Numbers 17:13 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Anyone who comes close to the LORD's tabernacle will die. Are we all going to be destroyed by death?

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

The Israelites are expressing fear that God's holiness is so dangerous that they'll all die if they get too close to His dwelling place.

📚 Historical Context

In the wilderness journey of the Israelites, after a rebellion led by Korah and others against Moses and Aaron's God-appointed leadership, many rebels were judged by divine intervention, resulting in their deaths. This event heightened the people's fear of approaching the tabernacle, as they worried that any unauthorized nearness to God's holy presence would lead to more fatalities. The verse captures the Israelites' collective anxiety about being consumed by God's judgment for mishandling sacred matters.

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