Bible Strands
Numbers 16:25
So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses rises and walks toward Dathan and Abiram, with the elders of Israel following, immediately after commanding the congregation to separate from their tents.
The words — וַ/יָּ֣קָם (va/i.Ya.kom) translates literally as "and he arose," denoting the physical action that initiates the confrontation.
The thread — The elders' presence alongside Moses mirrors their earlier commissioning in Numbers 11:16 and their later return to the camp in Numbers 11:30.
Why it lands — The verse records a factual movement that precedes direct accountability, requiring the reader to track the deliberate progression from warning to execution.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
Cross-references
- Numbers 11:16 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.
- Numbers 11:25 Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
- Numbers 11:30 Then Moses returned to the camp, along with the elders of Israel.