Then Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, with the elders of Israel following him,
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
- KJV And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
- BSB So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
- NKJV Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
- NLT So Moses got up and rushed over to the tents of Dathan and Abiram, followed by the elders of Israel.
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Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, with the elders following. He acted as God directed, confronting the rebels.
Overview
Moses obeys God and approaches the rebels, accompanied by the elders of Israel as witnesses. His action carries the weight of God's authority and the community's leadership. The presence of the elders underscores the public, official nature of the impending judgment.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Num 11:25Yahweh came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.
- Num 11:30Moses went into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
- Num 11:16–17Yahweh said to Moses, “Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you.
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In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.
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