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Murmuring and Plague

Numbers 16:49

In 11 translations

BSB
But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who had died on account of Korah.
KJV
Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
WEB
Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, in addition to those who died about the matter of Korah.
ASV
Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.
LSV
and those who die by the plague are fourteen thousand and seven hundred, apart from those who die for the matter of Korah;
YLT
and those who die by the plague are fourteen thousand and seven hundred, apart from those who die for the matter of Korah;
DBY
Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides them that had died because of the matter of Korah.
DRC
And the number of them that were slain was fourteen thousand and seven hundred men, besides them that had perished in the sedition of Core.
GNV
So they died of this plague fourtene thousande and seuen hundreth, beside them that dyed in the conspiracie of Korah.
JPS17:14
Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.
LXXE17:14
And they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those that died on account of Core.

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Original-language editions

WLC17:14
וַיִּהְי֗וּ הַמֵּתִים֙ בַּמַּגֵּפָ֔ה אַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר אֶ֖לֶף וּשְׁבַ֣ע מֵא֑וֹת מִלְּבַ֥ד הַמֵּתִ֖ים עַל־דְּבַר־קֹֽרַח׃KJV:Num.16.49
LXX-Br17:14
Καὶ ἐγένοντο οἱ τεθνηκότες ἐν τῇ θραύσει τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα χιλιάδες καὶ ἑπτακόσιοι, χωρὶς τῶν τεθνηκότων ἕνεκεν Κορέ.

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  • Numbers 25:9but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.
  • Numbers 16:32–35and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions. They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from…
  • Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
  • 1 Chronicles 21:14So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.
  • Hebrews 2:1–3We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment, how…
  • Hebrews 10:28–29Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood…

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