Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Numbers 16:19
All the congregation. — It is evident from these words that there was a general disposition on the part of the people to favour the insurrection of Korah against Moses and Aaron.
All the congregation. — It is evident from these words that there was a general disposition on the part of the people to favour the insurrection of Korah against Moses and Aaron.
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 ...
_Korah assembled all the congregation_ He was upholding the claims of the whole of Israel against the Levites, so he brought them to witness the test. _against them_ This perhaps implies that all Isr...
Korah and his company accept Moses" challenge. 16, 17 are a repetition of Numbers 16:6, and were probably inserted together with Numbers 16:8_; Numbers 16:36_....
AND KORAH GATHERED ALL THE CONGREGATION— The rebellious spirit of Korah and his company had infected the whole body of Israel, always prone to murmur, and inclined to throw off the authority of Moses...
D. REVOLT AND PUNISHMENT OF KORAH, DATHAN AND ABIRAM (NUMBERS 16:1-40) TEXT Numbers 16:1. Now Korah, the son if Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, an...
_AND KORAH GATHERED ALL THE CONGREGATION AGAINST THEM UNTO THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION: AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD APPEARED UNTO ALL THE CONGREGATION._ No JFB commentary on this ver...
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...
ALL THE CONGREGATION] This shows the serious nature of Korah's rebellion. The people were in sympathy with it. The claim put forward by Korah was plausible, and flattered the multitude: see Numbers 16...
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
וַ יַּקְהֵ֨ל עֲלֵיהֶ֥ם קֹ֨רַח֙ אֶת ־כָּל ־הָ֣
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...
THE REBELLION OF KORAN Numbers 16:1 This was a very serious revolt, because so many princes associated themselves with the Levites. Jealousy was at the root of the entire movement. “All the congregat...
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 Korah gathered all the (l) congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. (l) All that were of their...
What an awful moment was it when the Shechinah, the glory of the LORD appeared! GOD was come to judgment. But what an awful moment of the like nature will it be when the LORD JESUS shall be revealed i...
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...
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 KORAH GATHERED ALL THE CONGREGATION AGAINST THEM,.... Not his own company only, but as many of the whole congregation of Israel as he could get together, and especially the principal men; so that...
And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. Ver. 19. _All the congregation....
_Korah gathered all the congregation_ That they might be witnesses of the event, and, upon their success, which they doubted not of, might fall upon Moses and Aaron. And it seems by this that the peop...
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 Korah gathered all the congregation against them, in an attitude of hostility, UNTO THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION; he encouraged them to press forward to profane the Sanctuary. AN...
The Test....
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...
16-22 The same glory of the Lord that appeared to place Aaron in his office at first, Leviticus 9:23, now appeared to confirm him in it; and to confound those who set up against him. Nothing is more...
KORAH GATHERED THE CONGREGATION, that they might be witnesses of the event, and, upon their success, which they doubted not of, might fall upon Moses and Aaron with popular rage, and destroy them. And...
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 16:19 Korah H7141 gathered H6950 (H8686) congregation H5712 door H6607 tabernacle H168 meeting H4150 glory H351
ALL CARRY OUT THE CHALLENGE OF THE CENSERS AND BURN INCENSE IN THEM (NUMBERS 16:18). Numbers 16:18 ‘And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense on them, and stood at 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...
_Korah. .. Dathan, and Abiram. .. gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron._ KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM I. The rebels. 1. Influential. 2. Numerous, 3. Deluded-- (1) Concerning...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 16:16, NUMBERS 16:35 For a similar judgment on the unauthorized offering of incense, see...
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...
VINDICATION OF THE AARONIC PRIESTHOOD. EXPOSITION THE GAINSAYING OF KORAH (Numbers 16:1). NUMBERS 16:1 Now K
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...
Exodus 16:10; Exodus 16:7; Leviticus 9:23; Leviticus 9:6; Numbers 12:5;...
THE SIN AND JUDGMENT OF KORAH Numbers 16:15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The sin of faultfinding. It is often so done. And the people seem not to fear for what they do. They think it is as nothing to criti...
Against them — That they might be witnesses of the event, and, upon their success, which they doubted not of, might fall upon Moses and Aaron. And it seems by this that the people were generally incen...