Numbers 16:3
And when they had stood against Moses and Aaron, they said: “Let it be sufficient for you that the entire multitude is of holy ones, and that the Lord is among them. Why do you elevate yourselves above the people of the Lord?”
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In The King James Version
In Context
4When Moses had heard this, he fell prone on his face.
Cross References
Exodus 29:45And I will live in the midst of the sons of Israel, and I will be their God.
Numbers 12:1And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his wife, an Ethiopian,
Numbers 14:14and the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that you, O Lord, are among this people, and that you are seen face to face, and that your cloud protects them, and that you go before them with a column of cloud by day, and a column of fire by night,
Numbers 16:11and so that your entire group would stand against the Lord? For what is Aaron that you should murmur against him?”
Numbers 35:34And so shall your possession be cleansed, while I myself am abiding with you. For I am the Lord, who lives among the sons of Israel.”
Psalms 68:17Hear me, O Lord, for your mercy is kind. Look upon me, according to the fullness of your compassion.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 16:2-12
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: 2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: 3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are… Read the whole commentary →