He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!”
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He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!”
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And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
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And he spoke unto the congregation, saying: 'Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be swept away in all their sins.'
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Passages linked to Numbers 16:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 52:11 Depart! Depart! Go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Go out from among her! Cleanse yourselves, you who carry Yahweh’s vessels.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17 Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
- Revelation 18:4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,
- Genesis 19:12-15 The men said to Lot, “Do you have anybody else here? Sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city, bring them out of the place: for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown so great before Yahweh that Yahweh has sent us to destroy it.” Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city!” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking. When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city.”
- Numbers 16:21-24 “Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces, and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?” Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram!’ ”
- Deuteronomy 13:17 Nothing of the devoted thing shall cling to your hand, that Yahweh may turn from the fierceness of his anger and show you mercy, and have compassion on you and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers,
- Acts 8:20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
- Acts 13:51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.
- 1 Timothy 5:22 Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure.
- Matthew 10:14 Whoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain With them that have committed so many sins.
With them that have committed so many sins.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 16:26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying,…
Num 16:26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
Ver. 26. Lest ye be consumed.] See Num 16:24, {See Trapp on "Rev 18:4"} Hamath fares the worse for lying so near Damascus. {Zec 9:2} St John sprang out of the bath, where he found Cerinthus the heretic.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Show your dislike of them and their wicked ways…
Show your dislike of them and their wicked ways by a speedy removal of your persons and tents from about them.
Touch nothing of theirs; because they and all that was theirs was under a curse, and therefore not to be touched. See Deu 13:16,17.
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In all their sins; lest, being guilty of their sins, you perish together with them.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he spake unto the congregation,.... To the people…
And he spake unto the congregation,.... To the people of Israel assembled together on this occasion: some, out of ill will to Moses and Aaron, inclining to the side of Korah and his accomplices, and some out of curiosity to see the issue of this affair
saying, depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men; these turbulent, seditious, and ill-designing men, disturbers of the commonwealth and church of Israel, enemies to the peace of its civil and ecclesiastic state: and when Moses desires the people to depart from their tents, he means not only that they would remove in person, and stand at a distance, but such who had their tents, and families, and substance near them, would take care to remove, lest they should be destroyed with them:
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and touch nothing of theirs; not carry off anything belonging to them along with their own, being all devoted to destruction:
lest ye be consumed in all their sins; lest partaking of their sins they should of their plagues, and die in their sins, as they would, or for them.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Depart. If we give any encouragement to schismatics, or…
Depart. If we give any encouragement to schismatics, or go to their meetings, we must expect to be involved in their sins. (St. Cyprian, de Lapsis 5.) (Worthington)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 26. Depart — Voluntary association with sinners in order…
26. Depart — Voluntary association with sinners in order to save them is right, (Luk_15:2,) but where it is continued for other reasons it must be construed into sympathy with iniquity. See 2Ti_2:19. note.
Touch nothing of theirs — They and all their possessions were under the ban, utterly devoted to destruction as accursed. Hence this prohibition, in order that the people by their standing aloof might solemnly protest against this wickedness and acknowledge the justice of the punishment inflicted on the rebels. See Lev_27:28; Jos_7:13-15, notes.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 26. lest ye be swept away in all their…
26. lest ye be swept away in all their sins] Perhaps an allusion to the form of death which awaited them. In Num_16:21 ‘consume’ represents a different Heb. word.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Touch nothing of theirs. Because they, and all that…
Touch nothing of theirs. Because they, and all that belonged to them, were anathema, devoted to destruction. Compare the case of Achan. (Jos_7:1)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 16:26 don’t touch anything that belongs to them: These…
16:26 don’t touch anything that belongs to them: These men and their belongings were now “set apart for destruction” (see Lev 27:28-29; cp. Deut 7:26; 13:17; Josh 6:18; 7:1-26).
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