12And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
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Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; …
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-22)Here is, I. The insolence of Dathan and Abiram, and their treasonable remonstrance. Moses had heard what Korah had to say, and had answered it; now he summons Dathan and Abiram to bring in their complaints (Num. 16:12); but they would not obey his summons, either because they could not for shame say that to his face which they were resolved to say, and then it is an instance of some remains of mod…
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