Numbers 16:14

Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Moreover	אַ֡ף 'af	H637	meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction) · interjection
brought	הֲבִ֣יאֹתָ֔נוּ ha.Vi.'o.Ta.nu	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
land	אֶרֶץ֩ 'e.Retz	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular absolute
floweth	זָבַ֨ת za.Vat	H2100	to flow freely (as water) · verb, qal active participle, feminine singular construct
milk	חָלָ֤ב cha.Lav	H2461	milk (as the richness of kine) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
honey	וּדְבַשׁ֙ u.de.Vash	H1706	honey (from its stickiness) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
given	וַתִּ֨תֶּן va.Ti.ten-	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
inheritance	נַחֲלַ֖ת na.cha.Lat	H5159	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct
fields	שָׂדֶ֣ה sa.Deh	H7704	a field (as flat) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
vineyards	וָכָ֑רֶם va.Kha.rem	H3754	a garden or vineyard · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
out	תְּנַקֵּ֖ר te.na.Ker	H5365	to bore (penetrate · verb, piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
eyes	הַעֵינֵ֞י ha.'ei.Nei	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · interrogative particle + noun, common feminine dual construct
men	הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים ha.'a.na.Shim	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
up	נַעֲלֶֽה na.'a.Leh	H5927	to ascend · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common plural

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Cross-references

Leviticus 20:24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I…
Numbers 36:8-10 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe…
Judges 16:21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in t…
1 Samuel 11:2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay…
Exodus 3:8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unt…
Exodus 3:17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and…
Exodus 22:5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his…
Exodus 23:11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 16:12-22

Here is, I. The insolence of Dathan and Abiram, and their treasonable remonstrance. Moses had heard what Korah had to say, and had answered it; now he summons Dathan and Abiram to bring in their complaints (Num 16:12); but they would not obey his summons, either because they could not for shame say that to his face which they were resolved to say, and then it is an instance of some remains of modesty in them; or, rather, because they would not so far own his authority, and then it is an instance of the highest degree of impudence. They spoke the language of Pharaoh himself, who set Moses at defiance, but they forgot how dearly he paid for it. Had not their heads been wretchedly heated, and t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 16:12

Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram--in a separate interview, the ground of their mutiny being different; for while Korah murmured against the exclusive appropriation of the priesthood to Aaron and his family, they were opposed to the supremacy of Moses in civil power. They refused to obey the summons; and their refusal was grounded on the plausible pretext that their stay in the desert was prolonged for some secret and selfish purposes of the leader, who was conducting them like blind men wherever it suited him.

John Gill on Numbers 16:14

Moreover, thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey,.... Meaning the land of Canaan; but this was no fault of Moses, he had brought them to the borders of it, he had bid them go up and possess it; but they refused, and chose to have spies first sent into it, who brought an ill report of it, which they listened to, and had so provoked the Lord thereby, that he ordered them to turn back, and threatened them with a consumption of them in the wilderness; or "certainly" (n), verily thou hast not brought us, &c. though the Septuagint version renders it affirmatively, "thou hast brought us"; and the Vulgate Latin version, indeed thou hast brought, directly contrary to th…

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Dictionary and topics

Aaron — The eldest son of Amram and Jochebed, a daughter of Levi (Ex. 6:20). Some explain the name as meaning mountaineer, others mountain of strength, illuminator. He was born in Egypt three years before…
Abiram — Father of height; i.e., “proud.” (1.) One of the sons of Eliab, who joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. He and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions (except…
Korah — Ice, hail. (1.) The third son of Esau, by Aholibamah (Gen. 36:14; 1 Chr. 1:35). (2.) A Levite, the son of Izhar, the brother of Amram, the father of Moses and Aaron (Ex. 6:21). The institution of the…
Tabernacles, The Feast Of — (Exodus 23:16) (“the feast of ingathering”), the third of the three great festivals: of the Hebrews, which lasted from the 15th till the 22d of Tisri.
Ambition · .Korah and his co-conspirators — .Korah and his co-conspirators
Dathan · A conspirator against Moses — A conspirator against Moses
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Rebellion of Korah — Rebellion of Korah
Ingratitude · .Israelites to Moses — .Israelites to Moses
Levites, The · Punishment of Korah and others of, for offering incense — Punishment of Korah and others of, for offering incense
Murmuring · (Complaining, grumbling) -Of Israelites against Moses — (Complaining, grumbling) -Of Israelites against Moses
Priests · Punishment for invading the office of — Punishment for invading the office of

Numbers 16:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 16:12-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 16:12

John Gill on Numbers 16:14

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 16:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 16:12-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 16:12

John Gill on Numbers 16:14

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Numbers 16:13-14

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 16:6-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 16:14

Rashi on Numbers 16:14