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Numbers 16:7

in Numbers 16

and tomorrow you are to place fire and incense in them in the presence of the LORD. Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. It is you sons of Levi who have taken too much upon yourselves!”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and put fire in them, and put incense upon them before Jehovah to-morrow: and it shall be that the man whom Jehovah doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

KJV

And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

This verse in Numbers 16

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Take censers

on Numbers 16:6-7

The test is the act that killed the sons of Aaron. At Leviticus 10:1-2 Nadab and Abihu took their censers, and fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them.

This site's exposition

Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy.

Korah said the whole congregation is holy, and Moses answers that holiness belongs to the one the LORD chooses. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown praise his readiness, as willing for the people to be priests as he was at 11:29 for them to be prophets. The choice is left with God.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And put fire therein,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Let Korah and his partisans bring their censers, and offer incense before the Lord, and, if he testify his acceptance of them, well and good; Moses is now as willing that all the Lord's people should be priests, if God so pleased, as before that they should all be prophets, ch. xi.

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וּתְנ֣וּand put

    utenuH5414 →2011 times

  • בָהֵ֣ן׀in <the> them

    vahen

  • אֵ֡שׁfire

    ʾeshH784 →378 times

  • וְשִׂימוּ֩and set

    vesimuH7760 →584 times

  • עֲלֵיהֶ֨ןon them

    ʾaleihenH5921 →5755 times

  • קְטֹ֜רֶתincense

    ketoretH7004 →60 times

  • לִפְנֵ֤י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • מָחָ֔רtomorrow

    macharH4279 →52 times

  • וְהָיָ֗הand it will be

    vehayahH1961 →3559 times

  • הָאִ֛ישׁthe man

    haishH376 →1663 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־whom

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • יִבְחַ֥רhe will choose

    yivcharH977 →171 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • ה֣וּאhe

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • הַקָּד֑וֹשׁ[will be] the holy [person]

    hakadooshH6918 →116 times

  • רַב־enough

    rav-H7227 →454 times

  • לָכֶ֖םfor <the> you

    lakhem

  • בְּנֵ֥יO descendants of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • לֵוִֽי׃Levi

    leviH3878 →59 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Ephesians 1:4

    For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

    it leads to

    • 2 Timothy 1:9

      He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

    • Romans 8:28–30

      And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

    • Ephesians 2:10

      For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

    • Matthew 25:34

      Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

    • 1 Peter 2:9

      But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

  • Through

    Numbers 16:3

    They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 106:16

      In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

  • Through

    Numbers 16:5

    Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 65:4

      Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.

    • Numbers 17:5

      The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

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

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.