Numbers 16:12

Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!

BSB

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KJV

And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:

ASV

And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, We will not come up:

YLT

And Moses sendeth to call for Dathan and for Abiram sons of Eliab, and they say, `We do not come up;

DBT

And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said, We will not come up!

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And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab,.... He sent messengers to call them to the house of judgment, as the Targum of Jonathan, to the court of judicature, where the Jews suppose Moses, with the seventy elders, were now sitting: it seems these two men departed either before.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

Related commentary

They refused to obey the summons; and their refusal was grounded on the plausible pretext that their stay in the desert was prolonged for some secret and selfish purposes of the leader, who was conducting them like blind men wherever it suited him.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

A solemn appearance of the pretenders to the priesthood before God, according to order, and a public appearance of the glory of the Lord, which would have consumed the whole congregation if Moses and Aaron had not interceded,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
Isaiah 3:5
The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
Jude 1:8
Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.
1 Peter 2:13–14
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,
2 Peter 2:10
Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.

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Who & where

PersonExodus and Wilderness PeriodMosesIsrael's deliverer from Egyptian slavery, covenant mediator, and lawgiver.

About this book

The Death of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866) — public domain

Numbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
Date: The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jude 1:8
Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.
leads to
- Hebrews 13:17
  Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for…
- 2 Peter 2:10–12
  Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
- 1 Peter 2:17
  Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
- Exodus 22:28
  You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
- 1 Timothy 1:10
  for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
Through
Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
leads to
- Proverbs 26:4
  Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
- Ecclesiastes 10:13
  The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
Through
Isaiah 3:5
The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
leads to
- Malachi 3:5
  “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud…

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