Numbers 17:13

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Numbers 17:11–13 · Berean Standard Bible

11 So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.

12 Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!

13 Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”

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Numbers 1:51

Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.

Numbers 1:52

The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.

Numbers 1:53

But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

Numbers 18:4

They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.

Numbers 18:5

And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.

Numbers 18:6

Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 18:7

But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”

Genesis 3:3

but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”

1 Samuel 6:19

But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.

1 Samuel 6:20

The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”

1 Samuel 6:21

So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”

2 Samuel 6:6

When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.

2 Samuel 6:7

And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.

2 Samuel 6:8

Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.

2 Samuel 6:9

That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”

2 Samuel 6:10

So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

2 Samuel 6:11

Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household.

2 Samuel 6:12

Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.

1 Chronicles 13:11

Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.

1 Chronicles 13:12

That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”

1 Chronicles 13:13

So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

1 Chronicles 15:13

It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”

Psalms 130:3

If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

Psalms 130:4

But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

Acts 5:5

On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.

Acts 5:11

And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.

Acts 5:12

The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.

Acts 5:13

Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.

Acts 5:14

Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.

Ephesians 2:13

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

Hebrews 10:19

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

Hebrews 10:20

by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,

Hebrews 10:21

and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

Hebrews 10:22

let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Numbers 16:26

And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”

Numbers 32:13

The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.

Deuteronomy 2:16

Now when all the fighting men among the people had died,

Job 34:14

If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,

Job 34:15

all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.

Psalms 90:7

For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.

Isaiah 28:22

So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.