Numbers 16:19
in Numbers 16When Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole congregation.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Korah assembled all the congregation against them unto the door of the tent of meeting: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto all the congregation.
KJV
And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation.
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This verse in Numbers 16
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
So each man took his censer
on Numbers 16:18-19
The 250 men stand at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting holding censers, a place and an act the law reserved to Aaron's house. The glory of the LORD appears as it did at 14:10, when the congregation reached for stones.
This site's exposition
the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole congregation
The glory appears to the crowd Korah had gathered, before a word of judgment is spoken. Exodus 16:10 has the same sight after the complaint about food, and there it brought quail and manna. Here it brings a sentence.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
And Korah gathered all the congregation against them,.... Not his own company only, but as many of the whole congregation of Israel as he could get together, and especially the principal men; so that it seems there was a, general prevailing inclination in the people to take part with him against Moses and Aaron, who wished him success in his undertaking, and readily came together to animate and encourage him in it, and to see the issue of it.
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.
Nothing is more terrible to those who are conscious of guilt than the appearances of divine glory; for such a glorious Being must needs be a formidable enemy.
Note, Proud and ambitious men, while they are projecting their own advancement, often prove to have been hurrying on their own shameful fall. The judgment set, and the Judge taking the tribunal, and threatening to give sentence against the whole congregation. The glory of the Lord appeared,
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּקְהֵ֨ל | vaiyakhel | and he called together | H6950 → | 39 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֥ם | ʾaleihem | on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| קֹ֙רַח֙ | korach | Korah | H7141 → | 26 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה | haedah | the congregation | H5712 → | 149 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פֶּ֖תַח | petach | [the] entrance of | H6607 → | 164 times |
| אֹ֣הֶל | ʾohel | [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵ֑ד | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
| וַיֵּרָ֥א | vaiyera' | and it appeared | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| כְבוֹד־ | khevod- | [the] glory of | H3519 → | 200 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעֵדָֽה׃ פ | haedah | the congregation | H5712 → | 149 times |
וַיַּקְהֵ֨לand he called together
vaiyakhelH6950 →39 times
עֲלֵיהֶ֥םon them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
קֹ֙רַח֙Korah
korachH7141 →26 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָ֣עֵדָ֔הthe congregation
haedahH5712 →149 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
פֶּ֖תַח[the] entrance of
petachH6607 →164 times
אֹ֣הֶל[the] tent of
ʾohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵ֑דmeeting
moedH4150 →223 times
וַיֵּרָ֥אand it appeared
vaiyera'H7200 →1300 times
כְבוֹד־[the] glory of
khevod-H3519 →200 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָעֵדָֽה׃ פthe congregation
haedahH5712 →149 times
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
Exodus 16:7and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we that you should grumble against us?”
it leads to
- Exodus 16:10
And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 40:5
And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
- John 11:40
Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
- Exodus 16:10
Through
Leviticus 9:23Moses and Aaron then entered the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.
it leads to
- Leviticus 9:6
And Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the LORD may appear to you.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 9:6
Through
Exodus 16:10And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.
it leads to
- Exodus 16:7
and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we that you should grumble against us?”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 16:42
But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 16:7
Through
Numbers 14:10But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.
it leads to
- Leviticus 9:23
Moses and Aaron then entered the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 17:4
Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”
- Leviticus 9:23
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This page draws on 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.