Numbers 16:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

² 250 prominent Israelite men who were leaders of the community and representatives in the assembly, and they rebelled against Moses.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the Israelites, 250 princes or leaders of the congregation called to the assembly, men well known and of distinction.

American Standard Version (1901)

² and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown;

Common English Bible

² rose up against Moses, along with two hundred fifty Israelite men, leaders of the community, chosen by the assembly, men of reputation.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² rose up against Moses, with two hundred fifty others of the sons of Israel, leading men of the assembly, and who, at the time of a council, would be called by name.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Rose up against Moses: and with them two hundred and fifty others of the children of Israel, leading men of the synagogue, and who in the time of assembly were called by name.

Numbers 16:2 Cross References

Genesis 6:4

The Nephilim  were on the earth both in those days and afterwards, when the sons of God came to the daughters of mankind, who bore children to them. They were the powerful men of old, the famous men.

1 Chronicles 12:30

From the Ephraimites: 20,800 valiant warriors who were famous men in their ancestral families.

1 Chronicles 5:24

These were the heads of their ancestral families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were valiant warriors, famous men, and heads of their ancestral houses.

Ezekiel 16:14

Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through my splendour,  which I had bestowed on you. This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Ezekiel 23:10

They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. Since they executed judgement against her, she became notorious among women.

Numbers 1:16

These are the men called from the community; they are leaders of their ancestral tribes,  the heads of Israel’s clans.’

Numbers 12:1

Miriam  and Aaron criticised Moses because of the Cushite woman he married (for he had married a Cushite woman).

Numbers 16:35

Fire also came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were presenting the incense.

Numbers 26:9

The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. (It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the community, who fought against Moses and Aaron; they and Korah’s followers fought against the Lord.

Numbers 27:3

‘Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among Korah’s followers, who gathered together against the Lord.  Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons.