Numbers 16:29
in Numbers 16If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
If 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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Numbers 16
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me
on Numbers 16:28-30
Moses stakes his commission on an outcome he names in advance and offers the common death of all men as the disproof, which is the shape of the test Deuteronomy 18:21-22 later sets for a prophet. The new thing he asks for uses the verb of Genesis 1:1, the word for creating. Quick in verse 30 means alive, and the pit is sheol, so what he describes is a descent into the grave with the dying left out.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
If these men die the common death of all men,....
If the rebels die a common death, he will be content to be called and counted an impostor; not only if they die a natural death, but if they die by any sort of judgment that has formerly been executed on other malefactors. "If they die by the plague, or by fire from heaven, or by the sword, then say, God has disowned Moses;" but, 2.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אִם־ | ʾim- | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| כְּמ֤וֹת | kemot | like [the] death of | H4194 → | 156 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָֽאָדָם֙ | haadam | <the> human | H120 → | 551 times |
| יְמֻת֣וּן | yemutun | they will die ! | H4191 → | 839 times |
| אֵ֔לֶּה | ʾeleh | these [men] | H428 → | 746 times |
| וּפְקֻדַּת֙ | ufekudat | and [the] visitation of | H6486 → | 32 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָ֣אָדָ֔ם | haadam | <the> human | H120 → | 551 times |
| יִפָּקֵ֖ד | yipaked | it will be visited | H6485 → | 303 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם | ʾaleihem | on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| שְׁלָחָֽנִי׃ | shelachani | he has sent me | H7971 → | 845 times |
אִם־if
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
כְּמ֤וֹתlike [the] death of
kemotH4194 →156 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָֽאָדָם֙<the> human
haadamH120 →551 times
יְמֻת֣וּןthey will die !
yemutunH4191 →839 times
אֵ֔לֶּהthese [men]
ʾelehH428 →746 times
וּפְקֻדַּת֙and [the] visitation of
ufekudatH6486 →32 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָ֣אָדָ֔ם<the> human
haadamH120 →551 times
יִפָּקֵ֖דit will be visited
yipakedH6485 →303 times
עֲלֵיהֶ֑םon them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
שְׁלָחָֽנִי׃he has sent me
shelachaniH7971 →845 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ecclesiastes 3:19For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
it leads to
- Psalms 49:12
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
- Psalms 49:12
Through
Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
it leads to
- Luke 19:44
They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
- Hosea 9:7
The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and…
- Job 31:14
what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?
- Luke 19:44
Through
Lamentations 4:22O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.
it leads to
- Isaiah 40:2
“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her…
- Isaiah 40:2
Through
Exodus 32:34Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
it leads to
- Exodus 23:20
Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
- Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
- Exodus 23:20
Through
1 Kings 22:28But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”
it leads to
- Micah 1:2
Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
- Micah 1:2
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.