Numbers 16:1

NOW. See note on "while", Numbers 15:32. KORAH. First cousin to Moses and Aaron. Numbers 6:8; 1 Chronicles 6:2; 1 Chronicles 6:3. These three associated, because encamped together on south side. Compare Numbers 2:10 and Numbers 3:29. See p. 181. SONS. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Se... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 16:3

CONGREGATION. appointed assembly. Hebrew. _'edah._ HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. CONGREGATION. assembly.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 16:18

FIRE. Note three kinds of fire here, Numbers 16:18. strange fire; Numbers 16:35, judicial fire; Numbers 16:46, sacrificial fire. Compare Leviticus 9:24 with Leviticus 10:1; Leviticus 10:2. DOOR. entrance. TABERNACLE. tent. _Hebrew 'ohel._ App-40.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 16:22

O GOD. O _'El._ App-4. GOD. Elohim. App-4. SPIRITS. Hebrew, plural of _ruach._ App-9. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. SIN. Hebrew. _chat'a._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 16:24

TABERNACLE. Hebrew. _mishkan,_ habitation in sing. here. the habitation of each, separately; in Numbers 16:26 plural, "tents".... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 16:27

THEY. and Korah and his sons among them. Compare Numbers 26:11. DOOR. entrance. THEIR SONS: i.e. the sons of Dathan and Abiram, not of Korah. Compare Ch. Numbers 26:11.Psalms 106:17. See note on Numbers 16:32.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 16:30

MAKE. NEW THING. Hebrew "create. creation". Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ App-6, for emphasis, throwing light on Genesis 1:1. Compare Isaiah 45:7; Isaiah 48:6; Isaiah 48:7. THEM: Dathan and Abiram. Compare Numbers 16:27. Korah's sons had obeyed the command, Compare Numbers 26:11. QUICK. alive. P... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 16:33

PIT. Hebrew. _sheol =_ the grave, not "a" grave, but all graves viewed as one. See App-35. They went alive, with all their cattle, tents, and goods. All sank into the earth.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 16:37

BURNING. Hebrew. _saraph._ See App-43. e from among those that were burnt. THE FIRE. Compare Numbers 16:7, not accepted by Jehovah. HALLOWED. set apart. See note on "holy". Exodus 3:5... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 16:38

SINNERS. See App-44. SOULS. their own selves. Hebrew. _nephesh._ THEIR OWN. Compare Genesis 19:17 and Proverbs 20:2. OFFERED. Hebrew brought near. App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 16:40

MEMORIAL. Compare Ch. Numbers 17:10; 1 Corinthians 10:11, and see Structure,. 203. Hence history rehearsed in Deuteronomy 11:6. Note the two memorials added to the tabernacle through Korah's rebellion (see the Structure, p. 203), the plates (36-40) and Aaron's rod (Numbers 17:1). OFFER. burn. Hebre... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 16:49

FOURTEEN THOUSAND AND SEVEN HUNDRED. This, with the 250 of. Num 16:3514. Num 16:950 (= 13. 1,150). See App-10 for significance of the number 13.... [ Continue Reading ]

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