Numbers 16:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And came before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty chiefs of the people, men of good name who had a place in the meeting of the people.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 26:9 : 9 And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the same Dathan and Abiram who had a place in the meeting of the people, who together with Korah made an outcry against Moses and Aaron and against the Lord:
  • 1 Chr 5:24 : 24 And these were the heads of their families: Epher and Ishi and Eliel and Azriel and Jeremiah and Hodaviah and Jahdiel, men of war, of great name, heads of families.
  • 1 Chr 12:30 : 30 And of the children of Ephraim, twenty thousand, eight hundred great men of war, men of great name in their families.
  • Ezek 16:14 : 14 You were so beautiful that the story of you went out into all nations; you were completely beautiful because of my glory which I had put on you, says the Lord.
  • Ezek 23:10 : 10 By these her shame was uncovered: they took her sons and daughters and put her to death with the sword: and she became a cause of wonder to women; for they gave her the punishment which was right.
  • Gen 6:4 : 4 There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.
  • Num 1:16 : 16 These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.

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  • Num 16:3-4
    2 verses
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    3 They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord?

    4 And Moses, hearing this, went down on his face;

  • 1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Pallu, the son of Reuben, made themselves ready,

  • Num 16:16-27
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    16 And Moses said to Korah, You and all your band are to come before the Lord tomorrow, you and they and Aaron:

    17 And let every man take a vessel for burning perfumes, and put sweet spices in them; let every man take his vessel before the Lord, two hundred and fifty vessels; you and Aaron and everyone with his vessel.

    18 So every man took his vessel and they put fire in them, with spices, and came to the door of the Tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.

    19 And Korah made all the people come together against them to the door of the Tent of meeting: and the glory of the Lord was seen by all the people.

    20 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

    21 Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them.

    22 Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people?

    23 And the Lord said to Moses,

    24 Say to the people, Come away from the tent of Korah Dathan, and Abiram.

    25 So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the responsible men of Israel went with him.

    26 And he said to the people, Come away now from the tents of these evil men, without touching anything of theirs, or you may be taken in the punishment of their sins.

    27 So on every side they went away from the tent of Korah Dathan, and Abiram: and Dathan and Abiram came out to the door of their tents, with their wives and their sons and their little ones.

  • Num 1:16-17
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    16 These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.

    17 And Moses and Aaron took these men, marked out by name;

  • Num 26:9-10
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    9 And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the same Dathan and Abiram who had a place in the meeting of the people, who together with Korah made an outcry against Moses and Aaron and against the Lord:

    10 And they went down into the open mouth of the earth, together with Korah, when death overtook him and all his band; at the time when two hundred and fifty men were burned in the fire, and they became a sign.

  • 9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the chiefs of Israel went up:

  • Num 16:35-36
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    35 Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume.

    36 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • 5 Then Moses and Aaron went down on their faces before the meeting of the people.

  • Num 16:11-12
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    11 So you and all your band have come together against the Lord; and Aaron, who is he, that you are crying out against him?

    12 Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: and they said, We will not come up:

  • 8 And Moses said to Korah, Give ear now, you sons of Levi:

  • 16 And the Lord said to Moses, Send for seventy of the responsible men of Israel, who are in your opinion men of weight and authority over the people; make them come to the Tent of meeting and be there with you.

  • 1 And he said to Moses, Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, and Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the chiefs of Israel; and give me worship from a distance.

  • 2 They came before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs and all the people at the door of the Tent of meeting, and said,

  • 45 Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them. And they went down on their faces.

  • Num 16:40-42
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    40 To be a sign, kept in memory for ever by the children of Israel, that no man who is not of the seed of Aaron has the right of burning spices before the Lord, so that he may not be like Korah and his band: as the Lord said to him by the mouth of Moses.

    41 But on the day after, all the children of Israel made an outcry against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have put to death the Lord's people.

    42 Now when the people had come together against Moses and Aaron, looking in the direction of the Tent of meeting, they saw the cloud covering it, and the glory of the Lord came before their eyes.

  • 2 And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land:

  • 25 And he made selection of able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens.

  • 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the meeting,

  • 34 So Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people took in hand the numbering of the sons of the Kohathites, by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

  • 44 These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe.

  • 16 They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

  • 2 Then the chiefs of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, made offerings; these were the chiefs of the tribes, who were over those who were numbered.

  • 6 So do this: let Korah and all his band take vessels for burning perfumes;

  • 29 Then Moses and Aaron went and got together all the chiefs of the children of Israel:

  • 2 And there was no water for the people: and they came together against Moses and against Aaron.

  • 36 And the number of all these was two thousand, seven hundred and fifty.

  • 14 And with him they sent ten chiefs, one for every tribe of the children of Israel, every one of them the head of his house among the families of Israel.

  • 24 And Moses went out and gave the people the words of the Lord: and he took seventy of the responsible men of the people, placing them round the Tent.

  • 15 Then Moses said to the Lord,

  • 48 Then the men in authority over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came to Moses,

  • 31 Then Moses sent for them; and Aaron, with the chiefs of the people, came to him; and Moses had talk with them.