“ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ”
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 firs...
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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 glo...
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 th...
KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM Numbers 16:1-50 ; Numbers 17:1-13 BEHIND what appears in the history, there must have been many movements of thought and causes of discontent which gradually led to t...
“Between the Dead and the Living” Numbers 16:36-50 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...
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....
The dying all around convinced Moses, that wrath was gone forth from the LORD.
And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... Out of the cloud: saying ; as follows.
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 awes...
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 L ORD . 42 And it came to pass, when t...
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Yahweh's Threat Against the People ( Numbers 16:44-45 ). But in fact the threat came from Yahweh. In a sense this whole interlude of the rebellion was an important one. The disillusionment of the...
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 on...
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...
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 wonde...
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 own lives, and Moses and A...
The Rebellion and the Punishment of the Congregation.