Numbers 16:30
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 16:30 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 16:30 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 16:30 — KJV
“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. make...: Heb. create a creature”
— Numbers 16:30 (KJV)
Numbers 16:30 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 16:30
“And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. straight: Heb. into straightness”
Shares key themes with Numbers 16:30: make, new, thing
“But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 16:30: lord, thing, earth
“When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house. in the...: or, at the door”
Shares key themes with Numbers 16:30: lord, new, thing
“The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. famish: Heb. make lean”
Shares key themes with Numbers 16:30: lord, make, earth
“For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them. deliver: Heb. make to be found”
Shares key themes with Numbers 16:30: lord, make, into
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