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took two hundred and fifty men from the Israelites,[a] leaders of the community summoned from the assembly, renowned men,[b] and they confronted[c] Moses. They were assembled in front of Moses and Aaron, and they said to them, “You take too much upon yourselves![d] All of the community is holy, every one of them, and Yahweh is in their midst, so why do you raise yourselves over the assembly of Yahweh?”

When Moses heard this, he fell on his face.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 16:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Numbers 16:2 Literally “men of name”
  3. Numbers 16:2 Literally “they rose up before”
  4. Numbers 16:3 Literally “It is much for you”