Numbers
Numbers 16:5–7
5Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Himb and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one He chooses He will bring near to Himself. 6You, Korah, and all your followers are to do as follows: Take censers, 7and tomorrow you are to place fire and incense in them in the presence of the LORD. Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. It is you sons of Levi who have taken too much upon yourselves!”
Footnotes
- b 16:5 LXX God has visited and knows those who are His; cited in 2 Timothy 2:19|2TI 2:19
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Numbers 16:5
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then he said | וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר | way·ḏab·bêr | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1696 speak |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Korah | קֹ֜רַח | qō·raḥ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H7141 Korach |
| and all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| his followers | עֲדָתוֹ֮ | ‘ă·ḏā·ṯōw | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H5712 congregation |
| Tomorrow morning | בֹּ֠קֶר | bō·qer | Noun - masculine singular | H1242 morning |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֧ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| will reveal | וְיֹדַ֨ע | wə·yō·ḏa‘ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular | H3045 know |
| who belongs | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| to Him | ל֛וֹ | lōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | |
| and | וְאֶת־ | wə·’eṯ- | Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker | H853 mark of the accusative |
| who is holy | הַקָּד֖וֹשׁ | haq·qā·ḏō·wōš | Article; Adjective - masculine singular | H6918 sacred, holy |
| and He will bring that person near | וְהִקְרִ֣יב | wə·hiq·rîḇ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H7126 come near, approach |
| to Himself | אֵלָ֑יו | ’ê·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
| The one | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| He chooses | יִבְחַר־ | yiḇ·ḥar- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H977 choose |
| He will bring near | יַקְרִ֥יב | yaq·rîḇ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7126 come near, approach |
| to Himself | אֵלָֽיו׃ | ’ê·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
Numbers 16:6
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korah | קֹ֖רַח | qō·raḥ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H7141 Korach |
| and all | וְכָל־ | wə·ḵāl | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| your followers | עֲדָתֽוֹ׃ | ‘ă·ḏā·ṯōw | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H5712 congregation |
| are to do | עֲשׂ֑וּ | ‘ă·śū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H6213 do, make |
| as follows | זֹ֖את | zōṯ | Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| Take | קְחוּ־ | qə·ḥū- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H3947 take |
| censers | מַחְתּ֔וֹת | maḥ·tō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural | H4289 fire-holder, censer, snuff-dish |
Numbers 16:7
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and tomorrow | מָחָ֔ר | mā·ḥār | Adverb | H4279 tomorrow, in time to come |
| you are to place | וּתְנ֣וּ | ū·ṯə·nū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H5414 give, put, set |
| fire | אֵ֡שׁ | ’êš | Noun - common singular | H784 fire |
| and incense | קְטֹ֜רֶת | qə·ṭō·reṯ | Noun - feminine singular | H7004 smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice, incense |
| in them | בָהֵ֣ן׀ | ḇā·hên | Preposition-b; Pronoun - third person feminine plural | |
| in the presence | לִפְנֵ֤י | lip̄·nê | Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| of the LORD | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| Then the man | הָאִ֛ישׁ | hā·’îš | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| chooses | יִבְחַ֥ר | yiḇ·ḥar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H977 choose |
| will be | וְהָיָ֗ה | wə·hā·yāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| the one | ה֣וּא | hū | Pronoun - third person masculine singular | H1931 he, she |
| who is holy | הַקָּד֑וֹשׁ | haq·qā·ḏō·wōš | Article; Adjective - masculine singular | H6918 sacred, holy |
| It is you sons | בְּנֵ֥י | bə·nê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| of Levi | לֵוִֽי׃ | lê·wî | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3878 Levi |
| who have taken too much | רַב־ | raḇ- | Adverb | H7227 much, many, great |
| upon yourselves | לָכֶ֖ם | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Numbers 16:5 Psalm 65:4 · Numbers 17:5 · Leviticus 10:3 · 2 Timothy 2:19 · Numbers 16:3 · Acts 1:24 · Revelation 5:9–10 · Acts 1:2 · 2 Timothy 2:3–4 · 1 Samuel 2:28 · Ezekiel 40:46 · Psalm 105:26
Numbers 16:6 Leviticus 10:1
Numbers 16:7 Numbers 16:3
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.