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Contemporary English Version

Numbers 16:6

Korah, now here is what you and your followers must do: Get some fire pans, fill them with coals and incense, and place them near the sacred tent. And the man the Lord chooses will be his priest. Korah, this time you Levites have gone too far!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aaron;   Ambition;   Censer;   Conspiracy;   Dathan;   Israel;   Meekness;   Moses;   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;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abiram;   Altar;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dathan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aaron's Rod;   Assir;   Election;   Firepan;   Uzzia(h);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron's Rod;   Deuteronomy;   Government;   Hexateuch;   Kadesh;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Korah, Dathan, Abiram;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Censer;   Dathan ;   Korah;   Moses ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Censer;   Korah;   Samuel;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Firepan,;   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 - Firepan;   Moses;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Incense;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
This do: take you censers, Korach, and all his company;
King James Version
This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
Lexham English Bible
Do this: take for yourselves censers, Korah and all of your company;
New Century Version
So Korah, you and all your followers do this: Get some pans for burning incense.
New English Translation
Do this, Korah, you and all your company: Take censers,
Amplified Bible
"Do this: Take censers for yourselves, Korah and all your company,
New American Standard Bible
"Do this: take censers for yourselves, Korah and your whole group,
Geneva Bible (1587)
This doe therefore, Take you censers, both Korah, and all his companie,
Legacy Standard Bible
Do this: take censers for yourselves, Korah and all your congregation,
Complete Jewish Bible
Do this: take censers, Korach and all your group;
Darby Translation
This do: take you censers, Korah, and all his band,
Easy-to-Read Version
So Korah, you and all your followers should do this:
English Standard Version
Do this: take censers, Korah and all his company;
George Lamsa Translation
This do: Take for yourselves censers, you Korah, and all your company;
Good News Translation
Tomorrow morning you and your followers take fire pans, put live coals and incense on them, and take them to the altar. Then we will see which of us the Lord has chosen. You Levites are the ones who have gone too far!"
Christian Standard Bible®
Korah, you and all your followers are to do this: take firepans, and tomorrow
Literal Translation
Do this: take fire-pans for yourselves, Korah, and all his company,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This do: Take ye censors, thou Corah & all yi copanye,
American Standard Version
This do: take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
Bible in Basic English
So do this: let Korah and all his band take vessels for burning perfumes;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
This do therfore: Take you firepannes, both Corah & all his companie,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his company;
King James Version (1611)
This doe: take you censers, Korah, and all his company:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
This do ye: take to yourselves censers, Core and all his company;
English Revised Version
This do; take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
Berean Standard Bible
You, Korah, and all your followers are to do as follows: Take censers,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor do ye this thing; ech man take his cencere, thou Chore, and al thi counsel;
Young's Literal Translation
This do: take to yourselves censers, Korah, and all his company,
Update Bible Version
Do this: you take censers, Korah, and all his company;
Webster's Bible Translation
This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
World English Bible
This do: take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
New King James Version
Do this: Take censers, Korah and all your company;
New Living Translation
Korah, you and all your followers must prepare your incense burners.
New Life Bible
Do this, Korah and all who are with you. Take pots for burning special perfume.
New Revised Standard
Do this: take censers, Korah and all your company,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
This do, - Take to you censers, Korah and all his assembly;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Do this therefore: Take every man of you your censers, thou Core, and all thy company.
Revised Standard Version
Do this: take censers, Korah and all his company;
THE MESSAGE
"Now, Korah, here's what I want you, you and your gang, to do: Tomorrow, take censers. In the presence of God , put fire in them and then incense. Then we'll see who is holy, see whom God chooses. Sons of Levi, you've overstepped yourselves!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Do this: take censers for yourselves, Korah and all your company,

Contextual Overview

1Korah son of Izhar was a Levite from the Kohathite clan. One day he called together Dathan, Abiram, and On from the Reuben tribe, and the four of them decided to rebel against Moses. So they asked two hundred fifty respected Israelite leaders for their support, and together they went to Moses 3 and Aaron and said, "Why do you think you're so much better than anyone else? We're part of the Lord 's holy people, and he's with all of us. What makes you think you're the only ones in charge?" 4 When Moses heard this, he knelt down to pray. 5 Then he said to Korah and his followers: Tomorrow morning the Lord will show us the person he has chosen to be his priest, and that man will faithfully serve him. 6Korah, now here is what you and your followers must do: Get some fire pans, fill them with coals and incense, and place them near the sacred tent. And the man the Lord chooses will be his priest. Korah, this time you Levites have gone too far! 8You 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? 10 The Lord has given you a special responsibility, and now, Korah, you think you should also be his priest. 11 You and your followers have rebelled against the Lord , not against Aaron.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 16:35-40, Numbers 16:46-48, Leviticus 10:1, Leviticus 16:12, Leviticus 16:13, 1 Kings 18:21-23

Reciprocal: Numbers 16:15 - Respect Numbers 16:16 - Be thou 2 Chronicles 13:11 - sweet incense

Cross-References

Genesis 16:8
and asked, "Hagar, where have you come from, and where are you going?" She answered, "I'm running away from Sarai, my owner."
Genesis 16:9
The angel said, "Go back to Sarai and be her slave.
Genesis 24:10
Soon after that, the servant loaded ten of Abraham's camels with valuable gifts. Then he set out for the city in northern Syria, where Abraham's brother Nahor lived.
Exodus 2:15
When the king heard what Moses had done, the king wanted to kill him. But Moses escaped and went to the land of Midian. One day, Moses was sitting there by a well,
Job 2:6
"All right!" the Lord replied. "Make Job suffer as much as you want, but just don't kill him."
Proverbs 14:29
It's smart to be patient, but it's stupid to lose your temper.
Proverbs 15:1
A kind answer soothes angry feelings, but harsh words stir them up.
Proverbs 27:8
When you are far from home, you feel like a bird without a nest.
Proverbs 29:19
Even when servants are smart, it takes more than words to make them obey.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
Don't give up your job when your boss gets angry. If you stay calm, you'll be forgiven.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

This do, take you censers,.... Vessels to put incense in to offer, which was the business of the priests:

Korah, and all his company; the two hundred fifty princes that were with him, for so many we read took censers, and offered incense,

Numbers 16:18.


 
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