Numbers 16:6

Numbers 16:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
• New International Version (NIV)You, Korah, and all your followers are to do this: Take censers
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do this: take censers, Korah and all his company;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do this: Take censers, Korah and all your company;

Context of Numbers 16:6

4As soon as Moses heard this, he bowed with his face touching the ground. 5Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “In the morning the Lord will show who belongs to him, who is holy, and who it is that he will allow to come near him. Only the person the Lord chooses will be allowed to come near him. Korah, you and all your followers must do this tomorrow: Take incense burners, 7and put burning coals and incense in them in the Lord’s presence. Then the Lord will choose the man who is holy. You’ve gone far enough!” 8Moses also said to Korah, “Listen, you Levites!

Numbers 16:6 word by word

זֹ֖את עֲשׂ֑וּ קְחוּ־לָכֶ֣ם מַחְתּ֔וֹת קֹ֖רַח וְכָל־עֲדָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• This doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• Takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• you censersמַחְתָּהmachtâh · censerH4289
• Korahקֹ֫רַחqôrach · KorahH7141
• and all his companyעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712

Cross-references for Numbers 16:6

• Numbers 16:35Fire came from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were offering incense.
• Leviticus 10:1Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took an incense burner and put burning coals and incense in it. Then in the Lord’s presence they offered this unauthorized fire.
• Leviticus 16:12He will take an incense burner full of burning coals from the altar, which is in the Lord’s presence, and two handfuls of finely ground, sweet-smelling incense. He will bring them up to the canopy.
• 1 Kings 18:21Elijah stood up in front of all the people and asked them, “How long will you try to have it both ways? If the Lord is God, follow him; if Baal is God, follow him.” The people didn’t say a word.

Commentaries on Numbers 16:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Take censers: Korah and his group were to act like priests by burning incense (as in Leviticus 16:11–13). By doing this, they were claiming the right to serve as priests. God himself would decide who truly had the right to serve in that role.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-115-11. he spake unto Korah and unto all his company--They were first addressed, not only because they were a party headed by his own cousin and Moses might hope to have more influence in that quarter, but because they were stationed near the tabernacle; and especially because an expostulation was the more weighty coming from him who was a Levite himself, and who was excluded along with his family from the priesthood. But to bring the matter to an issue, he…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 16:6

• Aaron
• Ambition
• Censer
• Conspiracy
• Dathan
• Israel
• Meekness
• Moses
• Treason

In the dictionaries

• Korah
• Korah, Korahite
• Aaron
• Abiram
• Altar
• Choose
• Close
• Exodus
• Famous
• Renown

Commentaries on Numbers 16

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings