Numbers 16:2

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and rebelled against Moses, along with some of the Israelites, 250 leaders of the community, chosen from the assembly, famous men.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 26:9 : 9 Eliab’s descendants were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram who as leaders of the community rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah when they rebelled against the LORD.
  • 1 Chr 5:24 : 24 These were the leaders of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were skilled warriors, men of reputation, and leaders of their families.
  • 1 Chr 12:30 : 30 From Ephraim there were 20,800 warriors, who had brought fame to their families.
  • Ezek 16:14 : 14 Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty; your beauty was perfect because of the splendor which I bestowed on you, declares the Sovereign LORD.
  • Ezek 23:10 : 10 They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became notorious among women, and they executed judgments against her.
  • Gen 6:4 : 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days(and also after this) when the sons of God would sleep with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men.
  • Num 1:16 : 16 The Census of the Tribes These were the ones chosen from the community, leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

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  • Num 16:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    3And they assembled against Moses and Aaron, saying to them,“You take too much upon yourselves, seeing that the whole community is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the community of the LORD.

    4When Moses heard it he fell down with his face to the ground.

  • Num 16:1
    79%

    1The Rebellion of Korah Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, who were Reubenites, took men

  • Num 16:16-27
    12 verses
    77%

    16Then Moses said to Korah,“You and all your company present yourselves before the LORD– you and they, and Aaron– tomorrow.

    17And each of you take his censer, put incense in it, and then each of you present his censer before the LORD: 250 censers, along with you, and Aaron– each of you with his censer.”

    18So everyone took his censer, put fire in it, and set incense on it, and stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron.

    19When Korah assembled the whole community against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting, then the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole community.

    20The Judgment on the Rebels The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

    21“Separate yourselves from among this community, that I may consume them in an instant.”

    22Then they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said,“O God, the God of the spirits of all people, will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?”

    23So the LORD spoke to Moses:

    24“Tell the community:‘Get away from around the homes of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’”

    25Then Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel went after him.

    26And he said to the community,“Move away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything they have, lest you be destroyed because of all their sins.”

    27So they got away from the homes of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram on every side, and Dathan and Abiram came out and stationed themselves in the entrances of their tents with their wives, their children, and their toddlers.

  • Num 1:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16The Census of the Tribes These were the ones chosen from the community, leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

    17So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned specifically by name,

  • Num 26:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9Eliab’s descendants were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram who as leaders of the community rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah when they rebelled against the LORD.

    10The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah at the time that company died, when the fire consumed 250 men. So they became a warning.

  • Exod 24:9
    73%

    9Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up,

  • Num 16:35-36
    2 verses
    73%

    35Then a fire went out from the LORD and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.

    36The Atonement for the Rebellion(17:1) The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 14:5
    72%

    5Then Moses and Aaron fell down with their faces to the ground before the whole assembled community of the Israelites.

  • Num 16:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11Therefore you and all your company have assembled together against the LORD! And Aaron– what is he that you murmur against him?”

    12Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said,“We will not come up.

  • Num 16:8
    71%

    8Moses said to Korah,“Listen now, you sons of Levi!

  • Num 11:16
    71%

    16The Response of God The LORD said to Moses,“Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know are elders of the people and officials over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting; let them take their position there with you.

  • Exod 24:1
    71%

    1The Lord Ratifies the Covenant But to Moses the LORD said,“Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from a distance.

  • Num 27:2
    71%

    2And they stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the leaders of the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said,

  • Num 16:45
    70%

    45“Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!” But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

  • Num 16:40-42
    3 verses
    70%

    40It was a memorial for the Israelites, that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to burn incense before the LORD, that he might not become like Korah and his company– just as the LORD had spoken by the authority of Moses.

    41But on the next day the whole community of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying,“You have killed the LORD’s people!”

    42When the community assembled against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting– and the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.

  • Exod 16:2
    69%

    2The entire company of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

  • Exod 18:25
    69%

    25Moses chose capable men from all Israel, and he made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

  • Num 32:2
    69%

    2the Gadites and the Reubenites came and addressed Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community. They said,

  • Num 4:34
    69%

    34Summary So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans,

  • Num 1:44
    69%

    44These were the men whom Moses and Aaron numbered along with the twelve leaders of Israel, each of whom was from his own family.

  • Ps 106:16
    69%

    16In the camp they resented Moses, and Aaron, the LORD’s holy priest.

  • Num 7:2
    69%

    2Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their clans, made an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who had been supervising the numbering.

  • Num 16:6
    69%

    6Do this, Korah, you and all your company: Take censers,

  • Exod 4:29
    68%

    29Then Moses and Aaron went and brought together all the Israelite elders.

  • Num 20:2
    68%

    2And there was no water for the community, and so they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron.

  • Num 4:36
    68%

    36and those of them numbered by their families were 2,750.

  • Josh 22:14
    68%

    14He was accompanied by ten leaders, one from each of the Israelite tribes, each one a family leader among the Israelite clans.

  • Num 11:24
    68%

    24So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD. He then gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tabernacle.

  • Num 27:15
    67%

    15Then Moses spoke to the LORD:

  • Num 31:48
    67%

    48Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds, approached Moses

  • Exod 34:31
    67%

    31But Moses called to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and Moses spoke to them.