Numbers 17:5

New American Bible - revised edition

just as the Lord had directed him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no unauthorized person, no one who was not a descendant of Aaron, should draw near to offer incense before the Lord, lest he meet the fate of Korah and his faction.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 26:16

But after he had become strong, he became arrogant to his own destruction and acted treacherously with the Lord, his God. He entered the temple of the Lord to make an offering on the altar of incense.

Ezra 2:62

These searched their family records, but their names could not be found there, and they were excluded from the priesthood.

Psalm 105:26

He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron whom he had chosen.

Exodus 16:7

and in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord, when he hears your grumbling against him. But who are we that you should grumble against us?”

Isaiah 11:1

But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom.

Isaiah 13:11

Thus I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their guilt. I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant, the insolence of tyrants I will humble.

Isaiah 27:6

In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall sprout and blossom, covering all the world with fruit.

Isaiah 5:24

Therefore, as the tongue of fire licks up stubble, as dry grass shrivels in the flame, Their root shall rot and their blossom scatter like dust; For they have rejected the instruction of the Lord of hosts, and scorned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Ezekiel 16:41

They shall set fire to your homes and inflict punishments on you while many women watch. Thus I will put an end to your prostitution, and you shall never again offer payment.

Ezekiel 23:27

I will put an end to your depravity and to your prostitution from the land of Egypt; you shall no longer look to them, nor even remember Egypt again.

Hosea 14:5

I will heal their apostasy, I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.

Numbers 1:51

When the tabernacle is to move on, the Levites shall take it down; when the tabernacle is to be pitched, it is the Levites who shall set it up. Any unauthorized person who comes near it shall be put to death.

Numbers 11:1

Now the people complained bitterly in the hearing of the Lord; and when he heard it his wrath flared up, so that the Lord’s fire burned among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

Numbers 16:11

It is therefore against the Lord that you and all your faction are conspiring. As for Aaron, what has he done that you should grumble against him?” Rebellion of Dathan and Abiram.

Numbers 16:5

Then he said to Korah and to all his faction, “May the Lord make known tomorrow morning who belongs to him and who is the holy one and whom he will have draw near to him! The one whom he chooses, he will have draw near to him.

Numbers 17:10

Remove yourselves from this community, that I may consume them at once. But they fell prostrate.

Numbers 17:6

The next day the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.”

Numbers 17:8

Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting,

1 Corinthians 10:10

Do not grumble as some of them did, and suffered death by the destroyer.

Joshua 4:7

you shall answer them, ‘The waters of the Jordan ceased to flow before the ark of the covenant of the Lord when it crossed the Jordan.’ Thus these stones are to serve as a perpetual memorial to the Israelites.”