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Numbers 16:8

Then Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you Levites!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aaron;   Ambition;   Conspiracy;   Dathan;   Israel;   Meekness;   Moses;   Murmuring;   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;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Priest, Christ as;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abiram;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dathan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aaron's Rod;   Assir;   Election;   Uzzia(h);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron's Rod;   Deuteronomy;   Government;   Hexateuch;   Kadesh;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Numbers, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Censer;   Dathan ;   Korah;   Moses ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Korah;   Samuel;   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 - Korah;   Moses;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Korah;   Levi ;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Moshe said to Korach, Hear now, you sons of Levi:
King James Version
And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
Lexham English Bible
And Moses said to Korah, "Please listen, sons of Levi!
New Century Version
Moses also said to Korah, "Listen, you Levites.
New English Translation
Moses said to Korah, "Listen now, you sons of Levi!
Amplified Bible
Then Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi,
New American Standard Bible
Then Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Againe Moses saide vnto Korah, Heare, I pray you, ye sonnes of Leui.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi,
Contemporary English Version
You know that the God of Israel has chosen you Levites from all Israel to serve him by being in charge of the sacred tent and by helping the community to worship in the proper way. What more do you want?
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Moshe said to Korach, "Listen here, you sons of Levi!
Darby Translation
And Moses said to Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi!
Easy-to-Read Version
Moses also said to Korah, "You Levites, listen to me.
English Standard Version
And Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi:
George Lamsa Translation
And Moses said to Korah, Hear again, O you sons of Levi;
Good News Translation
Moses continued to speak to Korah. "Listen, you Levites!
Christian Standard Bible®
Moses also told Korah, “Now listen, Levites!
Literal Translation
And Moses said to Korah, Hear now, you sons of Levi,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Moses sayde vnto Corah: Heare ye childre of Leui,
American Standard Version
And Moses said unto Korah, Hear now, ye sons of Levi:
Bible in Basic English
And Moses said to Korah, Give ear now, you sons of Levi:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Moyses sayd vnto Corah: Heare I pray you, ye sonnes of Leui,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons of Levi:
King James Version (1611)
And Moses saide vnto Korah, Heare, I pray you, ye sonnes of Leui.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses said to Core, Hearken to me, ye sons of Levi.
English Revised Version
And Moses said unto Korah, Hear now, ye sons of Levi:
Berean Standard Bible
Moses also said to Korah, "Now listen, you sons of Levi!
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And eft Moises seide to Chore, Ye sones of Leuy, here.
Young's Literal Translation
And Moses saith unto Korah, `Hear ye, I pray you, sons of Levi;
Update Bible Version
And Moses said to Korah, Hear now, you sons of Levi:
Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses said to Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
World English Bible
Moses said to Korah, Hear now, you sons of Levi:
New King James Version
Then Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi:
New Living Translation
Then Moses spoke again to Korah: "Now listen, you Levites!
New Life Bible
Then Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Moses said unto Korah, - Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said again to Core: Hear ye sons of Levi.
Revised Standard Version
And Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi:
THE MESSAGE
Moses continued with Korah, "Listen well now, sons of Levi. Isn't it enough for you that the God of Israel has selected you out of the congregation of Israel to bring you near him to serve in the ministries of The Dwelling of God , and to stand before the congregation to minister to them? He has brought you and all your brother Levites into his inner circle, and now you're grasping for the priesthood, too. It's God you've ganged up against, not us. What do you have against Aaron that you're bad-mouthing him?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi,

Contextual Overview

1 Now Korah son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi, along with Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—descendants of Reuben—took 2 two hundred fifty Israelite men, leaders of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men, and they confronted Moses. 3 They assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, "You have gone too far! All the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. So why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord ?" 4 When Moses heard it, he fell on his face. 5 Then he said to Korah and all his company, "In the morning the Lord will make known who is his, and who is holy, and who will be allowed to approach him; the one whom he will choose he will allow to approach him. 6 Do this: take censers, Korah and all your company, 7 and tomorrow put fire in them, and lay incense on them before the Lord ; and the man whom the Lord chooses shall be the holy one. You Levites have gone too far!" 8 Then Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you Levites! 9 Is it too little for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to allow you to approach him in order to perform the duties of the Lord 's tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation and serve them? 10 He has allowed you to approach him, and all your brother Levites with you; yet you seek the priesthood as well!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Judges 17:12 - his priest

Cross-References

Genesis 3:9
But the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
Genesis 4:10
And the Lord said, "What have you done? Listen; your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!
Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian slave-girl whose name was Hagar,
Genesis 16:2
and Sarai said to Abram, "You see that the Lord has prevented me from bearing children; go in to my slave-girl; it may be that I shall obtain children by her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 16:4
He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress.
Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my slave-girl to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the Lord judge between you and me!"
Genesis 16:8
And he said, "Hagar, slave-girl of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She said, "I am running away from my mistress Sarai."
1 Samuel 26:19
Now therefore let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering; but if it is mortals, may they be cursed before the Lord , for they have driven me out today from my share in the heritage of the Lord , saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.'
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness will undo great offenses.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moses said unto Korah,.... Continued his discourse to him, as the head of the conspiracy, and the ringleader of it:

hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi; to whom also he had been before speaking; though Aben Ezra thinks the first speech was made to Korah and his company, and what follows to the Levites.


 
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