Numbers 16:18
in Numbers 16So each man took his censer, put fire and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
KJV
And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.
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This verse in Numbers 16
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
they took every man his censer
on Numbers 16:18-19
Two hundred and fifty men stand at the door of the tent holding censers, which is a place and an act the law had reserved to the house of Aaron. Verse 19 reports that Korah had gathered all the congregation, so by the morning of the trial the camp was with him. The glory of the Lord appears at the same point it appeared in 14:10, when the congregation was reaching for stones.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And they took every man his censer, and that fire in them,....
Yet, to confront Moses and Aaron, in the height of his pride he thus bids defiance to Heaven, and pretends to demand the divine acceptance without a divine warrant; thus wretchedly is the heart hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the Lord--that is, at "the door of the tabernacle" (Nu 16:18), that the assembled people might witness the experiment and be properly impressed by the issue.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְח֞וּ | vaiyikchu | and they took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אִ֣ישׁ | ʾish | each one | H376 → | 1663 times |
| מַחְתָּת֗וֹ | machtato | censer his | H4289 → | 22 times |
| וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ | vaiyitenu | and they put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶם֙ | ʾaleihem | on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֵ֔שׁ | ʾesh | fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ | vaiyasimu | and they set | H7760 → | 584 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾaleihem | on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| קְטֹ֑רֶת | ketoret | incense | H7004 → | 60 times |
| וַֽיַּעַמְד֗וּ | vaiyaamdu | and they stood | H5975 → | 521 times |
| פֶּ֛תַח | petach | [the] entrance of | H6607 → | 164 times |
| אֹ֥הֶל | ʾohel | [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵ֖ד | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
| וּמֹשֶׁ֥ה | umosheh | and Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| וְאַהֲרֹֽן׃ | veaharon | and Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
וַיִּקְח֞וּand they took
vaiyikchuH3947 →966 times
אִ֣ישׁeach one
ʾishH376 →1663 times
מַחְתָּת֗וֹcenser his
machtatoH4289 →22 times
וַיִּתְּנ֤וּand they put
vaiyitenuH5414 →2011 times
עֲלֵיהֶם֙on them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
אֵ֔שׁfire
ʾeshH784 →378 times
וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּand they set
vaiyasimuH7760 →584 times
עֲלֵיהֶ֖םon them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
קְטֹ֑רֶתincense
ketoretH7004 →60 times
וַֽיַּעַמְד֗וּand they stood
vaiyaamduH5975 →521 times
פֶּ֛תַח[the] entrance of
petachH6607 →164 times
אֹ֥הֶל[the] tent of
ʾohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵ֖דmeeting
moedH4150 →223 times
וּמֹשֶׁ֥הand Moses
umoshehH4872 →765 times
וְאַהֲרֹֽן׃and Aaron
veaharonH175 →347 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.