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Numbers 26:9

in Numbers 26

and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, who were called of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against Jehovah,

KJV

And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord:

This verse in Numbers 26

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Though the story had been largely related but a few chapters before, yet here it comes in again, as fit to be had in remembrance and thought of by posterity, whenever they looked into their pedigree and pleased themselves with the antiquity of their families and the glory of their ancestors, that they might call themselves a seed of evil doers.

This site's exposition

Reuben was the firstborn of Israel

on Numbers 26:5-11

Verse 11 adds what chapter 16 never gave: "the line of Korah did not die out". That house sings afterward, and eleven psalms carry the sons of Korah in their titles.

This site's exposition

chosen by the congregation

Matthew Henry takes chosen by the congregation to mean that these men were well known, able and fit for business. Their ambition set them against God and Moses. Henry adds that the story returns here so that later readers proud of their pedigree would remember the evildoers in it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram,....

The words behind it

21 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.

  • וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] sons of

    uveneiH1121 →4930 times

  • אֱלִיאָ֔בEliab

    ʾeliavH446 →21 times

  • נְמוּאֵ֖לNemuel

    nemuelH5241 →

  • וְדָתָ֣ןand Dathan

    vedatanH1885 →10 times

  • וַאֲבִירָ֑םand Abiram

    vaaviramH48 →11 times

  • הֽוּא־that

    hu'-H1931 →1879 times

  • דָתָ֨ן[was the] Dathan

    datanH1885 →10 times

  • וַאֲבִירָ֜םand Abiram

    vaaviramH48 →11 times

  • קְרִיאֵ֣י[the] [people] called of

    kerueiH7148 →

  • הָעֵדָ֗הthe congregation

    haedahH5712 →149 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwho

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • הִצּ֜וּthey struggled

    hitzuH5327 →

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֤הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • וְעַֽל־and on

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • אַהֲרֹן֙Aaron

    ʾaharonH175 →347 times

  • בַּעֲדַת־in [the] company of

    baadat-H5712 →149 times

  • קֹ֔רַחKorah

    korachH7141 →26 times

  • בְּהַצֹּתָ֖םwhen struggled they

    behatzotamH5327 →

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 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

    Jude 1:11

    Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

    it leads to

    • 2 Peter 2:15

      They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

    • Revelation 2:14

      But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food…

    • 1 John 3:12

      Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

    • Genesis 4:3–14

      So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,

    • Hebrews 11:4

      By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he…

  • Through

    Psalms 106:17

    The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 11:6

      and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents,…

    • Numbers 16:29–33

      If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.

  • Through

    Numbers 1:16

    These men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 18:21

      Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary.