Numbers 26 · Verse 9

Numbers 26:9

And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord:
Numbers 26:9, King James Version

Numbers 26:9 in other translations

BSBand the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.
WEBThe sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram who were called by the congregation, who rebelled against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah when they rebelled against the LORD;
ASVAnd the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, who were called of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against Jehovah,
YLTand the sons of Eliab are Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram; this is that Dathan and Abiram, called ones of the company, who have striven against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, in their striving against Jehovah,
DARBYand the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, summoned of the assembly, who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the band of Korah, when they contended against Jehovah.
BBEAnd the sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the same Dathan and Abiram who had a place in the meeting of the people, who together with Korah made an outcry against Moses and Aaron and against the Lord:
WebsterAnd the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, who were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:

What does Numbers 26:9 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 26:1-51

Moses did not number the people but when God commanded him. We have here the families registered, as well as the tribes. The total was nearly the same as when numbered at mount Sinai. Notice is here taken of the children of Korah; they died not, as the children of Dathan and Abiram; they seem not to have joined even their own father in rebellion. If we partake not of the sins of sinners, we shall not partake of…

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Numbers 26:9 in the original Hebrew

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וּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.Neiand [the] sons ofH1121
אֱלִיאָ֔ב'e.li.'AvEliabH446
נְמוּאֵ֖לne.mu.'ElNemuelH5241
וְדָתָ֣ןve.da.Tanand DathanH1885
וַאֲבִירָ֑םva.'a.vi.Ramand AbiramH48
הֽוּא\־hu'-thatH1931
דָתָ֨ןda.Tan[was the] DathanH1885
וַאֲבִירָ֜םva.'a.vi.Ramand AbiramH48
קְרִיאֵ֣יke.ru.'ei[the] [people] called ofH7148
הָעֵדָ֗הha.'e.Dahthe congregationH5712
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhoH834
הִצּ֜וּhi.Tzuthey struggledH5327
עַל\־'al-onH5921
מֹשֶׁ֤הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וְעַֽל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
אַהֲרֹן֙'a.ha.RonAaronH175
בַּעֲדַת\־ba.'a.dat-in [the] company ofH5712
קֹ֔רַחKo.rachKorahH7141
בְּהַצֹּתָ֖םbe.ha.tzo.Tamwhen struggled theyH5327
עַל\־'al-onH5921
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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Cross references for Numbers 26:9

  • Numbers 1:16

    These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

  • Numbers 16:1-35

    Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord? And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: …

  • Psalms 106:17

    The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

  • Jude 1:11

    Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

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1:16; 16:1,2-35; Ps 106:17; Jude 1:11

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Context

  • Numbers 26:8

    And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.

  • Numbers 26:9

    And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord:

  • Numbers 26:10

    And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.

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Numbers 26:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y los hijos de Eliab: Nemuel, y Dathán, y Abiram. Estos Dathán y Abiram fueron los del consejo de la congregación, que hicieron el motín contra Moisés y Aarón con la compañía de Coré, cuando se amotinaron contra Jehová;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et les fils d’Éliab: Nemuel, et Dathan, et Abiram. C’est ce Dathan et cet Abiram, des principaux de l’assemblée, qui se soulevèrent contre Moïse et contre Aaron dans l’assemblée de Coré, lorsqu’ils se soulevèrent contre l’ Éternel;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Söhne Eliabs: Nemuel und Dathan und Abiram; das ist der Dathan und der Abiram, Berufene der Gemeinde, welche wider Mose und wider Aaron haderten in der Rotte Korahs, als sie wider Jehova haderten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
hujus filii, Namuel et Dathan et Abiron: isti sunt Dathan et Abiron principes populi, qui surrexerunt contra Moysen et Aaron in seditione Core, quando adversus Dominum rebellaverunt: