12Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab. But they said, "We will not come!


In Context

9 Isn't it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the Lord 's tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them?

10 He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too.

11 It is against the Lord that you and all your followers have banded together. Who is Aaron that you should grumble against him?"

12 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab. But they said, "We will not come!

13 Isn't it enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the desert? And now you also want to lord it over us?

14 Moreover, you haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!"

Numbers 16:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:12And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:12Then Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab. But they answered: We will not come.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:12And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, We will not come up:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:12And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said, We will not come up!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:12And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: and they said, We will not come up:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:12And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: who said, We will not come up:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:12Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, |We won't come up:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:12And Moses sendeth to call for Dathan and for Abiram sons of Eliab, and they say, 'We do not come up;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:12And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up: