Numbers 16:11
Context16:11 Therefore you and all your company have assembled together against the Lord! And Aaron – what is he that you murmur against him?” 1
Numbers 16:19
Context16:19 When 2 Korah assembled the whole community against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting, then the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole community.
Numbers 16:42
Context16:42 When the community assembled 3 against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting – and 4 the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
1 sn The question indicates that they had been murmuring against Aaron, that is, expressing disloyalty and challenging his leadership. But it is actually against the
2 tn This clause is clearly foundational for the clause that follows, the appearance of the
3 tn The temporal clause is constructed with the temporal indicator (“and it was”) followed by the Niphal infinitive construct and preposition.
4 tn The verse uses וְהִנֵּה (vÿhinneh, “and behold”). This is the deictic particle – it is used to point things out, suddenly calling attention to them, as if the reader were there. The people turned to look toward the tent – and there is the cloud!