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Numbers 16:49

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 16:49 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.
Numbers 16:49 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 16

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
46And Moses said unto Aaron, Take they censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah; the plague is begun.
47And Aaron took as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
48And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
49Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.
50And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting: and the plague was stayed.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, etc.] 14,700. Thus what they were threatened with, that their carcasses should fall in the wilderness, (<041429>Numbers 14:29), was more and more fulfilled: beside them that died about the matter of Korah; these are not taken into the number here, even the two hundred fifty men of Korah’s company, and the families of Dathan and Abiram, (<041632>Numbers 16:32); how many they were is not certain, but they were but few in comparison of these.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“fourteen thousand: Num 16:32-35, Num 25:9; Ch1 21:14; Heb 2:1-3, Heb 10:28, Heb 10:29, Heb 12:25 Numbers 16:50”
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