27So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-34)We have here the determining of the controversy with Dathan and Abiram, who rebelled against Moses, as in the next paragraph the determining of the controversy with Korah and his company, who would be rivals with Aaron. It should seem that Dathan and Abiram had set up a spacious tabernacle in the midst of the tents of their families, where they kept court, met in council, and hung out their flag o…
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