Numbers 16:28

28 Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things and that it was not my idea:

Numbers 16:28 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
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 of my own accord.
NLT
28 And Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things that I have done—for I have not done them on my own.
MSG
28 Moses continued to address the community: "This is how you'll know that it was God who sent me to do all these things and that it wasn't anything I cooked up on my own.
CSB
28 Then Moses said, "This is how you will know that the Lord sent me to do all these things and that it was not of my own will:

Numbers 16:28 In-Context

26 He warned the assembly, “Move back from the tents of these wicked men! Do not touch anything belonging to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
27 So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children and little ones at the entrances to their tents.
28 Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me 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.
30 But if the LORD brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”

Cross References 2

  • 1. 1 Kings 18:36
  • 2. Exodus 3:12; John 5:36; John 6:38
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