

    And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the Lord spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.

  • Isaiah 10:3

    And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

  • Exodus 32:34

    Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.

  • Exodus 20:5

    Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

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the common, etc. Heb. as every man dieth. visited.
Ex 20:5; 32:34; Job 35:15; Isa 10:3; Jer 5:9; La 4:22
the Lord.
1Ki 22:28; 2Ch 18:27

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Context

  • Numbers 16:28

    And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.

  • Numbers 16:29

    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.

  • Numbers 16:30

    But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.

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Numbers 16:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Si como mueren todos los hombres murieren éstos, ó si fueren ellos visitados á la manera de todos los hombres, Jehová no me envió.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
si ceux-là meurent selon la mort de tout homme, et s’ils sont visités de la visitation de tout homme, l’ Éternel ne m’a pas envoyé;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn diese sterben, wie alle Menschen sterben, und mit der Heimsuchung aller Menschen heimgesucht werden, so hat Jehova mich nicht gesandt;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
si consueta hominum morte interierint, et visitaverit eos plaga, qua et ceteri visitari solent, non misit me Dominus: