Numbers 16:3
They joined together in opposition to Moses and Aaron, telling them, “You've taken too much power for yourselves! Every one of the Israelites is holy, and the Lord is among them. So why do you set yourselves above the Lord's assembly?”
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4When Moses heard what they were saying, he fell facedown on the ground.
Cross References
Exodus 29:45Then I will live with the Israelites and be their God.
Numbers 12:1Miriam and Aaron were critical of Moses because of his Ethiopian wife—he'd married an Ethiopian woman.
Numbers 14:14They will tell the people living in this country all about it. They've already heard that you, Lord, are with us Israelites, that you, Lord, are seen face to face, that your cloud stands guard over them, and that you lead them by a pillar of cloud during day and a pillar of fire at night.
Numbers 16:11So in reality you and those who have joined you are fighting against the Lord—because who is Aaron that you should complain about him?”
Numbers 35:34Don't make the land impure where you live because I live there too. I am the Lord, and I live with the Israelites.’”
Psalms 68:17God's chariots can't be counted; there are thousands and thousands of them. He comes among them from Sinai into his Temple.
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 →