Numbers 16:49

Numbers 16:49 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
• New International Version (NIV)But 14,700 people died from the plague, in addition to those who had died because of Korah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now those who died in the plague were 14,700, besides those who died in the affair of Korah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now those who died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died in the Korah incident.

Context of Numbers 16:49

47Then Aaron took it as Moses had spoken, and ran into the midst of the assembly, for behold, the plague had begun among the people. So he put on the incense and made atonement for the people. 48He took his stand between the dead and the living, so that the plague was checked. But those who died by the plague were 14,700, besides those who died on account of Korah. 50Then Aaron returned to Moses at the doorway of the tent of meeting, for the plague had been checked.

Numbers 16:49 word by word

וַיִּהְי֗וּ הַמֵּתִים֙ בַּמַּגֵּפָ֔ה אַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר אֶ֖לֶף וּשְׁבַ֣ע מֵא֑וֹת מִלְּבַ֥ד הַמֵּתִ֖ים עַל־דְּבַר־קֹֽרַח׃Read the interlinear

• But those who diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• by the plagueמַגֵּפָהmaggêphâh · plagueH4046
• were 14,700אַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• were 14,700עָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• were 14,700אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• were 14,700שֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• were 14,700מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• besidesמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• besidesבַּדbad · alone: besidesH905
• on accountעַל‛al · uponH5921
• on accountדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• of Korahקֹ֫רַחqôrach · KorahH7141

Cross-references for Numbers 16:49

• Numbers 16:32and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who belonged to Korah with their possessions.
• Numbers 25:9Those who died by the plague were 24,000.
• 1 Chronicles 21:14So the Lord sent a pestilence on Israel; 70,000 men of Israel fell.
• Hebrews 2:1For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.
• Hebrews 10:28Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
• Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven.

Commentaries on Numbers 16:49

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-50Verses 41-50 The gaping earth was scarcely closed, before the same sins are again committed, and all these warnings slighted. They called the rebels the people of the Lord; and find fault with Divine justice. The obstinacy of Israel notwithstanding the terrors of God's law, as given on mount Sinai, and the terrors of his judgments, shows how necessary the grace of God is to change men's hearts and lives. Love will do what fear cannot. Moses and Aaron…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 46-50Moses and Aaron quickly acted to save the Israelites from God's anger. Aaron used an incense burner with hot coals among the people to stop the plague.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 16:49

• Atonement
• Intercession
• Israel
• Miracles
• Plague

In the dictionaries

• Korah
• Korah, Korahite
• Aaron
• Choose
• Close
• Exodus
• Famous
• Plague
• Renown
• Sign

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