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Numbers 16:42 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" When the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they looked toward the Tent of Meeting. Behold, the cloud covered it, and the LORD’s glory appeared. "

Numbers 16:42

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40 to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger who isn’t of the offspring of Aaron, would come near to burn incense before the LORD, that he not be as Korah and as his company; as the LORD spoke to him by Moses.

41 But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”

42 When the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they looked toward the Tent of Meeting. Behold, the cloud covered it, and the LORD’s glory appeared.

43 Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting.

44 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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Numbers 20:6

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"Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces. The LORD’s glory appeared to them."

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"Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting, and came out, and blessed the people; and the LORD’s glory appeared to all the people."

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Exodus 16:10

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"As Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the LORD’s glory appeared in the cloud."

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Leviticus 9:5

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"They brought what Moses commanded before the Tent of Meeting. All the congregation came near and stood before the LORD."

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Exodus 40:34

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"Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the LORD’s glory filled the tabernacle."

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Numbers 14:10

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"But all the congregation threatened to stone them with stones. The LORD’s glory appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the children of Israel."

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Numbers 16:1

"Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took some men."

Numbers 16:2

"They rose up before Moses, with some of the children of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown."

Numbers 16:3

"They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and the LORD is among them! Why do you lift yourselves up above the LORD’s assembly?”"

Numbers 16:4

"When Moses heard it, he fell on his face."

Numbers 16:5

"He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, the LORD will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him."

Numbers 16:6

"Do this: have Korah and all his company take censers,"

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