Numbers 16:15

16:15 Moses was very angry, and he said to the Lord, “Have no respect ¹  for their offering! I have not taken so much as one donkey from them, nor have I harmed any one of them!”

Numbers 16:1

The Rebellion of Korah

16:1 ² Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, who were Reubenites, ³  took men ⁴ 

Numbers 12:3-4

12:3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, ⁵  more so than any man on the face of the earth.)

The Response of the Lord

12:4 The Lord spoke immediately to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam: “The three of you come to the tent of meeting.” So the three of them went.

Nehemiah 5:14

5:14 From the day that I was appointed ⁶  governor ⁷  in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes – twelve years in all – neither I nor my relatives ⁸  ate the food allotted to the governor. ⁹ 

Acts 20:33-35

20:33 I have desired ¹⁰  no one’s silver or gold or clothing. 20:34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine ¹¹  provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me. 20:35 By all these things, ¹²  I have shown you that by working in this way we must help ¹³  the weak, ¹⁴  and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” ¹⁵ 

Romans 4:12

4:12 And he is also the father of the circumcised, ¹⁶  who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised. ¹⁷ 

Romans 4:1

The Illustration of Justification

4:1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, ¹⁸  has discovered regarding this matter? ¹⁹ 

Romans 2:21

2:21 therefore ²⁰  you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

[16:15]  ¹ tn The verb means “to turn toward”; it is a figurative expression that means “to pay attention to” or “to have regard for.” So this is a prayer against Dathan and Abiram.

[16:1]  ² sn There are three main movements in the story of ch. 16. The first is the rebellion itself (vv. 1-19). The second is the judgment (vv. 20-35). Third is the atonement for the rebels (vv. 36-50). The whole chapter is a marvelous account of a massive rebellion against the leaders that concludes with reconciliation. For further study see G. Hort, “The Death of Qorah,” ABR 7 (1959): 2-26; and J. Liver, “Korah, Dathan and Abiram,” Studies in the Bible (ScrHier 8), 189-217.

[16:1]  ³ tc The MT reading is plural (“the sons of Reuben”); the Smr and LXX have the singular (“the son of Reuben”).

[16:1]  ⁴ tn In the Hebrew text there is no object for the verb “took.” The translation presented above supplies the word “men.” However, it is possible that the MT has suffered damage here. The LXX has “and he spoke.” The Syriac and Targum have “and he was divided.” The editor of BHS suggests that perhaps the MT should be emended to “and he arose.”

[12:3]  ⁵ tc The spelling of the word is a Kethib-Qere reading with only a slight difference between the two.

[5:14]  ⁶ tc The BHS editors suggest reading צֻוֵּאתִי (tsuvve’ti, “and I was appointed”) rather than the reading of the MT, אֹתִי צִוָּה (tsivvah ’oti, “he appointed me”).

[5:14]  ⁷ tc The translation reads with one medieval Hebrew MS פֶּחָה (pekhah, “governor”) rather than פֶּחָם (pekham, “their governor”) of the MT. One would expect the form with pronominal suffix to have a tav (ת) before the suffix.

[5:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “brothers.”

[5:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “the food of the governor.” Cf. v. 18.

[20:33]  ¹⁰ tn Traditionally, “coveted.” BDAG 371 s.v. ἐπιθυμέω 1 has “to have a strong desire to do or secure someth., desire, long for w. gen. of the thing desired…silver, gold, clothing Ac 20:33.” The traditional term “covet” is not in common usage and difficult for many modern English readers to understand. The statement affirms Paul’s integrity. He was not doing this for personal financial gain.

[20:34]  ¹¹ tn The words “of mine” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied to clarify whose hands Paul is referring to.

[20:35]  ¹² sn The expression By all these things means “In everything I did.”

[20:35]  ¹³ tn Or “must assist.”

[20:35]  ¹⁴ tn Or “the sick.” See Eph 4:28.

[20:35]  ¹⁵ sn The saying is similar to Matt 10:8. Service and generosity should be abundant. Interestingly, these exact words are not found in the gospels. Paul must have known of this saying from some other source.

[4:12]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “the father of circumcision.”

[4:12]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “the ‘in-uncircumcision faith’ of our father Abraham.”

[4:1]  ¹⁸ tn Or “according to natural descent” (BDAG 916 s.v. σάρξ 4).

[4:1]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “has found?”

[2:21]  ²⁰ tn The structure of vv. 21-24 is difficult. Some take these verses as the apodosis of the conditional clauses (protases) in vv. 17-20; others see vv. 17-20 as an instance of anacoluthon (a broken off or incomplete construction).