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Numbers 16:28-30
World English Bible
Numbers 16:28-30
World English Bible
28 Moses said, “Hereby you shall know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; for they are not from my own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they experience what all men experience, then Yahweh hasn’t sent me. 30 But if Yahweh makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up with all that belong to them, and they go down alive into Sheol,[a] then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh.”
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- 16:30 Sheol is the place of the dead.
Numbers 16:28-30
New International Version
Numbers 16:28-30
New International Version
28 Then Moses said, “This is how you will know(A) that the Lord has sent me(B) to do all these things and that it was not my idea: 29 If these men die a natural death and suffer the fate of all mankind, then the Lord has not sent me.(C) 30 But if the Lord brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth(D) and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead,(E) then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt.(F)”
Numbers 16:28-30
King James Version
Numbers 16:28-30
King James Version
28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.
30 But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
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Numbers 16:28-30
New King James Version
Numbers 16:28-30
New King James Version
28 And Moses said: (A)“By this you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them (B)of my own will. 29 If these men die naturally like all men, or if they are (C)visited by the common fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me. 30 But if the Lord creates (D)a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they (E)go down alive into the pit, then you will understand that these men have rejected the Lord.”
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Numbers 16:28-30
English Standard Version
Numbers 16:28-30
English Standard Version
28 And Moses said, “Hereby you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and that it has not been (A)of my own accord. 29 If these men die as all men die, or if they are visited by the fate of all mankind, (B)then the Lord has not sent me. 30 But if the Lord creates something new, and (C)the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they (D)go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the Lord.”
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