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And now you also want to lord it over us!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Isn’t it enough that you brought us out of Egypt, a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us here in this wilderness, and that you now treat us like your subjects?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you must also make yourself a prince over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>Is it</i> a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br /><i>Is it</i> a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you should keep acting like a prince over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to have us die in the wilderness, but you would also appoint yourself as master over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to have us die in the wilderness, but you would also lord it over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to have us die in the wilderness, but you would also lord it over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to put us to death in the wilderness, but you would also lord it over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land [of plenty] flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness, but you would also lord it over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Is it not enough that you brought us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Do you also have to appoint yourself as ruler over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Is it not enough that you brought us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Do you also have to appoint yourself as ruler over us? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />It's bad enough that you took us from our rich farmland in Egypt to let us die here in the desert. Now you also want to boss us around! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Isn't it enough that you brought us out of a land flowing with milk and honey only to kill us in the desert? Do you also have to order us around?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Isn't it enough that you have brought us out of the fertile land of Egypt to kill us here in the wilderness? Do you also have to lord it over us? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Is it such an insignificant thing that you brought us out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness? Now you're trying to make yourself be a prince and rule over us, aren't you? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of the land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness? Now do you want to make yourself a prince over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but you must also make yourself a prince over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but you must also make yourself a prince over us? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Is it little that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in a wilderness, that you also certainly make yourself prince over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> is it little that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to put us to death in a wilderness that thou also certainly makest thyself prince over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Is this small that thou broughtest us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the desert, that thou ruling also wilt rule over us?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Is it a small matter to thee, that thou hast brought us out of a land that flowed with milk and honey, to kill us in the desert, except thou rule also like a lord over us? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Is it a small matter to you, that you have led us away from a land that was flowing with milk and honey, so as to kill us in the desert, unless you could also be a ruler over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Are you not satisfied that you have brought us here from a land flowing with milk and honey to have us perish in the wilderness, that now you must also lord it over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Is it too little that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness, that you must also lord it over us?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Is it not enough for you that you have brought us out of a land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but that you should also make yourselves princes over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Is it not enough for you that you brought us up from the land flowing milk and honey for our killing in the wilderness, but surely you are magnified over us also.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Is it a little thing that thou hast brought us up to a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, <i>and</i> that thou altogether rulest over us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/16-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=5158" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/16.htm">Korah's Rebellion</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come! <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4592.htm" title="4592: ham·‘aṭ (Art:: Adj-ms) -- A little, fewness, a few. Or miat; from ma'at; a little or few.">Is it not enough</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: he·‘ĕ·lî·ṯā·nū (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms:: 1cp) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">you have brought us up</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: mê·’e·reṣ (Prep-m:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">out of a land</a> <a href="/hebrew/2100.htm" title="2100: zā·ḇaṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fsc) -- To flow, gush. A primitive root; to flow freely, i.e. to have a flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow.">flowing</a> <a href="/hebrew/2461.htm" title="2461: ḥā·lāḇ (N-ms) -- Milk. From the same as cheleb; milk.">with milk</a> <a href="/hebrew/1706.htm" title="1706: ū·ḏə·ḇaš (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Honey. From an unused root meaning to be gummy; honey; by analogy, syrup.">and honey</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: la·hă·mî·ṯê·nū (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 1cp) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">to kill us</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: bam·miḏ·bār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">in the wilderness?</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">Must you also</a> <a href="/hebrew/8323.htm" title="8323: ṯiś·tā·rêr (V-Hitpael-Imperf-2ms) -- To be or act as prince, rule. A primitive root; to have dominion.">appoint yourself as ruler</a> <a href="/hebrew/8323.htm" title="8323: hiś·tā·rêr (V-Hitpael-InfAbs) -- To be or act as prince, rule. A primitive root; to have dominion."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lê·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over us?</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-3.htm">Exodus 16:3</a></span><br />“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-11.htm">Exodus 14:11-12</a></span><br />They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? / Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/5-21.htm">Exodus 5:21</a></span><br />“May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/17-3.htm">Exodus 17:3</a></span><br />But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-27.htm">Deuteronomy 1:27</a></span><br />You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-24.htm">Psalm 106:24-25</a></span><br />They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise. / They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-6.htm">Jeremiah 2:6</a></span><br />They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Ezekiel 20:6</a></span><br />On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15</a></span><br />Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-39.htm">Acts 7:39</a></span><br />But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51-53</a></span><br />You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— / you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a></span><br />Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-16.htm">Hebrews 3:16-19</a></span><br />For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-10.htm">1 Corinthians 10:10</a></span><br />And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-11.htm">Jude 1:11</a></span><br />Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except you make yourself altogether a prince over us?</p><p class="hdg">a small</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/16-9.htm">Numbers 16:9</a></b></br> <i>Seemeth it but</i> a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?</p><p class="hdg">out of a</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/11-5.htm">Numbers 11:5</a></b></br> We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/1-11.htm">Exodus 1:11,22</a></b></br> Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Exodus 2:23</a></b></br> And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.</p><p class="hdg">to kill</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/20-3.htm">Numbers 20:3,4</a></b></br> And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/16-3.htm">Exodus 16:3</a></b></br> And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, <i>and</i> when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/17-3.htm">Exodus 17:3</a></b></br> And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore <i>is</i> this <i>that</i> thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?</p><p class="hdg">thou make</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/2-14.htm">Exodus 2:14</a></b></br> And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/2-2.htm">Psalm 2:2,3</a></b></br> The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, <i>saying</i>, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/19-14.htm">Luke 19:14</a></b></br> But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this <i>man</i> to reign over us.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/7-86.htm">Altogether</a> <a href="/numbers/7-78.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Death</a> <a href="/numbers/15-32.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/numbers/15-35.htm">Die</a> <a href="/numbers/16-9.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/numbers/14-30.htm">Except</a> <a href="/numbers/14-8.htm">Honey</a> <a href="/numbers/11-15.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/numbers/14-3.htm">Little</a> <a href="/numbers/14-8.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/numbers/4-26.htm">Needs</a> <a href="/numbers/13-2.htm">Prince</a> <a href="/numbers/13-2.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/numbers/16-9.htm">Small</a> <a href="/numbers/11-17.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/numbers/14-16.htm">Want</a> <a href="/numbers/15-32.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/23-11.htm">Altogether</a> <a href="/numbers/22-36.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/numbers/16-29.htm">Death</a> <a href="/numbers/20-1.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/numbers/16-29.htm">Die</a> <a href="/numbers/20-12.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/numbers/24-23.htm">Except</a> <a href="/numbers/16-14.htm">Honey</a> <a href="/numbers/19-3.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/numbers/16-27.htm">Little</a> <a href="/numbers/16-14.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-6.htm">Needs</a> <a href="/numbers/17-6.htm">Prince</a> <a href="/numbers/24-16.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/numbers/21-25.htm">Small</a> <a href="/numbers/22-16.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-28.htm">Want</a> <a href="/numbers/20-1.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/16-1.htm">The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/16-23.htm">Moses separates the people from the rebels' tents</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/16-31.htm">The earth swallows up Korah, and a fire consumes others</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/16-36.htm">The censers are reserved to holy use</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/16-41.htm">14,700 are slain by a plague, for murmuring against Moses and Aaron</a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/16-46.htm">Aaron by incense stays the plague</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey</b><br>This phrase is spoken by Dathan and Abiram, who are part of the rebellion against Moses led by Korah. Ironically, they refer to Egypt as a "land flowing with milk and honey," a description typically reserved for Canaan, the Promised Land (<a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a>). This reflects a distorted memory of Egypt, where the Israelites were enslaved. It highlights the human tendency to romanticize the past when faced with present difficulties. The phrase also underscores the rebellion's lack of faith in God's promises, as they fail to see the true land of abundance that God has prepared for them.<p><b>to kill us in the wilderness?</b><br>This accusation against Moses and, by extension, God, reveals a deep mistrust and fear among the Israelites. The wilderness represents a place of testing and dependence on God (<a href="/deuteronomy/8-2.htm">Deuteronomy 8:2</a>). Historically, the wilderness journey was a consequence of the Israelites' disobedience and lack of faith (<a href="/numbers/14-29.htm">Numbers 14:29-35</a>). This complaint echoes earlier grumblings (<a href="/exodus/16-3.htm">Exodus 16:3</a>), showing a recurring pattern of doubt and rebellion. It also foreshadows the ultimate judgment on this generation, who would not enter the Promised Land due to their unbelief.<p><b>Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us?</b><br>This challenge to Moses' leadership questions his authority and God's choice of him as leader. Moses' leadership was divinely appointed (<a href="/exodus/3-10.htm">Exodus 3:10</a>), and his role as mediator between God and the people prefigures Christ's mediatorial role (<a href="/hebrews/3.htm">Hebrews 3:1-6</a>). The rebellion against Moses can be seen as a rebellion against God's order and plan. This phrase reflects a broader theme of human resistance to divinely established authority, which is addressed throughout Scripture (<a href="/romans/13.htm">Romans 13:1-2</a>). The challenge also highlights the Israelites' desire for autonomy and their struggle with submission to God's will.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/k/korah.htm">Korah</a></b><br>A Levite who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron, questioning their leadership and authority.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt and through the wilderness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/dathan_and_abiram.htm">Dathan and Abiram</a></b><br>Sons of Eliab, from the tribe of Reuben, who joined Korah in his rebellion against Moses.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The desert area where the Israelites wandered for 40 years after leaving Egypt, a place of testing and reliance on God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>Referred to sarcastically as a "land flowing with milk and honey" by the rebels, highlighting their distorted view of their past bondage.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/rebellion_against_god-ordained_authority.htm">Rebellion Against God-Ordained Authority</a></b><br>Korah, Dathan, and Abiram's challenge to Moses' leadership was ultimately a challenge to God's authority. Believers are called to respect and submit to God-ordained leadership unless it contradicts God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/distorted_perception_of_the_past.htm">Distorted Perception of the Past</a></b><br>The rebels' reference to Egypt as a "land flowing with milk and honey" shows how discontent can distort our memory of past hardships. We must guard against romanticizing past situations that were contrary to God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_envy_and_pride.htm">The Danger of Envy and Pride</a></b><br>Korah's rebellion was fueled by envy and pride, desiring the priesthood and authority that God had not given him. Believers should cultivate humility and contentment with God's plan for their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The rebellion led to severe consequences, including the earth swallowing the rebels. Disobedience to God and His appointed leaders can lead to spiritual and sometimes physical consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_god's_provision_and_timing.htm">Trusting God's Provision and Timing</a></b><br>The Israelites' journey through the wilderness was a test of faith in God's provision and timing. Believers today are called to trust God even when His plans and timing are not immediately clear.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_numbers_13_conflict_with_others.htm">Why do the accounts in Numbers 13 seem to conflict with other passages about the Promised Land's inhabitants and geography?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_a_nation_want_egypt_after_miracles.htm">In Numbers 14:2, how plausible is it that a whole nation would suddenly wish to return to Egypt after seeing so many miraculous events?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_'honey_from_the_rock'_a_literal_miracle.htm">In Psalm 81:16, does the claim of satisfying Israel with 'honey from the rock' suggest a literal miracle, and how do we address it scientifically?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_manna_stop_instantly_after_eating_produce.htm">Joshua 5:10-12: How plausible is it that the manna stopped immediately once the Israelites ate the produce of the land, with no transition period?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">A land that floweth with milk and honey.</span>--The description of the land of promise is here applied perversely and ironically to the land of Egypt.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Is it a small thing.</span> Rather, "is it too little," as in verse 9. <span class="cmt_word">A</span> <span class="cmt_word">land that floweth with milk and honey.</span> A description applying by right to the land of promise (<a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a>; <a href="/numbers/13-27.htm">Numbers 13:27</a>), which they in their studied insolence applied to Egypt. <span class="cmt_word">Except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us.</span> Literally, "that (<span class="hebrew">כִּי</span>) thou altogether lord it over us." The expression is strengthened in the original by the reduplication of the verb in the inf. abs., <span class="hebrew">גַּם־הִשְׂתְּרֶר</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/16-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Is it not enough</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמְעַ֗ט</span> <span class="translit">(ham·‘aṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4592.htm">Strong's 4592: </a> </span><span class="str2">A little, fewness, a few</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you have brought us up</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶֽעֱלִיתָ֙נוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(he·‘ĕ·lî·ṯā·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">out of a land</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאֶ֨רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">flowing</span><br /><span class="heb">זָבַ֤ת</span> <span class="translit">(zā·ḇaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2100.htm">Strong's 2100: </a> </span><span class="str2">To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with milk</span><br /><span class="heb">חָלָב֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·lāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2461.htm">Strong's 2461: </a> </span><span class="str2">Milk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and honey</span><br /><span class="heb">וּדְבַ֔שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḏə·ḇaš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1706.htm">Strong's 1706: </a> </span><span class="str2">Honey, syrup</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to kill</span><br /><span class="heb">לַהֲמִיתֵ֖נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(la·hă·mî·ṯê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To die, to kill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">us in the wilderness?</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(bam·miḏ·bār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture, a desert, speech</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Must you also</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּם־</span> <span class="translit">(gam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">appoint yourself as ruler</span><br /><span class="heb">תִשְׂתָּרֵ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiś·tā·rêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8323.htm">Strong's 8323: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or act as prince, rule</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over us?</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלֵ֖ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/16-13.htm">Numbers 16:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/16-13.htm">Numbers 16:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/16-13.htm">Numbers 16:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/16-13.htm">Numbers 16:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/16-13.htm">Numbers 16:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/16-13.htm">Numbers 16:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/16-13.htm">Numbers 16:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/16-13.htm">Numbers 16:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/16-13.htm">Numbers 16:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/16-13.htm">Numbers 16:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/16-13.htm">OT Law: Numbers 16:13 Is it a small thing that you (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/16-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 16:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 16:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/16-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 16:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 16:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>