Numbers 17 · Verse 13

Numbers 17:13

Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
Numbers 17:13, King James Version

Numbers 17:13 in other translations

BSBAnyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”
WEBEveryone who keeps approaching the LORD’s tabernacle, dies! Will we all perish?”
ASVEvery one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah, dieth: shall we perish all of us?
YLTany who is at all drawing near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah dieth; have we not been consumed--to expire?'
DARBYEvery one that comes at all near to the tabernacle of Jehovah shall die: shall we then expire altogether?
BBEDeath will overtake everyone who comes near, who comes near the House of the Lord: are we all to come to destruction?
WebsterWhoever approacheth the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

What does Numbers 17:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 17:12-13

12-13. Behold, we die, we perish--an exclamation of fear, both from the remembrance of former judgments, and the apprehension of future relapses into murmuring.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 17:8-13

While all the other rods remained as they were. Aaron's rod became a living branch. In some places there were buds, in others blossoms, in others fruit, at the same time; all this was miraculous. Thus Aaron was manifested to be under the special blessing of Heaven. Fruitfulness is the best evidence of a Divine call; and the plants of God's setting, and the boughs cut off them, will flourish. This rod was preserved…

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Numbers 17:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֹּ֣לkoleveryH3605
הַקָּרֵ֧ב\׀ha.ka.Rev<the> [person] approachingH7131
הַקָּרֵ֛בha.ka.Rev<the> [person] approachingH7131
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מִשְׁכַּ֥ןmish.Kan[the] tabernacle ofH4908
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
יָמ֑וּתya.Muthe will dieH4191
הַאִ֥םha.'Im¿ orH518
תַּ֖מְנוּTam.nuwill we completeH8552
לִגְוֹֽעַ\׃\ \סlig.Vo.a'to dieH1478

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

Cross references for Numbers 17:13

  • Hebrews 10:19-22

    Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an high priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

  • 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.

  • 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. And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel. And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

  • 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. And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed–edom the Gittite.

  • 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.

  • 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. And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

  • Psalms 130:3-4

    If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

  • Ephesians 2:13

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

  • 1 Samuel 6:19-21

    And he smote the men of Beth–shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. And the men of Beth–shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from us? And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath–jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the Lord; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.

  • Deuteronomy 2:16

    So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

  • Numbers 32:13

    And the Lord’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.

  • Acts 5:11-14

    And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch. And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Whosoever.
1:51-53; 18:4-7
any thing.
Ge 3:3; 1Sa 6:19-21; 2Sa 6:6-12; 1Ch 13:11-13; 15:13; Ps 130:3,4
Ac 5:5,11-14; Eph 2:13; Heb 10:19-22
consumed.
16:26; 32:13; De 2:16; Job 34:14,15; Ps 90:7; Isa 28:22

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Context

  • Numbers 17:12

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

  • Numbers 17:13

    Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

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Numbers 17:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Cualquiera que se llegare, el que se acercare al tabernáculo de Jehová morirá: ¿acabaremos de perecer todos?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il se tint entre les morts et les vivants, et la plaie s’arrêta.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Jeder, der irgend zur Wohnung Jehovas naht, der stirbt: sollen wir denn allzumal vergehen?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quicumque accedit ad tabernaculum Domini, moritur. Num usque ad internecionem cuncti delendi sumus?