Numbers 16 · Verse 27

Numbers 16:27

So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
Numbers 16:27, King James Version

Numbers 16:27 in other translations

BSBSo they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.
WEBSo they went away from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.
ASVSo they gat them up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.
YLTAnd they go up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, from round about, and Dathan, and Abiram have come out, standing at the opening of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their infants.
DARBYAnd they got up from the habitation of Koran, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. And Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the entrance of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.
BBESo on every side they went away from the tent of Korah Dathan, and Abiram: and Dathan and Abiram came out to the door of their tents, with their wives and their sons and their little ones.
WebsterSo they withdrew from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.

What does Numbers 16:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram--Korah being a Kohathite, his tent could not have been in the Reubenite camp, and it does not appear that he himself was on the spot where Dathan and Abiram stood with their families. Their attitude of defiance indicated their daring and impenitent character, equally regardless of God and man.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 16:23-34

The seventy elders of Israel attend Moses. It is our duty to do what we can to countenance and support lawful authority when it is opposed. And those who would not perish with sinners, must come out from among them, and be separate. It was in answer to the prayer of Moses, that God stirred up the hearts of the congregation to remove for their own safety. Grace to separate from evil-doers is one of the things that…

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Numbers 16:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּעָל֗וּvai.ye.'a.Luand they took themselves upH5927
מֵעַ֧לme.'Alfrom atH5921
מִשְׁכַּן\־mish.kan-[the] dwelling place ofH4908
קֹ֛רֶחKo.rechKorahH7141
דָּתָ֥ןda.TanDathanH1885
וַאֲבִירָ֖םva.'a.vi.Ramand AbiramH48
מִסָּבִ֑יבmi.sa.Vivfrom all aroundH5439
וְדָתָ֨ןve.da.Tanand DathanH1885
וַאֲבִירָ֜םva.'a.vi.Ramand AbiramH48
יָצְא֣וּya.tze.'Uthey came outH3318
נִצָּבִ֗יםni.tza.VimstandingH5324
פֶּ֚תַחPe.tach[the] entrance ofH6607
אָֽהֳלֵיהֶ֔ם'o.ho.lei.Hemtents theirH168
וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֥םu.ne.shei.Hemand wives theirH802
וּבְנֵיהֶ֖םu.ve.nei.Hemand sons theirH1121
וְטַפָּֽם\׃ve.ta.Pamand little one[s] theirH2945

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 16:27

  • Job 40:10-11

    Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

  • Proverbs 16:18

    Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

  • Isaiah 28:14

    Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

  • Proverbs 18:12

    Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

  • 2 Kings 9:30-31

    And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?

  • Job 9:4

    He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and stood.
2Ki 9:30,31; Job 9:4; 40:10,11; Pr 16:18; 18:12; Isa 28:14

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Context

  • Numbers 16:26

    And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

  • Numbers 16:27

    So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.

  • Numbers 16:28

    And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.

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Numbers 16:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y apartáronse de las tiendas de Coré, de Dathán, y de Abiram en derredor: y Dathán y Abiram salieron y pusiéronse á las puertas de sus tiendas, con sus mujeres, y sus hijos, y sus chiquitos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils se retirèrent d’auprès de la demeure de Coré, de Dathan et d’Abiram, tout à l’entour. Et Dathan et Abiram sortirent, et se tinrent à l’entrée de leurs tentes avec leurs femmes, et leurs fils, et leurs petits enfants.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie hoben sich ringsum weg von der Wohnung Korahs, Dathans und Abirams. Und Dathan und Abiram traten heraus und standen am Eingang ihrer Zelte mit ihren Weibern und ihren Söhnen und ihren Kindlein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cumque recessissent a tentoriis eorum per circuitum, Dathan et Abiron egressi stabant in introitu papilionum suorum cum uxoribus et liberis, omnique frequentia.