Numbers 17:13

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Death will overtake everyone who comes near, who comes near the House of the Lord: are we all to come to destruction?

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  • Gen 3:3 : 3 But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.
  • Num 1:51-53 : 51 And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near it is to be put to death. 52 The children of Israel are to put up their tents, every man in his tent-circle round his flag. 53 But the tents of the Levites are to be round the Tent of meeting, so that wrath may not come on the children of Israel: the Tent of meeting is to be in the care of the Levites.
  • Num 16:26 : 26 And he said to the people, Come away now from the tents of these evil men, without touching anything of theirs, or you may be taken in the punishment of their sins.
  • Num 18:4-7 : 4 They are to be joined with you in the care of the Tent of meeting, doing whatever is needed for the Tent: and no one of any other family may come near you. 5 You are to be responsible for the holy place and the altar, so that wrath may never again come on the children of Israel. 6 Now, see, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: they are given to you and to the Lord, to do the work of the Tent of meeting. 7 And you and your sons with you are to be responsible as priests for the altar and everything on it, and everything inside the veil; you are to do the work of priests; I have given you your position as priests; and any other man who comes near will be put to death.
  • Num 32:13 : 13 Then the Lord was angry with Israel, and he made them wanderers in the waste land for forty years? till all that generation who had done evil in the eyes of the Lord was dead.
  • Deut 2:16 : 16 So when death had overtaken all the men of war among the people,
  • 1 Sam 6:19-21 : 19 But the Lord sent destruction on seventy men of the people of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark of the Lord; and great was the sorrow of the people for the destruction which the Lord had sent on them. 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to keep his place before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom may he go from us? 21 And they sent men to the people living in Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have sent back the ark of the Lord; come and take it up to your country.
  • 2 Sam 6:6-9 : 6 And when they came to Nacon's grain-floor, Uzzah put his hand on the ark of God to keep it safe in its place, for the oxen were out of control. 7 And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzzah, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there by the ark of God. 8 And David was angry because of the Lord's outburst of wrath against Uzzah: and he gave that place the name Perez-uzzah, which is its name to this day. 9 And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me? 10 So David did not let the ark of the Lord come back to him to the town of David: but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 11 And the ark of the Lord was in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months: and the Lord sent a blessing on Obed-edom and all his family. 12 And they said to King David, The blessing of the Lord is on the family of Obed-edom and on all he has, because of the ark of God. And David went and took the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the town of David with joy.
  • 1 Chr 13:11-13 : 11 And David was angry because of the Lord's outburst of wrath against Uzza, and he gave that place the name Perez-uzza, to this day. 12 And so great was David's fear of God that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me? 13 So David did not let the ark come back to him to the town of David, but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
  • 1 Chr 15:13 : 13 For because you did not take it at the first, the Lord our God sent punishment on us, because we did not get directions from him in the right way.
  • Job 34:14-15 : 14 If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again, 15 All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.
  • Ps 90:7 : 7 We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath.
  • Ps 130:3-4 : 3 O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free? 4 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.
  • Isa 28:22 : 22 And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.
  • Acts 5:5 : 5 And at these words, Ananias went down on the earth, and his life went from him: and great fear came on all who were present.
  • Acts 5:11-14 : 11 Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things. 12 Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way. 13 The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them; 14 And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;
  • Eph 2:13 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
  • Heb 10:19-22 : 19 So then, my brothers, being able to go into the holy place without fear, because of the blood of Jesus, 20 By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having a great priest over the house of God, 22 Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 17:12
    85%

    12 And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.

  • Num 18:22
    80%

    22 In future the children of Israel are not to come near the Tent of meeting, so that death may not come to them because of sin.

  • Deut 5:25-26
    2 verses
    78%

    25 Why then is death to be our fate? For if the voice of the Lord our God comes to us any more, death will overtake us, and we will be burned up in this great fire.

    26 For what man is there in all the earth, who, hearing the voice of the living God as we have, out of the heart of the fire, has been kept from death?

  • Exod 19:12-13
    2 verses
    78%

    12 And let limits be marked out for the people round the mountain, and say to them, Take care not to go up the mountain or near the sides of it: whoever puts his foot on the mountain will certainly come to his death:

    13 He is not to be touched by a hand, but is to be stoned or have an arrow put through him; man or beast, he is to be put to death: at the long sounding of a horn they may come up to the mountain.

  • Num 4:20
    76%

    20 But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.

  • Num 3:38
    75%

    38 And those whose tents are to be placed on the east side of the House in front of the Tent of meeting, looking to the dawn, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, who will do the work of the holy place for the children of Israel; and any strange person who comes near will be put to death.

  • Exod 20:19
    75%

    19 And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.

  • Num 16:20-23
    4 verses
    75%

    20 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

    21 Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them.

    22 Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people?

    23 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 30:20
    74%

    20 Whenever they go into the Tent of meeting they are to be washed with water, to keep them from death; and whenever they come near to do the work of the altar, or to make an offering by fire to the Lord,

  • Num 1:51
    74%

    51 And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near it is to be put to death.

  • Exod 19:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21 And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction.

    22 And let the priests who come near to the Lord make themselves holy, for fear that the Lord may come on them suddenly.

  • Num 18:3
    73%

    3 They are to do your orders and be responsible for the work of the Tent; but they may not come near the vessels of the holy place or the altar, so that death may not overtake them or you.

  • Lev 16:13
    73%

    13 And let him put the perfume on the fire before the Lord so that the ark may be covered with a cloud of the smoke of the perfume, in order that death may not overtake him.

  • Lev 10:2
    73%

    2 And fire came out from before the Lord, burning them up and causing their destruction before the Lord.

  • Lev 10:7
    73%

    7 And do not go out from the door of the Tent of meeting, or death will come to you; for the holy oil of the Lord is on you. And they did as Moses said.

  • Lev 16:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron when they took in strange fire before the Lord and death overtook them;

    2 The Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, your brother, that he may not come at all times into the holy place inside the veil, before the cover which is on the ark, for fear that death may overtake him; for I will be seen in the cloud on the cover of the ark.

  • Num 16:44-45
    2 verses
    73%

    44 And the Lord said to Moses,

    45 Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them. And they went down on their faces.

  • Lev 8:35
    72%

    35 And you are to keep watch for the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting day and night for seven days, so that death may not come to you: for so he has given me orders.

  • Num 16:26
    72%

    26 And he said to the people, Come away now from the tents of these evil men, without touching anything of theirs, or you may be taken in the punishment of their sins.

  • Num 14:35
    72%

    35 I the Lord have said it, and this I will certainly do to all this evil people who have come together against me: in this waste land destruction will come on them, and death will be their fate.

  • Deut 17:12
    72%

    12 And any man who, in his pride, will not give ear to the priest whose place is there before the Lord your God, or to the judge, is to be put to death: you are to put away the evil from Israel.

  • Lev 17:9
    72%

    9 And does not take it to the door of the Tent of meeting to make an offering to the Lord, that man will be cut off from among his people.

  • Exod 24:2
    72%

    2 And Moses only may come near to the Lord; but the others are not to come near, and the people may not come up with them.

  • Lev 15:31
    72%

    31 In this way may the children of Israel be made free from all sorts of unclean conditions, so that death may not overtake them when they are unclean and when they make unclean my holy place which is among them.

  • Exod 28:35
    72%

    35 Aaron is to put it on for his holy work; and the sound of it will be clear, when he goes into the holy place before the Lord, and when he comes out, keeping him safe from death.

  • Num 16:40-41
    2 verses
    72%

    40 To be a sign, kept in memory for ever by the children of Israel, that no man who is not of the seed of Aaron has the right of burning spices before the Lord, so that he may not be like Korah and his band: as the Lord said to him by the mouth of Moses.

    41 But on the day after, all the children of Israel made an outcry against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have put to death the Lord's people.

  • Num 16:36
    71%

    36 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 14:10
    71%

    10 But all the people said they were to be stoned. Then the glory of the Lord was seen in the Tent of meeting, before the eyes of all the children of Israel.

  • Num 15:35
    71%

    35 Then the Lord said to Moses, Certainly the man is to be put to death: let him be stoned by all the people outside the tent-circle.

  • Num 19:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 Anyone touching the body of a dead man without making himself clean in this way, makes the House of the Lord unclean; and that man will be cut off from Israel: because the water was not put on him, he will be unclean; his unclean condition is unchanged.

    14 This is the law when death comes to a man in his tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, will be unclean for seven days.

  • Num 18:32
    71%

    32 And no sin will be yours on account of it, when the best of it has been lifted up on high; you are not to make a wrong use of the holy things of the children of Israel, so that death may not overtake you.

  • Exod 31:14
    71%

    14 So you are to keep the Sabbath as a holy day; and anyone not honouring it will certainly be put to death: whoever does any work on that day will be cut off from his people.

  • Num 3:10
    70%

    10 And give orders that Aaron and his sons are to keep their place as priests; any strange person who comes near is to be put to death.

  • Num 16:34
    70%

    34 And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down into the heart of the earth.

  • Lev 24:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16 And he who says evil against the name of the Lord will certainly be put to death; he will be stoned by all the people; the man who is not of your nation and one who is an Israelite by birth, whoever says evil against the holy Name is to be put to death.

    17 And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.

  • 2 Chr 15:13
    70%

    13 And that anyone, small or great, man or woman, who was not true to the Lord, the God of Israel, would be put to death.

  • Num 14:2
    70%

    2 And all the children of Israel, crying out against Moses and Aaron, said, If only we had come to our death in the land of Egypt, or even in this waste land!

  • Exod 16:3
    70%

    3 And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.

  • Lev 22:17
    70%

    17 And the Lord said to Moses,