Numbers 16:14-16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 Far from bringing us to a land flowing with milk and honey, or giving us fields and vineyards for our inheritance, will you gouge out our eyes?[a] No, we will not go.”
15 Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord, “Pay no attention to their offering. I have never taken a single donkey from them, nor have I wronged any one of them.”(A)
Korah. 16 Moses said to Korah, “You and all your faction shall appear before the Lord tomorrow—you and they and Aaron too.
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- 16:14 Gouge out our eyes: blind us to the real state of affairs.
Numbers 16:14-16
New International Version
14 Moreover, you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey(A) or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards.(B) Do you want to treat these men like slaves[a]?(C) No, we will not come!(D)”
15 Then Moses became very angry(E) and said to the Lord, “Do not accept their offering. I have not taken so much as a donkey(F) from them, nor have I wronged any of them.”
16 Moses said to Korah, “You and all your followers are to appear before the Lord tomorrow—you and they and Aaron.(G)
Footnotes
- Numbers 16:14 Or to deceive these men; Hebrew Will you gouge out the eyes of these men
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