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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Numbers 16 - Introduction

A.M. 2533. B.C. 1471.

Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, rise up against Moses, Numbers 16:1. Moses reasons with them, Numbers 16:5. Sends for Dathan and Abiram, who refuse to come, Numbers 16:12. His proposal to Korah, Numbers 16:15. The punishment of the rebels, Numbers 16:20. Their censers preserved for a memorial, Numbers 16:36. A new insurrection stopped by a plague, Numbers 16:41. Aaron stays the plague, Numbers 16:46.

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See also Numbers 16 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The date of this rebellion cannot be determined, but Numbers 16:13 probably point to a period not much later than that of the rebellion at Kadesh....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _THE REBELLION OF KORAH AND HIS COMPANY; THEIR PUNISHMENT; ALL THE CONGREGATION MURMURS; OF WHOM FOURTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED ARE CUT OFF BY THE LORD._ _Before Christ 1471._...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 16 This chapter gives an account of a sedition of Korah and others against Moses and Aaron, Numbers 16:1, with whom Moses expostulates, and shows the unreasonableness of their...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, 23 Moses separateth the people from the rebels tents, 31 The earth swalloweth vp Korah, and a fire consumeth others. 36 The censers are reserued to holy...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 16 THE REBELLION AND ATTEMPTED COUP UNDER KORAH, DATHAN AND ABIRAM. This account of a rebellion against Moses and Yahweh is given in order to establish the Aaronic rights to the priesthood, a...

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