Numbers 16:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ and tomorrow put fire in them, and lay incense on them before the Lord, and the man whom the Lord chooses shall be the holy one. You Levites have gone too far!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ and put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And put fire in them and put incense upon them before the Lord tomorrow; and the man whom the Lord chooses shall be holy. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ and put fire in them, and put incense upon them before Jehovah to-morrow: and it shall be that the man whom Jehovah doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

Common English Bible

⁷ Tomorrow put fire in them and place incense on them in the LORD’s presence. The man whom the LORD chooses, that one is holy. You Levites have gone too far!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ and drawing fire into it tomorrow, place incense upon it before the Lord. And whomever he will choose, the same shall be holy. You sons of Levi have been raised up greatly."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And putting fire in them to-morrow, put incense upon it before the Lord. And whomsoever he shall choose, the same shall be holy. You take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

Numbers 16:7 Cross References

Psalm 106:16

They were jealous of Moses in the camp and of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

Numbers 16:3

They assembled against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! All the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. So why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”

Numbers 16:5

Then he spoke to Korah and all his congregation, saying, “In the morning the Lord will make known who is his and who is holy and who will be allowed to approach him; the one whom he will choose he will allow to approach him.

Numbers 16:6

Do this: take censers, Korah and all your congregation,

Numbers 16:8

Then Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you Levites!

Ephesians 1:4

just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.