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Geneva Bible

Numbers 16:6

This doe therefore, Take you censers, both Korah, and all his companie,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aaron;   Ambition;   Censer;   Conspiracy;   Dathan;   Israel;   Meekness;   Moses;   Treason;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Levites, the;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Abiram;   Dathan;   Earthquake;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Incense;   Korah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abiram;   Altar;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dathan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aaron's Rod;   Assir;   Election;   Firepan;   Uzzia(h);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron's Rod;   Deuteronomy;   Government;   Hexateuch;   Kadesh;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Korah, Dathan, Abiram;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Censer;   Dathan ;   Korah;   Moses ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Censer;   Korah;   Samuel;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Firepan,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Brazen Serpent;   Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Firepan;   Moses;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Incense;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
This do: take you censers, Korach, and all his company;
King James Version
This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
Lexham English Bible
Do this: take for yourselves censers, Korah and all of your company;
New Century Version
So Korah, you and all your followers do this: Get some pans for burning incense.
New English Translation
Do this, Korah, you and all your company: Take censers,
Amplified Bible
"Do this: Take censers for yourselves, Korah and all your company,
New American Standard Bible
"Do this: take censers for yourselves, Korah and your whole group,
Legacy Standard Bible
Do this: take censers for yourselves, Korah and all your congregation,
Contemporary English Version
Korah, now here is what you and your followers must do: Get some fire pans, fill them with coals and incense, and place them near the sacred tent. And the man the Lord chooses will be his priest. Korah, this time you Levites have gone too far!
Complete Jewish Bible
Do this: take censers, Korach and all your group;
Darby Translation
This do: take you censers, Korah, and all his band,
Easy-to-Read Version
So Korah, you and all your followers should do this:
English Standard Version
Do this: take censers, Korah and all his company;
George Lamsa Translation
This do: Take for yourselves censers, you Korah, and all your company;
Good News Translation
Tomorrow morning you and your followers take fire pans, put live coals and incense on them, and take them to the altar. Then we will see which of us the Lord has chosen. You Levites are the ones who have gone too far!"
Christian Standard Bible®
Korah, you and all your followers are to do this: take firepans, and tomorrow
Literal Translation
Do this: take fire-pans for yourselves, Korah, and all his company,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This do: Take ye censors, thou Corah & all yi copanye,
American Standard Version
This do: take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
Bible in Basic English
So do this: let Korah and all his band take vessels for burning perfumes;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
This do therfore: Take you firepannes, both Corah & all his companie,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his company;
King James Version (1611)
This doe: take you censers, Korah, and all his company:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
This do ye: take to yourselves censers, Core and all his company;
English Revised Version
This do; take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
Berean Standard Bible
You, Korah, and all your followers are to do as follows: Take censers,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor do ye this thing; ech man take his cencere, thou Chore, and al thi counsel;
Young's Literal Translation
This do: take to yourselves censers, Korah, and all his company,
Update Bible Version
Do this: you take censers, Korah, and all his company;
Webster's Bible Translation
This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
World English Bible
This do: take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
New King James Version
Do this: Take censers, Korah and all your company;
New Living Translation
Korah, you and all your followers must prepare your incense burners.
New Life Bible
Do this, Korah and all who are with you. Take pots for burning special perfume.
New Revised Standard
Do this: take censers, Korah and all your company,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
This do, - Take to you censers, Korah and all his assembly;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Do this therefore: Take every man of you your censers, thou Core, and all thy company.
Revised Standard Version
Do this: take censers, Korah and all his company;
THE MESSAGE
"Now, Korah, here's what I want you, you and your gang, to do: Tomorrow, take censers. In the presence of God , put fire in them and then incense. Then we'll see who is holy, see whom God chooses. Sons of Levi, you've overstepped yourselves!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Do this: take censers for yourselves, Korah and all your company,

Contextual Overview

1 Nowe Korah the sonne of Izhar, the sonne of Kohath, the sonne of Leui went apart with Dathan, and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab, & On the sonne of Peleth, the sonnes of Reuben: 2 And they rose vp against Moses, with certaine of the children of Israel, two hundreth and fiftie captaines of the assemblie, famous in the Congregation, and men of renoume, 3 Who gathered themselues together against Moses, and against Aaron, and sayde vnto them, Ye take too much vpon you, seeing all the Congregation is holie, euery one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherfore then lift ye your selues aboue the Congregation of the Lorde? 4 But when Moses heard it, hee fell vpon his face, 5 And spake to Korah and vnto all his companie, saying, To morow the Lord will shew who is his, and who is holy, and who ought to approche neere vnto him: and whom he hath chosen, hee will cause to come neere to him. 6 This doe therefore, Take you censers, both Korah, and all his companie, 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in the before the Lord to morowe: and the man whome the Lord doeth chuse, the same shalbe holie: ye take too much vpon you, ye sonnes of Leui. 8 Againe Moses saide vnto Korah, Heare, I pray you, ye sonnes of Leui. 9 Seemeth it a smal thing vnto you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the multitude of Israel, to take you neere to himselfe, to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Lord, & to stand before the Congregation and to minister vnto them? 10 He hath also taken thee to him, and all thy brethren the sonnes of Leui with thee, and seeke ye the office of the Priest also?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 16:35-40, Numbers 16:46-48, Leviticus 10:1, Leviticus 16:12, Leviticus 16:13, 1 Kings 18:21-23

Reciprocal: Numbers 16:15 - Respect Numbers 16:16 - Be thou 2 Chronicles 13:11 - sweet incense

Cross-References

Genesis 16:8
And he saide, Hagar Sarais maide, whence commest thou? and whither wilt thou goe? And she said, I flie from my dame Sarai.
Genesis 16:9
Then the Angel of the Lorde saide to her, Returne to thy dame, and humble thy selfe vnder her hands.
Genesis 24:10
So the seruant tooke ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed: (for he had all his masters goods in his hand:) and so he arose, and went to Aram Naharaim, vnto the citie of Nahor.
Exodus 2:15
Now Pharaoh heard this matter, & sought to slay Moses: therefore Moses fled from Pharaoh, and dwelt in the lande of Midian, and hee sate downe by a well.
Job 2:6
Then the Lorde said vnto Satan, Lo, he is in thine hand, but saue his life.
Proverbs 14:29
He yt is slowe to wrath, is of great wisdome: but he that is of an hastie minde, exalteth follie.
Proverbs 15:1
A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.
Proverbs 27:8
As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
Proverbs 29:19
A seruant will not be chastised with words: though he vnderstand, yet he will not answere.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the spirite of him that ruleth, rise vp against thee, leaue not thy place: for gentlenes pacifieth great sinnes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

This do, take you censers,.... Vessels to put incense in to offer, which was the business of the priests:

Korah, and all his company; the two hundred fifty princes that were with him, for so many we read took censers, and offered incense,

Numbers 16:18.


 
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