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Numbers 16:25

What does Numbers 16:25 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 16:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the responsible men of Israel went with him.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Moses riseth, and goeth unto Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel go after him,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Moses arose, and went to Dathan and Abiron: and the ancients of Israel following him,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.

Context

v.24Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.

v.25This passage

v.26And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 11:25

    And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.

  • Numbers 11:30

    And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

  • Numbers 11:16

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with thee.

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