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Numbers 16:2-4
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Numbers 16:2-4
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2 and rebelled against Moses, along with some of the Israelites, 250 leaders[a] of the community, chosen from the assembly,[b] famous men.[c] 3 And they assembled against Moses and Aaron, saying to them, “You take too much upon yourselves,[d] 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.[e]
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- Numbers 16:2 tn Heb “princes” (so KJV, ASV).
- Numbers 16:2 tn These men must have been counselors or judges of some kind.
- Numbers 16:2 tn Heb “men of name,” or “men of renown.”
- 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.”
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