Christian Standard Bible
Numbers 26:9
9The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. (It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the community, who fought against Moses and Aaron; they and Korah’s followers fought against the Lord.
Numbers 26:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord:
- New International Version (NIV)and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. The same Dathan and Abiram were the community officials who rebelled against Moses and Aaron and were among Korah’s followers when they rebelled against the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, chosen from the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, representatives of the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord;
Context of Numbers 26:9
7These were the Reubenite clans, and their registered men numbered 43,730. 8The son of Pallu was Eliab. The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. (It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the community, who fought against Moses and Aaron; they and Korah’s followers fought against the Lord. 10The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, when his followers died and the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign. 11The sons of Korah, however, did not die.)
Read all of Numbers 26Numbers 26:9 word by word
וּבְנֵ֣י אֱלִיאָ֔ב נְמוּאֵ֖ל וְדָתָ֣ן וַאֲבִירָ֑ם הֽוּא־דָתָ֨ן וַאֲבִירָ֜ם קְרִיאֵ֣י הָעֵדָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִצּ֜וּ עַל־מֹשֶׁ֤ה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹן֙ בַּעֲדַת־קֹ֔רַח בְּהַצֹּתָ֖ם עַל־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- of Eliabאֱלִיאָב'ĕlîy'âb · EliabH446
- Nemuelנְמוּאֵלnemû'êl · NemuelH5241
- and Dathanדָּתָןdâthân · DathanH1885
- and Abiramאֲבִירָם'ăbîyrâm · AbiramH48
- famousקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
- famousקָרִיאqârîy' · calledH7148
- in the congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712
- who stroveנָצָהnâtsâh · to struggleH5327
- against Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
- and against Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
- of Korahקֹ֫רַחqôrach · KorahH7141
- against the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
Cross-references for Numbers 26:9
- Numbers 16:2two hundred fifty prominent Israelite men who were leaders of the community and representatives in the assembly, and they rebelled against Moses.
- Numbers 27:3“Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among Korah’s followers, who gathered together against the Lord. Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons.
- Exodus 16:35The Israelites ate manna for forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate manna until they reached the border of the land of Canaan.
- Psalms 106:17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
- Numbers 16:38As for the firepans of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, make them into hammered sheets as plating for the altar, for they presented them before the Lord, and the firepans are holy. They will be a sign to the Israelites.”
- 1 Samuel 2:34This will be the sign that will come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: both of them will die on the same day.
- Jeremiah 29:22Based on what happens to them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will create a curse that says, ‘May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire! ’
- Ezekiel 14:8I will turn against that one and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things took place as examples for us, so that we will not desire evil things as they did.
- 2 Peter 2:6and if he reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes and condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is coming to the ungodly;
- Jude 1:7Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns committed sexual immorality and perversions, and serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
Commentaries on Numbers 26:9
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-11the line of Korah did not die out: See study note on 16:31–33 for more information.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-511. after the plague--That terrible visitation had swept away the remnant of the old generation, to whom God sware in His wrath that they should not enter Canaan (Psa 95:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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