Verse 3

And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: why then do you lift yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    De samlet seg mot Moses og Aron og sa til dem: "Dere tar dere for mye til rette, for hele menigheten er hellig, alle sammen, og Herren er midt iblant dem. Hvorfor hever dere dere over Herrens menighet?"

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    De samlet seg mot Moses og Aron og sa til dem: "Nå er det nok! Hele menigheten er hellig, alle sammen, og Herren er midt iblant dem. Hvorfor hever dere dere over Herrens menighet?"

  • Norsk King James

    De samlet seg mot Moses og Aron og sa: 'Dere tar på dere for mye. Hele menigheten er hellig, og Herren er blant dem. Hvorfor hever dere dere over Herrens menighet?'

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    De samlet seg mot Moses og Aron og sa til dem: "Dere tar dere for mye til rette! Hele menigheten er hellig, hver eneste en av dem, og Herren er blant dem. Hvorfor setter dere dere over Herrens menighet?"

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    De samlet seg mot Moses og Aron og sa til dem: 'Dere har tatt for mye på dere! Hele menigheten er hellig, alle er det, og Herren er blant dem. Hvorfor opphøyer dere dere over Herrens menighet?'

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    De samlet seg mot Moses og Aron og sa til dem: Dere tar for mye på dere, for hele folket er hellig, hver og en av dem, og Herren er blant dem. Hvorfor setter dere dere så høyt over Herrens menighet?

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Så samlet de seg mot Moses og Aaron og sa til dem: «Dere tar på dere altfor mye, når hele forsamlingen er hellig – hver eneste enkelt – og HERREN er midt iblandt dem. Hvorfor løfter dere dere da over HERRENs forsamling?»

  • En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

    De samlet seg mot Moses og Aron og sa til dem: Dere tar for mye på dere, for hele folket er hellig, hver og en av dem, og Herren er blant dem. Hvorfor setter dere dere så høyt over Herrens menighet?

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    De samlet seg mot Moses og Aron og sa til dem: "Det er nok! For hele menigheten, alle sammen, er hellige, og Herren er midt iblant dem. Hvorfor opphøyer dere dere over Herrens forsamling?"

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    They gathered against Moses and Aaron and said to them, "You have taken too much upon yourselves! The whole community is holy, each one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you set yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?"

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Numbers.16.3", "source": "וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ עַל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵהֶם֮ רַב־לָכֶם֒ כִּ֤י כָל־הָֽעֵדָה֙ כֻּלָּ֣ם קְדֹשִׁ֔ים וּבְתוֹכָ֖ם יְהוָ֑ה וּמַדּ֥וּעַ תִּֽתְנַשְּׂא֖וּ עַל־קְהַ֥ל יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "And *wayyiqqāhălû* against-*Mōšeh* and against-*ʾAhărōn* and *wayyōʾmərû* to-them, much-for-you, for all-the-*ʿēdâ* all-of-them *qədōšîm* and in-midst-of-them *YHWH*; and why *titnassəʾû* over-assembly-of *YHWH*", "grammar": { "*wayyiqqāhălû*": "waw-consecutive + Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they assembled/gathered themselves", "*Mōšeh*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Moses", "*ʾAhărōn*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Aaron", "*wayyōʾmərû*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they said", "*ʿēdâ*": "noun, feminine singular - congregation/assembly", "*qədōšîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - holy ones/sacred", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh", "*titnassəʾû*": "Hitpael imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you exalt yourselves/lift yourselves up" }, "variants": { "*wayyiqqāhălû ʿal*": "gathered against/assembled against", "*rab-lākem*": "too much for you/you take too much upon yourselves/enough for you", "*qədōšîm*": "holy/set apart/consecrated", "*titnassəʾû*": "exalt yourselves/lift yourselves up/set yourselves above" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    De samlet seg mot Moses og Aron og sa til dem: 'Nå er det nok! Hele menigheten er hellig, alle sammen. Herren er midt iblant dem. Hvorfor setter dere dere da over Herrens forsamling?'

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Og de samledes imod Mose og imod Aron, og de sagde til dem: I (gjøre for) meget af det; thi den ganske Menighed er alsammen hellig, og Herren er midt iblandt dem, og hvi ophøie I eder over Herrens Menighed?

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    De samlet seg mot Moses og Aron og sa til dem: Dere tar for mye på dere, hele menigheten er hellig, hver eneste en av dem, og Herren er blant dem. Hvorfor hever dere dere over Herrens menighet?

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    og de samlet seg mot Moses og Aron, og sa til dem: Dere tar for mye på dere, hele forsamlingen er hellig, hver eneste en, og Herren er blant dem. Hvorfor opphøyer dere dere da over Herrens menighet?

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    De samlet seg mot Moses og Aron og sa til dem: 'Det er nok! Hele menigheten er hellig, alle sammen, og Herren er i deres midte. Hvorfor hever dere dere over Herrens forsamling?'

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    De samlet seg mot Moses og Aron og sa til dem: Dere tar på dere for mye. Hele menigheten er hellig, alle sammen, og Herren er med dem. Hvorfor setter dere dere da over Herrens forsamling?

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    De samlet seg mot Moses og mot Aron, og sa til dem: Dere tar for mye på dere, siden hele folket er hellig, hver enkelt av dem, og Herren er blant dem; hvorfor setter dere dere da over Herrens folk?

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    and they gathered the selues together agenst Moses and Aaron and sayed vnto them: ye haue done ynough. For all the multitude are holy euery one of them and the Lorde is amonge them. Why therfore heue ye youre selues vpp aboue the congregacion of the Lorde.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And they gathered them selues agaynst Moses & Aaro & sayde vnto them: Ye make to moch adoo, for all the congregacion is holy euery one, and the LORDE is amonge them: Why lifte ye youre selues vp then aboue the congregacion of the LORDE?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Who gathered themselues together against Moses, and against Aaron, and sayde vnto them, Ye take too much vpon you, seeing all the Congregation is holie, euery one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherfore then lift ye your selues aboue the Congregation of the Lorde?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And they gathered them selues together agaynst Moyses and Aaron, and sayde vnto them: Ye take much vpon you, seyng all the multitude are holy euery one of them, and the Lorde is among them: Why lyft you your selues vp aboue the congregation of the Lord?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, [Ye take] too much upon you, seeing all the congregation [are] holy, every one of them, and the LORD [is] among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take too much on you, seeing all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them: why then lift yourselves up above the assembly of Yahweh?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and they are assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and say unto them, `Enough of you! for all the company -- all of them `are' holy, and in their midst `is' Jehovah; and wherefore do ye lift yourselves up above the assembly of Jehovah?'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and Jehovah is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of Jehovah?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, "You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them: why then lift yourselves up above the assembly of Yahweh?"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    And they assembled against Moses and Aaron, saying to them,“You take too much upon yourselves, seeing that the whole community is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the community of the LORD.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 106:16 : 16 They also envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
  • Exod 19:6 : 6 And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.
  • Num 14:14 : 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that you LORD are among this people, that you LORD are seen face to face, and that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them, by day in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
  • Num 16:7 : 7 And put fire in them, and put incense in them before the LORD tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD chooses, he shall be holy: you take too much upon you, sons of Levi.
  • Num 16:11 : 11 For this cause, both you and all your company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that you complain against him?
  • Num 35:34 : 34 Therefore do not defile the land which you shall inhabit, where I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
  • Ezra 9:2 : 2 For they have taken some of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has mingled with the peoples of those lands. Indeed, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.
  • Ps 68:17 : 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
  • Exod 29:45-46 : 45 I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God. 46 And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.
  • Num 12:1-2 : 1 And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married, for he had married an Ethiopian woman. 2 And they said, Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken also through us? And the LORD heard it.
  • Num 14:1-4 : 1 And all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried; and the people wept that night. 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why has the LORD brought us to this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be prey? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt? 4 And they said to one another, Let us choose a captain, and let us return to Egypt.
  • Isa 1:11-16 : 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? says the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals; and I delight not in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of goats. 12 When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? 13 Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a trouble to me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: indeed, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;
  • Jer 7:3-9 : 3 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will allow you to dwell in this place. 4 Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. 5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds; if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor; 6 If you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your harm; 7 Then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever. 8 Behold, you trust in deceptive words that cannot profit. 9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know; 10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? 11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the LORD. 12 But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
  • Matt 3:9-9 : 9 And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. 10 And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
  • Acts 7:39 : 39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but rejected him, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,
  • Acts 7:51 : 51 You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
  • Rom 2:28-29 : 28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.