Lectionary Calendar
Friday, July 4th, 2025
the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

Christian Standard Bible ®

Numbers 16:11

Therefore, it is you and all your followers who have conspired against the Lord! As for Aaron, who is he that you should complain about him?”

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aaron;   Ambition;   Conspiracy;   Dathan;   Israel;   Meekness;   Moses;   Murmuring;   Reproof;   Treason;   Thompson Chain Reference - Aaron;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Levites, the;   Priests;   Rebellion against God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Abiram;   Dathan;   Earthquake;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Incense;   Korah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Leadership;   Priest, Christ as;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abiram;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dathan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aaron's Rod;   Assir;   Election;   Uzzia(h);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron's Rod;   Deuteronomy;   Government;   Hexateuch;   Kadesh;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Numbers, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Censer;   Dathan ;   Korah;   Moses ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Korah;   Samuel;   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 - Eliab;   Korah;   Moses;   Murmur;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Levi ;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the LORD: and Aharon, what is he who you murmur against him?
King James Version
For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord : and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
Lexham English Bible
Therefore you and your company that has banded together against Yahweh. What is Aaron that you grumble against him?"
New Century Version
You and your followers have joined together against the Lord . Your complaint is not against Aaron."
New English Translation
Therefore you and all your company have assembled together against the Lord ! And Aaron—what is he that you murmur against him?"
Amplified Bible
"Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the LORD; but as for Aaron, who is he that you murmur against him?"
New American Standard Bible
"Therefore you and your whole group are the ones gathered together against the LORD; but as for Aaron, who is he, that you grumble against him?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
For which cause, thou, and all thy companie are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmure against him?
Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore you and all your congregation are gathered together against Yahweh; but as for Aaron, who is he that you grumble against him?"
Contemporary English Version
You and your followers have rebelled against the Lord , not against Aaron.
Complete Jewish Bible
That's why you and your group have gathered together against Adonai ! After all, what is Aharon that you complain against him?"
Darby Translation
For which cause thou and all thy band are banded together against Jehovah; and Aaron, who is he that ye murmur against him?
Easy-to-Read Version
You and your followers have joined together and turned against the Lord ! Did Aaron do anything wrong? No, so why are you complaining against Aaron?"
English Standard Version
Therefore it is against the Lord that you and all your company have gathered together. What is Aaron that you grumble against him?"
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore both you and all your company gather yourselves together before the LORD tomorrow; and what is Aaron, that you should murmur against him?
Good News Translation
When you complain against Aaron, it is really against the Lord that you and your followers are rebelling."
Literal Translation
Therefore, you and all your company that have gathered against Jehovah, What is Aaron that you murmur against him?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou and all thy copany conspyre agaynst the LORDE. What is Aaron, that ye shulde murmur against him?
American Standard Version
Therefore thou and all thy company are gathered together against Jehovah: and Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?
Bible in Basic English
So you and all your band have come together against the Lord; and Aaron, who is he, that you are crying out against him?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For which cause both thou and all thy companie are gathered together against the Lorde: And what is Aaron, that ye murmure agaynst hym?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Therefore thou and all thy company that are gathered together against the LORD--; and as to Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?'
King James Version (1611)
For which cause both thou, and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmure against him?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus it is with thee and all thy congregation which is gathered together against God: and who is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
English Revised Version
Therefore thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?
Berean Standard Bible
Therefore, it is you and all your followers who have conspired against the LORD! As for Aaron, who is he that you should grumble against him?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and al thi gaderyng togidere stonde ayens the Lord? For whi what is Aaron, that ye grutchen ayens hym?
Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, thou and all thy company who are met [are] against Jehovah; and Aaron, what [is] he, that ye murmur against him?'
Update Bible Version
Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against Yahweh: and Aaron, what is he that you murmur against him?
Webster's Bible Translation
For which cause [both] thou and all thy company [are] assembled against the LORD: and what [is] Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
World English Bible
Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against Yahweh: and Aaron, what is he who you murmur against him?
New King James Version
Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the LORD. And what is Aaron that you complain against him?"
New Living Translation
The Lord is the one you and your followers are really revolting against! For who is Aaron that you are complaining about him?"
New Life Bible
So you and all who are with you are gathered together against the Lord. But as for Aaron, who is he that you complain against him?"
New Revised Standard
Therefore you and all your company have gathered together against the Lord . What is Aaron that you rail against him?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Wherefore thou and all thine assembly, are conspiring against Yahweh, - But Aaron, what is he, that ye should murmur against him?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And that all thy company should stand against the Lord? for what is Aaron that you murmur against him?
Revised Standard Version
Therefore it is against the LORD that you and all your company have gathered together; what is Aaron that you murmur against him?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the LORD; but as for Aaron, who is he that you grumble against him?"

Contextual Overview

1Now Korah son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took 2two hundred and fifty prominent Israelite men who were leaders of the community and representatives in the assembly, and they rebelled against Moses. 3They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have gone too far! Everyone in the entire community is holy, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the Lord’s assembly?” 4When Moses heard this, he fell facedown. 5Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will reveal who belongs to him, who is set apart, and the one he will let come near him. He will let the one he chooses come near him. 6Korah, you and all your followers are to do this: take firepans, and tomorrow 7place fire in them and put incense on them before the Lord. Then the man the Lord chooses will be the one who is set apart. It is you Levites who have gone too far!” 8Moses also told Korah, “Now listen, Levites! 9Isn’t it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the Israelite community to bring you near to himself, to perform the work at the Lord’s tabernacle, and to stand before the community to minister to them? 10He has brought you near, and all your fellow Levites who are with you, but you are pursuing the priesthood as well.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

against: Numbers 16:3, 1 Samuel 8:7, Luke 10:16, John 13:20, Romans 13:2

what is Aaron: Exodus 16:7, Exodus 16:8, Exodus 17:2, Acts 5:4, 1 Corinthians 3:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:24 - General Numbers 17:5 - they murmur 1 Chronicles 26:19 - Kore Isaiah 57:4 - Against Hebrews 7:5 - who

Cross-References

Genesis 17:19
But God said, “No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a permanent covenant for his future offspring.
Exodus 3:7
Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors. I know about their sufferings,
Exodus 3:9
So because the Israelites’ cry for help has come to me, and I have also seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them,
1 Samuel 1:20
After some time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, because she said, “I requested him from the Lord.”
Job 38:41
Who provides the raven’s foodwhen its young cry out to Godand wander about for lack of food?
Psalms 22:24
For he has not despised or abhorredthe torment of the oppressed.He did not hide his face from himbut listened when he cried to him for help.
Isaiah 7:14
Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign: See, the virgin will conceive, have a son, and name him Immanuel.
Luke 1:13
But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John.
Luke 1:31
Now listen: You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.
Luke 1:63
He asked for a writing tablet and wrote: “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For which cause, both [thou] and all thy company [are] gathered together against the Lord,.... For gathering together against his ministers, whom he had put into office to act under him, and endeavouring to overturn a constitution of his erecting, and resisting and not submitting to an ordinance of his, is interpreted gathering against him, and acting in opposition to him; see

Romans 13:1;

and what [is] Aaron, that ye murmur against him? what is his transgression? what has he done? as Aben Ezra paraphrases it; he is not chargeable with any fault, he did not take upon him the office of high priest of himself, God called him to it, and put him in it; he is only his minister, and by no means to be blamed, and therefore it is unreasonable to envy him, or murmur against him; and, indeed, murmuring against him is murmuring against the Lord.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The words of Moses in his wrath are broken. The Aaronic priesthood was of divine appointment; and thus in rejecting it, the conspirators were really rebelling against God.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile