13Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
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And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. …
So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-13)Here is, I. The final determination of the controversy concerning the priesthood by a miracle, Num. 17:8 ; 9 . The rods or staves were brought out from the most holy place where they were laid up, and publicly produced before the people; and, while all the rest of the rods remained as they were, Aaron’s rod only, of a dry stick, became a living branch, budded, and blossomed, and yielded almonds. I…
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