Passage Research
Numbers 16 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Numbers 16, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 11
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Numbers 16 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֵדָה | ʻêdâh | H5712 | 14 | assemblage, concourse |
| קֹרַח | Qôrach | H7141 | 9 | Korach |
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 12 | Mosheh |
| דָּתָן | Dâthân | H1885 | 6 | Dathan |
| אֲבִירָם | ʼĂbîyrâm | H48 | 6 | Abiram |
| מַחְתָּה | machtâh | H4289 | 6 | pan |
| קָרַב | qârab | H7126 | 6 | approach, bring near |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 16, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The seventy elders of Israel attend Moses. It is our duty to do what we can to countenance and support lawful authority when it is opposed. And those who would not perish with sinners, must come out from among them, and be separate. It was in answer to the prayer of Moses, that God stirred up the hearts of the congregation to remove for their own safety. Grace to separate from evil-doers is one of the things that accompany salvation. God, in justice, left the rebels to the obstinacy and hardness of their own hearts. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Numbers 16:23–34 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt — Num 16:13
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