Bible Strands
Numbers 16:41
The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The day after the earth consumed Korah’s rebels, the entire congregation of Israel confronts Moses and Aaron, accusing them of murdering the LORD’s people.
The words — וַיִּלֹּנוּ (va.yi.llo.nu) means "and they grumbled," and כָּל־עֲדַת (kol-'a.dat) translates as "all the congregation."
The thread — The text records this exact pattern of collective complaint in Numbers 14:2 during the wilderness generation’s earlier rebellion, and it directly follows the insurrection detailed in Numbers 16:1.
Why it lands — The passage forces the reader to confront how the people misattribute divine judgment to human leadership, requiring a clear-eyed assessment of rebellion against God’s appointed order.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.
Cross-references
- Numbers 16:1 Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted
- Numbers 14:2 All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!
- Psalms 106:23 So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
- Psalms 106:25 They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 16:7 And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
- 1 Kings 18:17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
- Psalms 106:13 Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
- Isaiah 26:11 O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
- Jeremiah 37:13 But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
- Amos 7:10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,