and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? Do you seek the priesthood also?
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and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? Do you seek the priesthood also?
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And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
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and that He hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee? and will ye seek the priesthood also?
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Passages linked to Numbers 16:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 3:10 You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood, but the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
- Numbers 18:7 You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
- Proverbs 13:10 Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice.
- Matthew 20:21-22 He said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.” But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to him, “We are able.”
- Luke 22:24 A dispute also arose among them, which of them was considered to be greatest.
- Romans 12:10 In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;
- Philippians 2:3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
- 3 John 1:9 I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain To serve in the Congregation, as in the verse…
To serve in the Congregation, as in the verse before.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 16:10 And he hath brought thee near [to…
Num 16:10 And he hath brought thee near [to him], and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
Ver. 10. And seek ye the priesthood also.] Ambition is restless and unsatisfiable; for, like the crocodile, it grows as long as it lives.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain There being at this time but very few priests,…
There being at this time but very few priests, and the profits and privileges belonging to them being many and great, they thought it but fit and reasonable that they, or some of the chief of them, should be admitted to share in their work and advantages.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he hath brought thee near to him,.... To…
And he hath brought thee near to him,.... To be in his courts, to watch in his house, and wait on his priests, for which an ample provision was made by tithes. Korah is there personally addressed:
and all thy brethren, the sons of Levi, with thee; the whole tribe of them, excepting Aaron and his family, who were advanced to be priests:
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and seek ye the priesthood also? the high priesthood, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; this opens the true cause of their discontent and rebellion; they could not be satisfied with being the ministers of the priests, but wanted to be priests themselves, and Korah perhaps to be high priest.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10. Seek ye the priesthood also — The sacred…
10. Seek ye the priesthood also — The sacred office will always be attractive to wicked men, not because they wish to draw nigh to God, but because they desire power over their fellow men. Protestantism, having no priest but Jesus Christ, is well guarded against this evil, especially where it is free from prelatical assumption.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) And seek ye the priesthood also?—The Targums of…
(10) And seek ye the priesthood also?—The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan understand the reference to be to the high priesthood. As the other Levites who belonged to Korah’s company sought the priesthood, so Korah may have aimed at the high priesthood.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain Seek ye the priesthood also
Seek ye the priesthood also
The "gainsaying of Korah" was intrusion into the priest’s office ("no man taketh this honour unto himself,") Heb 5:4. It was an attempt to create a priestly order without the divine authority Heb 5:10. The modern analogue is Nicolaitanism Rev 2:6; Rev 2:15 the division of an equal brotherhood Mat 23:8 into "clergy" and "laity"; a vastly different thing from the due recognition of ministry-gifts; 1Co 12:4-31; Eph 4:8; Eph 4:11; Eph 4:12 or of elders and deacons; 1Ti 3:1-13; Tit 1:5-9.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 16:10 The special ministry of the Levites is described…
16:10 The special ministry of the Levites is described in chs 3–4. The priesthood was the province of Aaron’s descendants (3:1-4). The rebels’ complaint was not with Moses or Aaron, but with the Lord.
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