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

47So Aaron did as Moses commanded and ran into the middle of the assembly, where the plague was just beginning among the people. So he placed incense on the coals and made atonement for the people. 48He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped. Now 14,700 people died in the plague, in addition to those who died in the event with Korah. 50Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the plague was stopped.

Numbers 16:49 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now they that diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• in the plagueמַגֵּפָהmaggêphâh · plagueH4046
• were fourteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• were fourteenאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• and sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• about the matterדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• of Korahקֹ֫רַחqôrach · KorahH7141

Cross-references for Numbers 16:49

• Numbers 16:32and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods.
• Numbers 25:9Those that died in the plague were 24,000.
• 1 Chronicles 21:14So the Lord sent a plague through Israel, and 70,000 Israelite men died.
• Hebrews 2:1Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
• Hebrews 10:28Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
• Hebrews 12:25Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one 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