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

47Aaron did as Moses told him and ran out among the people. The plague had already begun to strike down the people, but Aaron burned the incense and purified the people. 48He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague stopped. But 14,700 people died in that plague, in addition to those who had died in the affair involving Korah. 50Then because the plague had stopped, Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

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 16:32The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the men, along with their households and all their followers who were standing with them, and everything they owned.
• Numbers 25:9but not before 24,000 people had died.
• 1 Chronicles 21:14So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel, and 70,000 people died as a result.
• Hebrews 2:1So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.
• Hebrews 10:28For anyone who refused to obey the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
• Hebrews 12:25Be careful that you do not refuse to listen to the One who is speaking. For if the people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, we will certainly not escape if we reject the One who speaks to us 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