Numbers 16:24

Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Speak	דַּבֵּ֥ר da.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
congregation	הָעֵדָ֖ה ha.'e.Dah	H5712	a stated assemblage (specifically · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
saying	לֵאמֹ֑ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
up	הֵֽעָלוּ֙ he.'a.Lu	H5927	to ascend · verb, niphal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
about	מִסָּבִ֔יב mi.sa.Viv	H5439	(as noun) a circle · preposition + noun, common both genders singular absolute
tabernacle	לְמִשְׁכַּן le.mish.kan-	H4908	a residence (including a shepherd's hut · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Korah	קֹ֖רַח Ko.rach	H7141	Korach · proper noun, a man's name
Dathan	דָּתָ֥ן da.Tan	H1885	Dathan · proper noun, a man's name
Abiram	וַאֲבִירָֽם va.'a.vi.Ram	H48	Abiram · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Numbers 16:21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 16:23-34

We have here the determining of the controversy with Dathan and Abiram, who rebelled against Moses, as in the next paragraph the determining of the controversy with Korah and his company, who would be rivals with Aaron. It should seem that Dathan and Abiram had set up a spacious tabernacle in the midst of the tents of their families, where they kept court, met in council, and hung out their flag of defiance against Moses; it is here called the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, Num 16:24, Num 16:27. There, as in the place of rendezvous, Dathan and Abiram staid, when Korah and his friends went up to the tabernacle of the Lord, waiting the issue of their trial; but here we are told how t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 16:24

Speak unto the congregation, . . . Get you up from about the tabernacle--Moses was attended in the execution of this mission by the elders. The united and urgent entreaties of so many dignified personages produced the desired effect of convincing the people of their crime, and of withdrawing them from the company of men who were doomed to destruction, lest, being partakers of their sins, they should perish along with them.

John Gill on Numbers 16:24

Speak unto the congregation,.... Not to Korah's company, but to the people of Israel, of the several tribes that were assembled together: saying, get ye up from about the tabernacle of Korah, and Dathan, and Abiram; which was either the same with their tents, as in Numbers 16:26; though, as they were of different tribes, Korah of the tribe of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram of the tribe of Reuben, their tents must be in distinct and different places, though both encamped on the same side of the tabernacle, and pretty near to each other; the camp of Levi was nearest the tabernacle, and the camp of Reuben next to it. It may be, there was a single tabernacle erected on this occasion, for all these…

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John Calvin on Numbers 16:24-27

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…
Ambition · .Korah and his co-conspirators — .Korah and his co-conspirators
Company · EVIL — EVIL
Dathan · A conspirator against Moses — A conspirator against Moses
Incense · Korah, Dathan, and Abiram — Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
Levites, The · Punishment of Korah and others of, for offering incense — Punishment of Korah and others of, for offering incense
Priests · Punishment for invading the office of — Punishment for invading the office of
Treason · .Of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram against Moses and Aaron — .Of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram against Moses and Aaron

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Numbers 16:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 16:23-34

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 16:24

John Gill on Numbers 16:24

John Calvin on Numbers 16:24-27

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 16:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 16:23-34

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 16:24

John Gill on Numbers 16:24

John Calvin on Numbers 16:24-27

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 16:23-26

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 16:21-26

Rashi on Numbers 16:24