Exodus 6:21
in Exodus 6The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
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ASV
And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
KJV
And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
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This verse in Exodus 6
Commentary
4 notes on this verseKorah - Though he became a rebel against God and Moses, (see Num 16:1, etc)., yet Moses, in his great impartiality, inserts his name among those of his other progenitors.
This site's exposition
And the sons of Izhar; Korah
on Exodus 6:21-22
Korah is entered in the family record of Moses and Aaron with no comment attached, and Numbers 16 tells what he did with the standing this line gave him. Adam Clarke reads the inclusion as a mark of the impartiality of the man writing. Mishael and Elzaphan, named in the next verse, are the two who carry the bodies of Nadab and Abihu out of the camp at Leviticus 10:4.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. 5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
And the sons of Izhar, Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. These seem to be mentioned for the sake of Korah, concerning whom is a remarkable history in the following book; for the other two are nowhere else spoken of.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֖י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִצְהָ֑ר | yitzhar | Izhar | H3324 → | |
| קֹ֥רַח | korach | [were] Korah | H7141 → | |
| וָנֶ֖פֶג | vanefeg | and Nepheg | H5298 → | |
| וְזִכְרִֽי׃ | vezikhri | and Zikri | H2147 → |
וּבְנֵ֖יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
יִצְהָ֑רIzhar
yitzharH3324 →
קֹ֥רַח[were] Korah
korachH7141 →
וָנֶ֖פֶגand Nepheg
vanefegH5298 →
וְזִכְרִֽי׃and Zikri
vezikhriH2147 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 16:1Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted
it leads to
- Jude 1:11
Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
- Deuteronomy 11:6
and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents,…
- Genesis 49:3–4
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
- Numbers 27:3
“Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among the followers of Korah who gathered together against the LORD. Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons.
- Numbers 26:9–10
and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the…
- Jude 1:11
Through
Numbers 16:32and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.
it leads to
- Numbers 26:11
However, the line of Korah did not die out.
- Psalms 106:17
The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
- Revelation 12:16
But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the dragon’s mouth.
- Numbers 26:11
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.