Numbers 16:8
And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
Numbers 16:8 in other translations
| BSB | Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you sons of Levi! |
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| WEB | Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi! |
| ASV | And Moses said unto Korah, Hear now, ye sons of Levi: |
| YLT | And Moses saith unto Korah, ‘Hear ye, I pray you, sons of Levi; |
| DARBY | And Moses said to Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi! |
| BBE | And Moses said to Korah, Give ear now, you sons of Levi: |
| Webster | And Moses said to Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: |
What does Numbers 16:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 16:5-11
5-11. he spake unto Korah and unto all his company--They were first addressed, not only because they were a party headed by his own cousin and Moses might hope to have more influence in that quarter, but because they were stationed near the tabernacle; and especially because an expostulation was the more weighty coming from him who was a Levite himself, and who was excluded along with his family from the priesthood…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 16:1-11
Pride and ambition occasion a great deal of mischief both in churches and states. The rebels quarrel with the settlement of the priesthood upon Aaron and his family. Small reason they had to boast of the people's purity, or of God's favour, as the people had been so often and so lately polluted with sin, and were now under the marks of God's displeasure. They unjustly charge Moses and Aaron with taking honour to…
Numbers 16:8 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Numbers 16:7
And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
- Numbers 16:8
And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
- Numbers 16:9
Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
Numbers 16:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Dijo más Moisés á Coré: Oid ahora, hijos de Leví: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Moïse dit à Coré: Écoutez, fils de Lévi: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Mose sprach zu Korah: Höret doch, ihr Söhne Levis! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dixitque rursum ad Core: Audite, filii Levi: |