Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Numbers 16:46
atonement. See note on Exodus 29:33.
from. from before.
atonement. See note on Exodus 29:33.
from. from before.
Verse Numbers 16:46. _THE PLAGUE IS BEGUN._] God now punished them by a _secret blast_, so as to put the matter beyond all dispute; his hand, and his alone, was seen, not only in the plague, but in t...
A CENSER - Rather, the censer. i. e. that of the high priest which was used by him on the great Day of Atonement: compare Leviticus 16:12; Hebrews 9:4....
6. THE REBELLION OF KORAH CHAPTER 16 _ 1. The rebellion of Korah (Numbers 16:1)_ 2. The punishment (Numbers 16:20) 3. Eleazar and his work (Numbers 16:36) 4. The murmuring of the whole
NUMBERS 16. THE REBELLION OF KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM (JE and P). The narrative fuses together accounts of distinct revolts led by different individuals and inspired by different motives. The first ...
The people murmured at the death of Korah's company, and were punished by a plague, which ceased when Aaron made atonement with incense. In contrast to the action of the princes, the offering of ince...
_make atonement for them_ The offering of incense was an unusual way of making atonement; the shedding of blood was generally required. But since the sin had been the burning of incense, the means for...
TAKE A CENSER, &C.— Incense could regularly be offered no where but at the golden altar, within the sanctuary: but now, in this extraordinary case, Aaron is sent with it unto the camp; that so, the pl...
E. THE FATAL PLAGUE vv. 41-50 TEXT Numbers 16:41. But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lo...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE CONGREGATION WAS GATHERED AGAINST MOSES AND AGAINST AARON, THAT THEY LOOKED TOWARD THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION: AND, BEHOLD, THE CLOUD COVERED IT, AND THE GLORY O...
THE REBELLION OF KOKAH, DATHAN, ABIBAM, AND ON This incident is similar to that recorded in Numbers 12, and while it illustrates the difficulties Moses encountered in his leadership, owing to the jeal...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 16 KORAH, DATHAN AND ABIRAM OPPOSE MOSES – NUMBERS 16:1-35 V1-2 Korah, Izhar’s son, belonged to Levi’s *tri
TAKE A CENSER. — Better, _the censer._ The reference appears to be to the golden censer of the high priest. Incense was an emblem of prayer, and a figure of the intercession and mediation of Christ. ...
_[Numbers 17:11]_ וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶֽל ־אַהֲרֹ֗ן...
KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM Numbers 16:1; Numbers 17:1 BEHIND what appears in the history, there must have been many movements of thought and causes of discontent which gradually led to the events we n...
“BETWEEN THE DEAD AND THE LIVING” Numbers 16:36 The censers served as plates for the altar. Even evil men and evil things will be made to subserve the divine purposes. See Acts 2:23. What a wonderful...
Here begins the story of perhaps the strangest and most fully organized opposition that Moses had to encounter. Two elements were at work. The first was ambition and the second was dissatisfaction. Th...
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the (r) altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone...
_Take. Moses was inspired by God, on this extraordinary occasion, to pass over the common rules, which forbade the high priest to offer incense any where but in the tabernacle, and never to appear amo...
The dying all around convinced Moses, that wrath was gone forth from the LORD....
The previous portion of the Book of Numbers, viewed as a history, has evidently a prefatory character, however important and divinely wise. It is in a great measure preparatory for that which we have...
46._And Moses said unto Aaron. _The expiation of so great a sin did not indeed depend on the incense-offering, nor are we to imagine that God is appeased by the savor of frankincense; but thus was a s...
Chapter 16 contains the open rebellion against Moses of Dathan and Abiram, but especially the pretension of the ministry in Israel to arrogate priesthood to itself. Some of the chiefs of the people we...
AND MOSES SAID UNTO AARON, TAKE A CENSER,.... Which lay in the tabernacle: AND PUT FIRE THEREIN FROM OFF THE ALTAR; the altar of burnt offering, from whence fire only was to be taken for burning ince...
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out...
_They fell upon their faces_ To beg mercy for the people; thus rendering good for evil. _Put on incense_ Which was a sign of intercession, and was to be accompanied with it. _Go unto the congregation...
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...
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar of burnt offering, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation and make an atonement for them; for there...
The Rebellion and the Punishment of the Congregation....
THE REBELLION OF KORAH (vs.1-15) The rebellion of Korah and a large company with him is significant of a dreadful revulsion against Christ both as Lord and High Priest of His people, and the awesome...
41-50 The gaping earth was scarcely closed, before the same sins are again committed, and all these warnings slighted. They called the rebels the people of the Lord; and find fault with Divine justic...
PUT ON INCENSE; which was a sign of intercession, PSALMS 141:2, and was to be accompanied with it, LUKE 1:9,10. GO QUICKLY UNTO THE CONGREGATION, with the incense, to stir up the people to repentance...
The chapter on which we have just been dwelling, is what may be called a digression from the history of Israel's wilderness life, except indeed the short paragraph respecting the Sabbath-breaker, It l...
Numbers 16:46 Moses H4872 said H559 (H8799) Aaron H175 Take H3947 (H8798) censer H4289 put H5414 ...
AT MOSES' WORD AARON STAYS THE PLAGUE BY OFFERING INCENSE ON HIS CENSER (NUMBERS 16:46). The purpose in what followed was to demonstrate that Aaron with his censer was a totally different thing from t...
CONTENTS: The gainsaying of Korah. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Korah, Dathan, Abriam. CONCLUSION: Proud and ambitious men projecting their own advancement by thrusting themselves into a place to...
Numbers 16:1. _Korah._ One of the firstborn, a very old man, and grandson of Levi by his father Jahar. _Dathan_ and _Abiram_ were descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; these according to the...
_On the morrow all the congregation. .. murmured._ TRANSGRESSION AND INTERCESSION I. A new rebellion raised the very next day against Moses and Aaron. Be astonished, O heavens, at this, and wonder,...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 16:41 God sent a plague because ALL THE CONGREGATION falsely accused Moses and Aaron. God had chosen Aaron as high priest. Only he could minister atonement. AARON stopped the p...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES In this chapter we have the history of the rebellion of Korah and his company. The time and place of this event are not recorded. It is probable that it occurred in one...
EXPOSITION THE PLAGUE BEGUN AND AVERTED (Numbers 16:41-4). NUMBERS 16:41 YE HAVE KILLED THE PEOPLE OF THE LORD. They bad in truth forfeited their ow
Now we get to chapter sixteen and this guy Korah, who is brought into mention in the book of Jude, has gotten the conspiracy together. He is of the tribe of Levi and he said, "Hey Moses, you take too...
1 Chronicles 27:24; 1 John 2:1; 1 John 2:2; Exodus 30:7; Hebrews 7:25
Incense — Which was a sign of intercession, and was to be accompanied with it. Go unto the congregation — He went with the incense, to stir up the people to repentance and prayer, to prevent their utt...