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

4When Moses heard it he fell down with his face to the ground. 5Then he said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning the Lord will make known who are his, and who is holy. He will cause that person to approach him; the person he has chosen he will cause to approach him. Do this, Korah, you and all your company: Take censers, 7put fire in them, and set incense on them before the Lord tomorrow, and the man whom the Lord chooses will be holy. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!” 8Moses said to Korah, “Listen now, you sons of Levi!

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 16:35Then a fire went out from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
• Leviticus 10:1Then Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire pan and put fire in it, set incense on it, and presented strange fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them to do.
• Leviticus 16:12and take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord and a full double handful of finely ground fragrant incense, and bring them inside the veil-canopy.
• 1 Kings 18:21Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? If the Lord is the true God, then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not 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