These were the groups of the gatekeepers. Those gatekeepers were from the families of Korah and Merari.
Numbers 16:11 - Easy To Read Version You and your followers have joined together and turned against the Lord! Did Aaron do anything wrong? No! So why are you complaining against Aaron?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the Lord. And Aaron, what is he that you murmur against him? American Standard Version (1901) Therefore thou and all thy company are gathered together against Jehovah: and Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him? Common English Bible Thus you and your entire community have assembled against the LORD. But Aaron, what is he that you complain about him?” Catholic Public Domain Version and so that your entire group would stand against the Lord? For what is Aaron that you should murmur against him?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And that all thy company should stand against the Lord? For what is Aaron that you murmur against him? |
These were the groups of the gatekeepers. Those gatekeepers were from the families of Korah and Merari.
The people became jealous of Moses.\par They became jealous of Aaron,\par the Lord’s holy priest.\par
So the people turned against Moses and started arguing with him. The people said, “Give us water to drink.”
The people started complaining about their troubles. The Lord heard their complaints. The Lord heard these things and became angry. Fire from the Lord burned among the people. The fire burned some of the areas at the edge of the camp.
Then Moses called Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab. But the two men said, “We will not come!
They came as a group to speak against Moses and Aaron. These men said to Moses and Aaron, “You have gone too far—you are wrong! All the people of Israel are holy—the Lord still lives among them! You are making yourself more important than the rest of the Lord’s people.”
“When a person listens to you, that person is really listening to me. But when a person refuses to accept you, that person is really refusing to accept me. And when a person refuses to accept me, he is refusing to accept the One (God) that sent me.”
I tell you the truth. The person that accepts anyone I send also accepts me. And the person that accepts me also accepts the One who sent me.”
Before you sold the field, it belonged to you. And even after you sold it, you could have used the money any way you wanted. Why did you think of doing this bad thing? You lied to God, not to us men!”
So the person that is against the government is really against something God has commanded. People that are against the government cause themselves to be punished.
And don’t complain like some of those people did. Those people were killed by the angel that destroys.
Is Apollos important? No! Is Paul important? No! We are only servants of God who helped you believe. Each one of us did the work God gave us to do.
The Lord told Samuel, “Do what the people tell you. They have not rejected you. They have rejected me! They don’t want me to be their king!