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

4And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: 5And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow Yhwh will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; 7And put fire therein, and put incense in them before Yhwh to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom Yhwh doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. 8And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:

Numbers 16:6 word by word

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

• 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 16:35And there came out a fire from Yhwh, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
• Leviticus 10:1And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered profane fire before Yhwh, which he commanded them not.
• Leviticus 16:12And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before Yhwh, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
• 1 Kings 18:21And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if Yhwh be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not 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