Numbers 16:41

“But on the next day all the community of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of YHWH.””
Numbers 16:41 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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But on the next dayמִמָּחֳרָתallכָּלthe communityעֲדַתof the sonsבְּנֵיof IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלgrumbledוַיִּלֹּנוּagainstעַלMosesמֹשֶׁהandוְagainstעַלAaron,אַהֲרֹןsaying,לֵאמֹר“Youאַתֶּםhave killedהֲמִתֶּםthe peopleאֶת עַםof YHWH.”יְהוָה

Explicit type · 1 Corinthians 10:10

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Paul gives as an example the grumblings of the wilderness. “The destroyer” is not named in Numbers 16:41-49, where the people die by a plague.

The biblical author himself makes the connection, in these words:

ταῦτα δὲ τυπικῶς συνέβαινεν ἐκείνοις “these things happened to them as examples” (1 Corinthians 10:11)

יִּלֹּנוּyilonuH3885γογγύζετεgongyzeteG1111“grumble; spend the night”

Numbers 16:41, word by word

But on the next dayמָּחֳרָתmachorat

next day

The next day, tomorrow.

Where else “machorat” appears

the communityעֲדַתadat

community

Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.

Where else “adat” appears

of the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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grumbledיִּלֹּנוּyilonu

grumble

To complain in a low voice against someone, in discontent.

Where else “yilonu” appears

Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon

Aaron

Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.

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sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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have killedהֲמִתֶּםhamitem

kill

To kill someone.

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the peopleעַםam

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

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of YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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The context

40a memorial for the sons of Israel, so that no stranger, who is not of the offspring of Aaron, should come near to burn incense before YHWH, and not become like Korah and like his community, as YHWH said to him through Moses.

41 · This verse (above)

42And it happened, when the community had assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they turned toward the tent of meeting, and look, the cloud covered it, and the glory of YHWH appeared.

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