Complaints of the People

41 On the next day (A)all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.”

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Rebellion Against Moses and Aaron

16 Now (A)Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with (B)Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men; and they rose up before Moses with some of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, (C)representatives of the congregation, men of renown. (D)They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “You [a]take too much upon yourselves, for (E)all the congregation is holy, every one of them, (F)and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”

So when Moses heard it, he (G)fell on his face; and he spoke to Korah and all his company, saying, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will show who is (H)His and who is (I)holy,[b] and will cause him to come near to Him. That one whom He chooses He will cause to (J)come near to Him. Do this: Take censers, Korah and all your company; put fire in them and put incense in them before the Lord tomorrow, and it shall be that the man whom the Lord chooses is the holy one. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!”

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  1. Numbers 16:3 assume too much for
  2. Numbers 16:5 set aside for His use only

25 (A)But complained in their tents,
And did not heed the voice of the Lord.
26 (B)Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them,
(C)To [a]overthrow them in the wilderness,
27 (D)To [b]overthrow their descendants among the [c]nations,
And to scatter them in the lands.

28 (E)They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor,
And ate sacrifices [d]made to the dead.
29 Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds,
And the plague broke out among them.
30 (F)Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,
And the plague was stopped.
31 And that was accounted to him (G)for righteousness
To all generations forevermore.

32 (H)They angered Him also at the waters of [e]strife,
(I)So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;
33 (J)Because they rebelled against His Spirit,
So that he spoke rashly with his lips.

34 (K)They did not destroy the peoples,
(L)Concerning whom the Lord had commanded them,
35 (M)But they mingled with the Gentiles
And learned their works;
36 (N)They served their idols,
(O)Which became a snare to them.
37 (P)They even sacrificed their sons
And their daughters to (Q)demons,
38 And shed innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And (R)the land was polluted with blood.
39 Thus they [f]were (S)defiled by their own works,
And (T)played[g] the harlot by their own deeds.

40 Therefore (U)the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people,
So that He abhorred (V)His own inheritance.
41 And (W)He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles,
And those who hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43 (X)Many times He delivered them;
But they rebelled in their counsel,
And were brought low for their iniquity.

44 Nevertheless He regarded their affliction,
When (Y)He heard their cry;
45 (Z)And for their sake He remembered His covenant,
And (AA)relented (AB)according to the multitude of His mercies.
46 (AC)He also made them to be pitied
By all those who carried them away captive.

47 (AD)Save us, O Lord our God,
And gather us from among the Gentiles,
To give thanks to Your holy name,
To triumph in Your praise.

48 (AE)Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
From everlasting to everlasting!
And let all the people say, “Amen!”

[h]Praise the Lord!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 106:26 make them fall
  2. Psalm 106:27 make their descendants fall also
  3. Psalm 106:27 Gentiles
  4. Psalm 106:28 offered
  5. Psalm 106:32 Or Meribah
  6. Psalm 106:39 became unclean
  7. Psalm 106:39 Were unfaithful
  8. Psalm 106:48 Heb. Hallelujah

23 (A)Therefore He said that He would destroy them,
Had not Moses His chosen one (B)stood before Him in the breach,
To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.

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(A)And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!

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28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man (A)who teaches all men everywhere against the people, the law, and this place; and furthermore he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”

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28 saying, (A)“Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, (B)and intend to bring this Man’s (C)blood on us!”

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11 (A)Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of (B)evil against you falsely for My sake.

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Amaziah’s Complaint

10 Then Amaziah the (A)priest of (B)Bethel sent to (C)Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to [a]bear all his words.

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  1. Amos 7:10 Or endure

13 And when he was in the Gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there whose name was Irijah the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”

14 Then Jeremiah said, [a]“False! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans.” But he did not listen to him.

So Irijah seized Jeremiah and brought him to the princes.

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  1. Jeremiah 37:14 a lie

11 Lord, when Your hand is lifted up, (A)they will not see.
But they will see and be ashamed
For [a]their envy of people;
Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

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  1. Isaiah 26:11 Or Your zeal for the people

13 (A)They soon forgot His works;
They did not wait for His counsel,

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17 Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, (A)Is that you, O (B)troubler of Israel?”

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Also Shimei said thus when he cursed: “Come out! Come out! You [a]bloodthirsty man, (A)you [b]rogue! The Lord has (B)brought upon you all (C)the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. So now you are caught in your own evil, because you are a [c]bloodthirsty man!”

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  1. 2 Samuel 16:7 Lit. man of bloodshed
  2. 2 Samuel 16:7 worthless man
  3. 2 Samuel 16:8 Lit. man of bloodshed

by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

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But (A)Baruch the son of Neriah has [a]set you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death or carry us away captive to Babylon.”

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  1. Jeremiah 43:3 Or incited

Therefore the princes said to the king, “Please, (A)let this man be put to death, for thus he [a]weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man does not seek the [b]welfare of this people, but their harm.”

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  1. Jeremiah 38:4 Is discouraging
  2. Jeremiah 38:4 Well-being; lit. peace

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