Numbers 16:2 - Revised Standard Version CI

² took men; and they rose up before Moses, with a number of the people of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men;

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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 in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.

1 Chronicles 12:30

Of the Ephraimites twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.

1 Chronicles 5:24

These were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azri-el, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdi-el, mighty warriors, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.

Ezekiel 16:14

And your renown went forth among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through the splendor which I had bestowed upon you, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 23:10

These uncovered her nakedness; they seized her sons and her daughters; and her they slew with the sword; and she became a byword among women, when judgment had been executed upon her.

Numbers 1:16

These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.

Numbers 12:1

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman;

Numbers 16:35

And fire came forth from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men offering the incense.

Numbers 26:9

The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, chosen from the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord,

Numbers 27:3

“Our father died in the wilderness; he was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah, but died for his own sin; and he had no sons.