Numbers 16:49

49 Now those who died in the plague were 14,700, ¹besides those who died in the affair of Korah.

Numbers 16:49 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 16:49

Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and
seven hundred
14,700. Thus what they were threatened with, that their carcasses should fall in the wilderness, ( 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, ( Numbers 16:32 ) ; how many they were is not certain, but they were but few in comparison of these.

Numbers 16:49 In-Context

47 So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had already begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people.

48 And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.

49 Now those who died in the plague were 14,700, besides those who died in the affair of Korah.

50 And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped.

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 27:3