Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Numbers 16:30
Make a new thing. — Literally, create a creation — i.e., do something hitherto unknown.
Into the pit. — Literally, into Sheol.
Make a new thing. — Literally, create a creation — i.e., do something hitherto unknown.
Into the pit. — Literally, into Sheol.
Verse Numbers 16:30. _IF THE LORD MAKE A NEW THING_] ואם בריאה יברא יהוה _veim beriah yibra Yehovah, and if Jehovah should create a_ _creation_, i. e., do such a thing as was never done before. _AND...
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 ...
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;...
25 34. The destruction of Dathan and Abiram....
_into the pit into_ SHEOL, the place of departed human beings. It was thought of as lying beneath the earth, or deep within it. We are probably to think of the catastrophe as taking place in the form...
IF THE LORD MAKE A NEW THING— The Hebrew, as rendered in the margin of our Bibles, expresses their Lord's doing something which was never done or heard of in the world before; _create a new creation._...
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 MOSES SAID, HEREBY YE SHALL KNOW THAT THE LORD HATH SENT ME TO DO ALL THESE WORKS; FOR I HAVE NOT DONE THEM OF MINE OWN MIND._ Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me. The awful catastro...
16:30 thing, (b-7) Lit. 'create a creation.' Sheol, (c-29) See Note, Genesis 37:35 ....
QUICK] i.e. alive. THE PIT] Heb. _Sheol_, usually rendered 'the grave.'...
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
וְ אִם ־בְּרִיאָ֞ה יִבְרָ֣א יְהוָ֗ה וּ פָצְתָ
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...
DIVINE JUDGMENT UPON THE REBELS Numbers 16:20 It was wise of Moses not to attempt to vindicate himself, but to leave God to maintain His cause. He is not slow to undertake the vindication of those w...
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...
But if the LORD make (m) a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that [appertain] unto them, and they go down quick into (n) the pit; then ye shall understand that the...
Hell. See Psalm liv. 16., and Proverbs i. 12. "They were consigned to the tomb before they were dead," (St. Optatus, B. i.,) while their impenitent souls were buried in hell. The souls of their infant...
We cannot but be struck with the astonishing degree of faith which Moses manifested upon this occasion. What holy confidence! What a firm assurance did he here display in the faithfulness of GOD? Read...
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...
BUT IF THE LORD MAKE A NEW THING,.... Or "create a creation", or "creature" s, what never was before, or put those persons to a death that none ever in the world died of yet; what that is he means is...
But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that [appertain] unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men h...
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...
But if the Lord make a new thing, something unheard of until now, AND THE EARTH OPEN HER MOUTH AND SWALLOW THEM UP, WITH ALL THAT APPERTAIN UNTO THEM, AND THEY GO DOWN QUICK, while still alive, INTO T...
The Punishment of the Rebellious Faction...
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...
MAKE A NEW THING: _ Heb._ create a creature...
23-34 The seventy elders of Israel attend Moses. It is our duty to do what we can to countenance and support lawful authority when it is opposed. And those who would not perish with sinners, must com...
MAKE A NEW THING, i.e. do such a work as was never heard before. INTO THE PIT, i.e. into the grave which God thereby makes. The Hebrew word _scheol_ sometimes signifies _hell_, and sometimes the _grav...
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 16:30 LORD H3068 creates H1254 (H8799) thing H1278 earth H127 opens H6475 (H8804) mouth H6310 up...
THE PIT SWALLOWS UP THE REUBENITE FOLLOWERS OF KORAH, DATHAN AND ABIRAM (NUMBERS 16:28). Numbers 16:28 ‘And Moses said, “By this you shall know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works, for I ha...
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...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 16:20 AND THE EARTH OPENED ITS MOUTH. God swiftly judges those who thought they could take the privileges of priesthood for themselves. SHEOL (v....
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...
Isaiah 28:21; Isaiah 43:19; Isaiah 45:12; Isaiah 45:7; Jeremiah 31:22
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...