4 Mosebok 16:1

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Och Kora, son till Jishar, son till Kehat, son till Levi, samt Datan och Abiram, Eliabs söner, och On, Pelets son, av Rubens söner, dessa togo till sig folk

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Korah: Numbers 26:9, Numbers 26:10, Numbers 27:3, Exodus 6:18, Exodus 6:21, Jude 1:11

sons of Reuben: Genesis 49:3, Genesis 49:4, 1 Chronicles 5:1, 1 Chronicles 5:2

took men: As the word men is not in the text, some read "took counsel;" and some "took courage." Houbigant renders yikkach, rebellionem fecerunt, "they rebelled;" which scarcely any rule of criticism can ever justify. Dr. Geddes' translation is, "Another insurrection was raised against Moses by Korah," etc. Others think that it may mean, "behaved with insolence." But, as Dr. A. Clarke observes, the verb wyyikkach, "and he took" which though at the end of the sentence in English, is the first word in Hebrew, is not in the plural, but the singular; and hence cannot be applied to the acts of all these chiefs. In every part of the Scripture, where this rebellion is referred to, it is attributed to Korah, therefore the verb here belongs to him; and the whole verse should be translated, "Now Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, he took even Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peleth, son of Reuben, and they rose up," etc.; reading, with some manuscripts, the Samaritan, and Septuagint, ben, son, instead of beney, sons.

Reciprocal: Exodus 6:24 - Korah Numbers 16:19 - Korah Numbers 16:41 - all the Numbers 26:58 - General Deuteronomy 9:7 - from the day Deuteronomy 11:6 - he did unto 1 Chronicles 2:33 - Peleth 1 Chronicles 6:37 - Korah 2 Chronicles 26:16 - to burn Psalms 42:1 - the sons Psalms 78:32 - they sinned Psalms 106:16 - envied Proverbs 24:21 - meddle Isaiah 63:10 - they rebelled Ezekiel 20:36 - General Acts 7:36 - and in the wilderness

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi,.... A great grandson of Levi's, and own cousin to Moses and Aaron, being brothers children; for Amram the father of Moses and Aaron, and Izhar the father of Korah, were own brothers, both of them the sons of Kohath, and Amram the eldest, and Izhar the next, Exodus 6:16; this man is mentioned first, being the contriver, and plotter, and ringleader of the following sedition, and which is called "the gainsaying of Core", Judges 1:11; when this was made is not certain; Aben Ezra thinks this affair happened in the wilderness of Sinai, when the firstborn were exchanged, and the Levites were separated for holy service, Numbers 3:1; but, according to the Targum of Jonathan, it was after the law concerning the fringes was given, which it here follows, and was on that account; for it says, that Korah took his coat, which was all blue, and that the men with him rose up, and in the face of Moses taught the rite concerning the blue ribbon; when Moses declared he had it from God, that the fringe should be of white, and one thread of blue should be in it; but Korah and his company made their coats and fringes all of blue, which the Lord commanded not: but what Korah is said to take is either himself, or men, or both, and not clothes, as follows:

and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth,

sons of Reuben, took [men]; which men are described in Numbers 16:2, even princes of the assembly, c. or he, Korah, took himself, as Ben Melech, or divided himself, as Onkelos, separated himself from the congregation, and set himself at the head of a party he gathered together and the "vau" or "and" before "Dathan" may be additional or superfluous, as Chaskuni observes, and so Abendana; and then the sense is, that Korah took Dathan, Abiram and On, apart by themselves, and entered into a consultation and confederacy with them against Moses and Aaron, with whom he was offended on account of the priesthood being bestowed on the latter by the former; and these men he associated to him, being the sons of Reuben, who would the rather listen to him, and join with him, because the right of the firstborn was taken from them, and the camp of Judah was placed before them; and with these men he could more easily commune, because the camp of Reuben and the Kohathites lay on the same side of the tabernacle, Numbers 2:10; Eliab, the father of Dathan and Abiram, was the son of Pallu, the second son of Reuben,

Numbers 26:5; but as for On, no mention is made of him elsewhere, nor any more in this place; it is thought he separated from his company after he had heard what Moses said to them; and the Rabbins say, his wife delivered him out of their hands, as Abendana observes.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amram and Izhar were brothers (compare Exodus 6:18), and thus Korah, the “son,” i. e. descendant of Izhar, was connected by distant cousinship with Moses and Aaron. Though being a Kohathite, he was of that division of the Levites which had the most honorable charge, yet as Elizaphan, who had been made “chief of the families of the Kohathites” Numbers 3:30, belonged to the youngest branch descended from Uzziel Numbers 3:27, Korah probably regarded himself as injured; and therefore took the lead in this rebellion. Of the others, On is not again mentioned. He probably withdrew from the conspiracy. Dathan, Abiram, and On were Reubenites; and were probably discontented because the birthright had been taken away from their ancestor Genesis 49:3, and with it the primacy of their own tribe among the tribes of Israel. The Reubenites encamped near to the Kohathites (compare Numbers 2:25 and plan), and thus the two families were conveniently situated for taking counsel together. One pretext of the insurrection probably was to assert the rights of primogeniture - on the part of the Reubenites against Moses, on the part of Korah against the appointment of Uzziel.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XVI

The rebellion of Korah and his company against Moses, 1-3.

He directs them how to try, in the course of the next day, whom

God had called to the priesthood, 4-11.

Dathan and Abiram use the most seditious speeches, 12-14.

Moses is wroth, 15;

and orders Korah and his company to be ready on the morrow with

their censers and incense, 16-18.

Korah gathers his company together, 19.

The glory of the Lord appears, and he threatens to consume them,

20, 21.

Moses and Aaron intercede for them, 22.

The people are commanded to leave the tents of the rebels, 23-26.

They obey, and Korah and his company come out and stand before

the door of their tents, 27.

Moses in a solemn address puts the contention to issue, 28-30.

As soon as he had done speaking, the earth clave and swallowed

them, and all that appertained to them, 31-34;

and the 250 men who offered incense are consumed by fire, 35.

The Lord commands Eleazar to preserve the censers, because they

were hallowed, 36-38.

Eleazar makes of them a covering for the altar, 39, 40.

The next day the people murmur anew, the glory of the Lord

appears, and Moses and Aaron go to the tabernacle, 41-43.

They are commanded to separate themselves from the congregation,

44, 45.

Moses, perceiving that God had sent a plague among them, directs

Aaron to hasten and make an atonement, 46.

Aaron does so, and the plague is stayed, 47, 48.

The number of those who died by the plague, 14,700 men, 49, 50.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVI

Verse Numbers 16:1. Now Korah - took men] Had not these been the most brutish of men, could they have possibly so soon forgotten the signal displeasure of God manifested against them so lately for their rebellion. The word men is not in the original; and the verb ויקח vaiyikkach, and he took, is not in the plural but the singular, hence it cannot be applied to the act of all these chiefs. In every part of the Scripture where this rebellion is referred to it is attributed to Korah, (see Numbers 26:3, and Jude 1:11), therefore the verb here belongs to him, and the whole verse should be translated thus: - Now Korah, son of Yitsar son of Kohath, son of Levi, HE TOOK even Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peleth, SON OF REUBEN; and they rose up, c. This makes a very regular and consistent sense, and spares all the learned labour of Father Houbigant, who translates יקח yikkach, by rebellionem fecerunt, they rebelled, which scarcely any rule of criticism can ever justify. Instead of בני ראובן beney Reuben, SONS of Reuben, some MSS. have בן ben, SON, in the singular this reading, supported by the Septuagint and the Samaritan text, I have followed in the above translation. But as Eliab and Peleth were both Reubenites, the common reading, SONS, may be safely followed.