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Korah’s Rebellion

Numbers 16:12

In 11 translations

BSB
Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!
KJV
¶ And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
WEB
Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, “We won’t come up!
ASV
And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, We will not come up:
LSV
And Moses sends to call for Dathan and for Abiram, sons of Eliab, and they say, “We do not come up!
YLT
And Moses sendeth to call for Dathan and for Abiram sons of Eliab, and they say, 'We do not come up;
DBY
And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said, We will not come up!
DRC
Then Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab. But they answered: We will not come.
GNV
And Moses sent to call Dathan, and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab: who answered, We will not come vp.
JPS
And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said: 'We will not come up;
LXXE
And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiron sons of Eliab; and they said, We will not go up.Gr. do not.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח מֹשֶׁ֔ה לִקְרֹ֛א לְדָתָ֥ן וְלַאֲבִירָ֖ם בְּנֵ֣י אֱלִיאָ֑ב וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ לֹ֥א נַעֲלֶֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀπέστειλε Μωυσῆς καλέσαι Δαθὰν καὶ Ἀβειρὼν υἱοὺς Ἑλιάβ· καὶ εἶπαν, οὐκ ἀναβαίνομεν.

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  • Proverbs 29:9If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
  • 1 Peter 2:13–14Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority, or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
  • Isaiah 3:5The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
  • Jude 1:8Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.

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