Numbers 16:24
in Numbers 16“Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
KJV
Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
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This verse in Numbers 16
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The tent, “the tabernacle” of Korah, as a Kohathite, stood on the south side of the tabernacle of the Lord; and those of Dathan and Abiram, as Reubenites, in the outer line of encampment on the same side. Yet though the tents of these three were thus contiguous, they did not share the same fate.
This site's exposition
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying
on Numbers 16:23-24
The order names Korah, Dathan and Abiram, and On the son of Peleth, listed among the leaders in verse 1, is absent from this list and from every list after it. The text gives no account of him, and Albert Barnes takes the silence to mean he drew back from the conspiracy. The word rendered tabernacle here stands for their dwellings, as verse 27 shows by calling the same places their tents.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
If they will quit the rebels, well and good, they shall not perish with them; otherwise, let them take what follows." Note, We cannot expect to reap benefit by the prayers of our friends for our salvation, unless we ourselves be diligent and faithful in making use of the means of salvation; for God never promised to save by miracles those that would not save themselves by means.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes
Speak unto the congregation,....
There, as in the place of rendezvous, Dathan and Abiram staid, when Korah and his friends went up to the tabernacle of the Lord, waiting the issue of their trial; but here we are told how they had their business done, before that trial was over. For God will take what method he pleases in his judgments.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The united and urgent entreaties of so many dignified personages produced the desired effect of convincing the people of their crime, and of withdrawing them from the company of men who were doomed to destruction, lest, being partakers of their sins, they should perish along with them.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דַּבֵּ֥ר | daber | speak | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָעֵדָ֖ה | haedah | the congregation | H5712 → | 149 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הֵֽעָלוּ֙ | healu | take yourselves up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| מִסָּבִ֔יב | misaviv | from round about | H5439 → | 336 times |
| לְמִשְׁכַּן־ | lemishkan- | <to> [the] dwelling place of | H4908 → | 139 times |
| קֹ֖רַח | korach | Korah | H7141 → | 26 times |
| דָּתָ֥ן | datan | Dathan | H1885 → | 10 times |
| וַאֲבִירָֽם׃ | vaaviram | and Abiram | H48 → | 11 times |
דַּבֵּ֥רspeak
daberH1696 →1141 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָעֵדָ֖הthe congregation
haedahH5712 →149 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
הֵֽעָלוּ֙take yourselves up
healuH5927 →890 times
מִסָּבִ֔יבfrom round about
misavivH5439 →336 times
לְמִשְׁכַּן־<to> [the] dwelling place of
lemishkan-H4908 →139 times
קֹ֖רַחKorah
korachH7141 →26 times
דָּתָ֥ןDathan
datanH1885 →10 times
וַאֲבִירָֽם׃and Abiram
vaaviramH48 →11 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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 16:21“Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”
it leads to
- Numbers 16:45
“Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.
- Exodus 32:10
Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
- Psalms 73:19
How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
- Revelation 18:4
Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.
- Exodus 33:5
For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry,…
- Numbers 16:45
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; 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.