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Numbers 16:3-5
New English Translation
Numbers 16:3-5
New English Translation
3 And they assembled against Moses and Aaron, saying to them, “You take too much upon yourselves,[a] seeing that the whole community is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the community of the Lord?”
4 When Moses heard it he fell down with his face to the ground.[b] 5 Then he said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning the Lord will make known who are his, and who is holy. He will cause that person[c] to approach him; the person he has chosen he will cause to approach him.
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- Numbers 16:3 tn The meaning of רַב־לָכֶם (rav lakhem) is something like “you have assumed far too much authority.” It simply means “much to you,” perhaps “you have gone to far,” or “you are overreaching yourselves” (M. Noth, Numbers [OTL], 123). He is objecting to the exclusiveness of the system that Moses has been introducing.
- Numbers 16:4 tn Heb “fell on his face.”
- Numbers 16:5 tn Heb “him.”
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