Numbers 26:11

26:11 But the descendants of Korah did not die.

Numbers 16:6

16:6 Do this, Korah, you and all your company: ¹  Take censers,

Numbers 16:8

16:8 Moses said to Korah, “Listen now, you sons of Levi!

Numbers 16:24

16:24 “Tell the community: ‘Get away ²  from around the homes of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’”

Numbers 16:1

The Rebellion of Korah

16:1 ³ 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, ⁴  took men ⁵ 

Numbers 16:16

16:16 Then Moses said to Korah, “You and all your company present yourselves before the Lord – you and they, and Aaron – tomorrow.

Numbers 16:19

16:19 When ⁶  Korah assembled the whole community against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting, then the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole community.

Numbers 16:27

16:27 So they got away from the homes of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram on every side, and Dathan and Abiram came out and stationed themselves ⁷  in the entrances of their tents with their wives, their children, and their toddlers.

Numbers 16:32

16:32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods.

Numbers 16:49

16:49 Now 14,700 people died in the plague, in addition to those who died in the event with Korah.

Numbers 26:10

26:10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah at the time that company died, when the fire consumed 250 men. So they became a warning.

Numbers 16:5

16:5 Then he said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning the Lord will make known who are his, and who is holy. He will cause that person ⁸  to approach him; the person he has chosen he will cause to approach him.

Numbers 16:40

16:40 It was a memorial for the Israelites, that no outsider who is not a descendant of ⁹  Aaron should approach to burn incense before the Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his company – just as the Lord had spoken by the authority ¹⁰  of Moses.

Numbers 26:9

26:9 Eliab’s descendants were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram who as leaders of the community rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers ¹¹  of Korah when they rebelled against the Lord.

Numbers 27:3

27:3 “Our father died in the wilderness, although ¹²  he was not part of ¹³  the company of those that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah; but he died for his own sin, ¹⁴  and he had no sons.

[16:6]  ¹ tn Heb “his congregation” or “his community.” The expression is unusual, but what it signifies is that Korah had set up a rival “Israel” with himself as leader.

[16:24]  ¹ tn The motif of “going up” is still present; here the Hebrew text says “go up” (the Niphal imperative – “go up yourselves”) from their tents, meaning, move away from them.

[16:1]  ¹ 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]  ² tc The MT reading is plural (“the sons of Reuben”); the Smr and LXX have the singular (“the son of Reuben”).

[16:1]  ³ 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.”

[16:19]  ¹ tn This clause is clearly foundational for the clause that follows, the appearance of the Lord; therefore it should be subordinated to the next as a temporal clause (one preterite followed by another preterite may be so subordinated).

[16:27]  ¹ tn The verb נִצָּבִים (nitsavim) suggests a defiant stance, for the word is often used in the sense of taking a stand for or against something. It can also be somewhat neutral, having the sense of positioning oneself for a purpose.

[16:5]  ¹ tn Heb “him.”

[16:40]  ¹ tn Heb “from the seed of.”

[16:40]  ² tn Heb “hand.”

[26:9]  ¹ tn Or “company” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); Heb “congregation.”

[27:3]  ¹ tn This clause begins with a vav (ו) on a pronoun, marking it out as a disjunctive vav. In this context it fits best to take it as a circumstantial clause introducing concession.

[27:3]  ² tn Heb “in the midst of.”

[27:3]  ³ tn The word order is emphatic: “but in/on account of his own sins he died.”