King James Version
Numbers 17:13 in the King James Version says “Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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
And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
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properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“unto the tabernacle”
H4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the temple); specifically, the tabernacle (properly, its w
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“shall we be consumed”
H8552to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive
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