King James Version
Numbers 16:11 in the King James Version says “For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur ...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?”
Numbers 16:11 · KJV
Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“For which cause”
H3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“both thou and all thy company”
H5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
“are gathered together”
H3259to fix upon (by agreement or appointment); by implication, to meet (at a stated time), to summon (to trial), to direct (in a certain quarter or positi
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“against the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“that ye murmur”
H3885to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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