Revised Version 1895
Numbers 16
1NowKorahקֹ֔רַחKo.rachH7141, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofIzharיִצְהָ֥רyitz.HarH3324, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofKohathקְהָ֖תke.HatH6955, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofLeviH3878, withDathanוְדָתָ֨ןve.da.TanH1885andAbiramוַאֲבִירָ֜םva.'a.vi.RamH48, thesonsבְּנֵ֧יbe.NeiH1121ofEliabאֱלִיאָ֛ב'e.li.'AvH446, and On, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofPelethפֶּ֖לֶתPe.letH6431,sonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofReubenרְאוּבֵֽן׃re.'u.VenH7205,tookוַיִּקַּ֣חvai.yi.KachH3947menH1121:
2and theyroseH6965upH6965beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440Mosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872, withcertainH376of thechildrenמִבְּנֵֽי־mi.be.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,twoוּמָאתָ֑יִםu.ma.Ta.yimH3967hundredH3967andfiftyחֲמִשִּׁ֣יםcha.mi.ShimH2572princesנְשִׂיאֵ֥יne.si.'EiH5387of thecongregationעֵדָ֛ה'e.DahH5712,calledH8034to theassemblyH5712,menH376ofrenownH8034:
3and theyassembledוַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּvai.yi.ka.ha.LuH6950themselvesH5921togetherH5921againstH5921Mosesמֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehH4872andagainstH5921Aaronאַהֲרֹ֗ן'a.ha.RonH175, andsaidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto them, YetakeH5375tooH5921muchרַב־rav-H7227uponH5921youH3588,seeingH3588allכָל־khol-H3605thecongregationהָֽעֵדָה֙ha.'e.DahH5712areholyקְדֹשִׁ֔יםke.do.ShimH6918,everyכֻּלָּ֣םku.LamH3605one of them, and theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068is among them: wherefore thenliftH5375yeupH5375yourselvesaboveH5921theassemblyקְהַ֥לke.HalH6951of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068?
5and he spake untoKorahקֹ֜רַחKo.rachH7141and untoallכָּל־kol-H3605hiscompanyעֲדָתוֹ֮a.da.ToH5712,sayingלֵאמֹר֒le.MorH559, In themorningבֹּ֠קֶרBo.kerH1242theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068will shew who are his, and who isholyהַקָּד֖וֹשׁha.ka.Do.oshH6918, and will cause him tocomeH7126nearH7126unto him:evenH853himwhomH834he shallchooseיִבְחַר־yiv.char-H977will he cause tocomeH7126nearH7126unto him.
7andputוּתְנ֣וּu.te.NuH5414fireאֵ֡שׁ'eshH784therein, andputH5414incenseקְטֹ֜רֶתke.To.retH7004uponH5921thembeforeלִפְנֵ֤יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068tomorrowמָחָ֔רma.CharH4279: and it shall be that themanהָאִ֛ישׁha.'IshH376whomH834theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068dothchooseיִבְחַ֥רyiv.CharH977, he shall beholyהַקָּד֑וֹשׁha.ka.Do.oshH6918: yetakeוְשִׂימוּ֩ve.si.MuH7760tooH5921muchרַב־rav-H7227uponH5921youH834, yesonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofLeviלֵוִֽי׃le.ViH3878.
9seemeth it but asmallהַמְעַ֣טham.'AtH4592thingH4592untoyouH3588, that theGodאֱלֹהֵ֨י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֤לYis.ra.'ElH3478hathseparatedהִבְדִּיל֩hiv.DilH914youH3588from thecongregationמֵעֲדַ֣תme.'a.DatH5712ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, tobringלְהַקְרִ֥יבle.hak.RivH7126youH3588nearH7126tohimselfH6440; todoלַעֲבֹ֗דla.'a.VodH5647theserviceעֲבֹדַת֙'a.vo.DatH5656of thetabernacleמִשְׁכַּ֣ןmish.KanH4908of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, and tostandוְלַעֲמֹ֛דve.la.'a.ModH5975beforeH6440thecongregationהָעֵדָ֖הha.'e.DahH5712toministerלְשָׁרְתָֽם׃le.sha.re.TamH8334unto them;
11Therefore thou andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605thycompanyעֲדָ֣תְךָ֔'a.Da.te.khaH5712aregatheredהַנֹּעָדִ֖יםha.no.'a.DimH3259togetherH3259againstעַל־'al-H5921theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068: andAaronוְאַהֲרֹ֣ןve.'a.ha.RonH175,whatמַה־mah-H4100is he that yemurmurתַלִּ֖ינוּti.lo.nuH3885againstעָלָֽיו׃'a.LavH5921him?
12AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.LachH7971tocallלִקְרֹ֛אlik.Ro'H7121Dathanלְדָתָ֥ןle.da.TanH1885andAbiramוְלַאֲבִירָ֖םve.la.'a.vi.RamH48, thesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofEliabאֱלִיאָ֑ב'e.li.'AvH446: and theysaidוַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, We willnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808comeנַעֲלֶֽה׃na.'a.LehH5927upH5927:
13is it asmallהַמְעַ֗טham.'AtH4592thingH4592that thou hastbroughtH5927usH5921upH5927outH5921of alandמֵאֶ֨רֶץme.'E.retzH776flowingזָבַ֤תza.VatH2100withmilkחָלָב֙cha.LavH2461andhoneyוּדְבַ֔שׁu.de.VashH1706, tokillלַהֲמִיתֵ֖נוּla.ha.mi.Te.nuH4191usH5921in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.BarH4057, but thoumustH4191needsmakeH3588thyself also a prince overusH5921?
14Moreoverאַ֡ף'afH637thou hastnotH3808broughtH935usH5414intoH413alandאֶרֶץ֩'e.RetzH776flowingזָבַ֨תza.VatH2100withmilkחָלָ֤בcha.LavH2461andhoneyוּדְבַשׁ֙u.de.VashH1706,norH3808givenH5414usH5414inheritanceנַחֲלַ֖תna.cha.LatH5159offieldsשָׂדֶ֣הsa.DehH7704andvineyardsוָכָ֑רֶםva.Kha.remH3754: wilt thouputH5414outH413theeyesהַעֵינֵ֞יha.'ei.NeiH5869oftheseהָהֵ֛םha.HemH1992menH376?weH776willnotH3808comeH935upנַעֲלֶֽה׃na.'a.LehH5927.
17andtakeוּקְח֣וּ׀u.ke.ChuH3947yeeveryH376manH376hiscenserמַחְתָּת֗וֹmach.ta.ToH4289, andputוּנְתַתֶּ֤םu.ne.ta.TemH5414incenseקְטֹ֔רֶתke.To.retH7004uponעֲלֵיהֶם֙'a.lei.HemH5921them, andbringוְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֞םve.hik.rav.TemH7126yebeforeלִפְנֵ֤יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068everyH376manH376hiscenserמַחְתָּת֔וֹmach.ta.ToH4289,twoH3947hundredוּמָאתַ֖יִםu.ma.Ta.yimH3967andfiftyחֲמִשִּׁ֥יםcha.mi.ShimH2572censersמַחְתֹּ֑תmach.TotH4289; thou also, andAaronוְאַהֲרֹ֖ןve.'a.ha.RonH175,eachH376hiscenserמַחְתָּתֽוֹ׃mach.ta.ToH4289.
18And theytookוַיִּקְח֞וּvai.yik.ChuH3947everyH376manH376hiscenserמַחְתָּת֗וֹmach.ta.ToH4289, andputוַיִּתְּנ֤וּvai.yi.te.NuH5414fireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784in them, andlaidוַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּvai.ya.Si.muH7760incenseקְטֹ֑רֶתke.To.retH7004thereonH5921, andstoodוַֽיַּעַמְד֗וּvai.ya.'am.DuH5975at thedoorפֶּ֛תַחPe.tachH6607of thetentאֹ֥הֶל'O.helH168ofmeetingמוֹעֵ֖דmo.'EdH4150withMosesוּמֹשֶׁ֥הu.mo.ShehH4872andAaronוְאַהֲרֹֽן׃ve.'a.ha.RonH175.
19AndKorahקֹ֙רַח֙ko.rachH7141assembledוַיַּקְהֵ֨לvai.yak.HelH6950allכָּל־kol-H3605thecongregationהָ֣עֵדָ֔הha.'e.DahH5712againstעֲלֵיהֶ֥ם'a.lei.HemH5921them unto thedoorפֶּ֖תַחPe.tachH6607of thetentאֹ֣הֶל'O.helH168ofmeetingמוֹעֵ֑דmo.'EdH4150: and thegloryכְבוֹד־khe.Vod-H3519of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068appearedוַיֵּרָ֥אvai.ye.Ra'H7200untoallכָּל־kol-H3605thecongregationהָעֵדָֽה׃ פha.'e.DahH5712.
22And theyfellוַיִּפְּל֤וּvai.yi.pe.LuH5307uponH5921theirfacesפְּנֵיהֶם֙pe.nei.HemH6440, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559, OGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430, theGodH430of thespiritsהָרוּחֹ֖תha.ru.ChotH7307ofallלְכָל־le.kholH3605fleshבָּשָׂ֑רba.SarH1320, shall onemanהָאִ֤ישׁha.'IshH376sinיֶחֱטָ֔אye.che.Ta'H2398, and wilt thou be wroth withallכָּל־kol-H3605thecongregationהָעֵדָ֖הha.'e.DahH5712?
26And he spake unto thecongregationהָעֵדָ֜הha.'e.DahH5712,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Departס֣וּרוּSu.ruH5493, Iprayנָ֡אna'H4994youאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834, from thetentsאָהֳלֵ֨י'o.ho.LeiH168oftheseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wickedהָֽרְשָׁעִים֙ha.re.sha.'ImH7563menH376, andtouchתִּגְּע֖וּti.ge.'UH5060nothingוְאַֽל־ve.'al-H408of theirs,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435ye be consumed inallH3605theirsinsחַטֹּאתָֽם׃cha.to.TamH2403.
27SoH5927they gat themupH5927from thetabernacleמִשְׁכַּן־mish.kan-H4908ofKorahקֹ֛רֶחKo.rechH7141,Dathanדָּתָ֥ןda.TanH1885, andAbiramוַאֲבִירָ֖םva.'a.vi.RamH48, oneveryH5439sideH5439: andDathanוְדָתָ֨ןve.da.TanH1885andAbiramוַאֲבִירָ֜םva.'a.vi.RamH48cameH3318outH3318, andstoodנִצָּבִ֗יםni.tza.VimH5324at thedoorפֶּ֚תַחPe.tachH6607of theirtentsאָֽהֳלֵיהֶ֔ם'o.ho.lei.HemH168, and theirwivesוּנְשֵׁיהֶ֥םu.ne.shei.HemH802, and theirsonsוּבְנֵיהֶ֖םu.ve.nei.HemH1121, and theirlittleוְטַפָּֽם׃ve.ta.PamH2945onesH2945.
28AndMosesמֹשֶׁה֒mo.ShehH4872saidוַיֹּאמֶר֮vai.yo.MerH559, Hereby ye shallknowתֵּֽדְע֔וּןte.de.'UnH3045that theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068hathsentH7971meH7971todoH6213allכָּל־kol-H3605theseהָאֵ֑לֶּהha.'E.lehH428worksהַֽמַּעֲשִׂ֖יםha.ma.'a.SimH4639; for I havenotלֹ֖אlo'H3808doneH6213them of mine ownmindמִלִּבִּֽי׃mi.li.BiH3820.
30Butifוְאִם־ve.'im-H518theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068makeH3045anewבְּרִיאָ֞הbe.ri.'AhH1278thingכִּ֧יkiH3588, and thegroundהָאֲדָמָ֤הha.'a.da.MahH127openוּפָצְתָ֨הu.fa.tze.TahH6475herH3605mouthפִּ֙יהָ֙pi.haH6310, andswallowוּבָלְעָ֤הu.val.'AhH1104themupH1104, withallH3605that appertain unto them, and theygoוְיָרְד֥וּve.ya.re.DuH3381downH3381aliveחַיִּ֖יםchai.YimH2416intoH376the pit; then ye shallunderstandH3045thattheseהָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.lehH428menH376havedespisedנִֽאֲצ֛וּni.'a.TzuH5006theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.
32and theearthהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776openedוַתִּפְתַּ֤חva.tif.TachH6605herH3605mouthפִּ֔יהָPi.haH6310, andswallowedוַתִּבְלַ֥עva.tiv.La'H1104themupH1104, and theirhouseholdsבָּתֵּיהֶ֑םba.tei.HemH1004, andallH3605themenהָאָדָם֙ha.'a.DamH120that appertained untoKorahלְקֹ֔רַחle.Ko.rachH7141, andallH3605theirgoodsהָרֲכֽוּשׁ׃ha.ra.KhushH7399.
33Soאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834they, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605that appertained to them,wentH3381downוַיֵּ֨רְד֜וּvai.Ye.re.DuH3381aliveחַיִּ֖יםchai.YimH2416intoמִתּ֥וֹךְmi.TokhH8432the pit: and theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776closedוַתְּכַ֤סva.te.KhasH3680uponעֲלֵיהֶם֙'a.lei.HemH5921them, and theyperishedוַיֹּאבְד֖וּvai.yoe.DuH6from among theassemblyהַקָּהָֽל׃ha.ka.HalH6951.
35Andfireוְאֵ֥שׁve.'EshH784cameH3318forthיָצְאָ֖הya.tze.'AhH3318from theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, anddevouredוַתֹּ֗אכַלva.To.khalH398thetwoוּמָאתַ֙יִם֙u.ma.Ta.yimH3967hundredH3967andfiftyהַחֲמִשִּׁ֤יםha.cha.mi.ShimH2572menאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376thatofferedמַקְרִיבֵ֖יmak.ri.VeiH7126theincenseהַקְּטֹֽרֶת׃ פha.ke.To.retH7004.
36And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
37Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are holy;
38even the censers of these sinners against their own lives, and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are holy: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
39And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar:
40to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD spake unto him by the hand of Moses.
41But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.
42And it came to pass, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
43And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.
44And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
45Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
46And Moses said unto Aaron, Take thy censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
47And Aaron took as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
48And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
49Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.
50And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting: and the plague was stayed.
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
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