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Numbers 16:3

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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?

And they gathered themselves together {H6950} against Moses {H4872} and against Aaron {H175}, and said {H559} unto them, Ye take too much {H7227} upon you, seeing all the congregation {H5712} are holy {H6918}, every one of them, and the LORD {H3068} is among {H8432} them: wherefore then lift ye up {H5375} yourselves above the congregation {H6951} of the LORD {H3068}?

They assembled themselves against Moshe and Aharon and said to them, "You take too much on yourselves! After all, the entire community is holy, every one of them, and ADONAI is among them. So why do you lift yourselves up above ADONAI's assembly?"

They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”

and they assembled 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 Jehovah is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of Jehovah?

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 106:16 (7 votes)

    They envied Moses also in the camp, [and] Aaron the saint of the LORD.

  • Exodus 19:6 (4 votes)

    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 (4 votes)

    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 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Ezra 9:2 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Exodus 29:45 (2 votes)

    And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.

  • Exodus 29:46 (2 votes)

    And they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I [am] the LORD their God.