Numbers 16:3 KJV

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?

Words Then and Now

wherefore why; therefore Still heard today: the whys and wherefores, the reasons Webster’s 1828 · Wherefore

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

ye, you, yourselves more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram Korah contends for the priesthoodPride 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...

Thompson Chains

ConspiracyLink 2 of 11 · next Judges 9:1
Envy (2)Link 6 of 10 · next Esther 5:13
False AccusationsSee the chain from 1 Samuel 1:14 · 8 links

Cross References

Psalms 106:16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
Exodus 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Numbers 14:14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
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.
Exodus 29:45–46 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. …
Numbers 12:1–2 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. …
Numbers 14:1–4 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. …
Numbers 16:11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
Numbers 35:34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
Ezra 9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
Psalms 68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
Isaiah 1:11–16 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. …
Jeremiah 7:3–12 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. …
Matthew 3:9–10 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. …
Acts 7:39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
Acts 7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Romans 2:28–29 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: …

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Topics

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness

Bible Dictionary

MosesDrawn (or Egypt. mesu, “son;” hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Gen 45:17–25), Jacob and his sons went down into...
AaronThe eldest son of Amram and Jochebed, a daughter of Levi (Ex 6:20). Some explain the name as meaning mountaineer, others mountain of...
LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

And they gathered themselves together וַיִּקָּהֲלוּ wayyiqqāhălû קָהַל Verb · niphal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
against Moses עַל ʿal Preposition מֹשֶׁה mōšê מֹשֶׁה Proper name
and against Aaron וְעַל wĕʿal Preposition · with and אַהֲרֹן ʾahărōn אַהֲרוֹן Proper name
and said וַיֹּאמְרוּ wayyōʾmĕrû אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
unto them, Ye take too much אֲלֵהֶם ʾălēhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural רַב rab רַב Adjective · masculine singular
upon you, seeing all the congregation לָכֶם lākem Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural כִּי kî Conjunction כָל kol Noun · masculine singular construct הָעֵדָה hāʿēdâ עֵדָה Noun · feminine singular · with the
holy קְדֹשִׁים qĕdōšîm קָדוֹשׁ Adjective · masculine plural
every one of them, and the LORD כֻּלָּם kullām Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
among וּבְתוֹכָם ûbĕtôkām תָּוֶךְ Noun · masculine singular construct · with and, preposition, suffix: third person masculine plural
them: wherefore then lift ye up וּמַדּוּעַ ûmaddûaʿ Interrogative · with and תִּתְנַשְּׂאוּ titnaśśĕʾww נָשָׂא Verb · hithpael imperfect, second person masculine plural
yourselves above the congregation עַל ʿal Preposition קְהַל qĕhal קָהָל Noun · masculine singular construct
of the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name

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