Numbers 16:24 - Exposition

Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. The word "tabernacle" ( mishcan ) is the same word which is so translated in Numbers 16:9 , but not the same which is used in Numbers 16:18 , Numbers 16:19 ; it properly signifies "dwelling-place." It is certainly the natural conclusion, from the use of this expression here and in Numbers 16:27 , that this mishcan was something different from the "tents" ( אָהָלֵי ) mentioned in Numbers 16:26 , Numbers 16:27 , and was some habitation common to the three rebels (see below on Numbers 16:31 ). The Septuagint, in order to avoid the difficulty, omits the names of Dathan and Abiram, and has only ἀπὸ τῆς συναγωγῆς κορέ .