Numbers 16:25
in Numbers 16So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
KJV
And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
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This verse in Numbers 16
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram
on Numbers 16:25-26
Moses goes to the men who refused to come to him, and the elders of Israel go with him, which puts the eldership visibly on one side before anything happens. The warning to the camp is to stand clear and to touch nothing of theirs, so every neighbour is given the means of separating himself. Everything from here to verse 33 happens in front of the whole congregation.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Moses rose up,....
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֣קָם | vaiyakom | and he arose | H6965 → | 628 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| דָּתָ֣ן | datan | Dathan | H1885 → | 10 times |
| וַאֲבִירָ֑ם | vaaviram | and Abiram | H48 → | 11 times |
| וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ | vaiyelekhu | and they went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אַחֲרָ֖יו | ʾacharav | after him | H310 → | 715 times |
| זִקְנֵ֥י | ziknei | [the] elders of | H2205 → | 178 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וַיָּ֣קָםand he arose
vaiyakomH6965 →628 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְand he went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
דָּתָ֣ןDathan
datanH1885 →10 times
וַאֲבִירָ֑םand Abiram
vaaviramH48 →11 times
וַיֵּלְכ֥וּand they went
vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times
אַחֲרָ֖יוafter him
ʾacharavH310 →715 times
זִקְנֵ֥י[the] elders of
zikneiH2205 →178 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 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 11:25Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit…
it leads to
- Numbers 11:17
And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the…
- Joel 2:28–29
And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
- 1 Corinthians 14:1–3
Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.
- Numbers 12:5
and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,
- 1 Samuel 10:10
When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied along with them.
- Numbers 11:17
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.