Números 16:41

41 Pero al día siguiente, toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel murmuró contra Moisés y Aarón, diciendo: Vosotros sois los que habéis sido la causa de la muerte del pueblo del SEÑOR.

Números 16:41 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 16:41

But on the morrow
The day following the dreadful catastrophe, the earth swallowing up Dathan and Abiram, and all that belonged to them, the burning of Korah and the two hundred fifty men of his company:

all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses,
and against Aaron;
not the princes and heads of the people only, but the whole body of them; though the above persons that murmured against them had but the day before been made such dreadful examples of divine vengeance. This is a most surprising instance of the corruption and depravity of human nature, of the blindness, hardness, and stupidity of the hearts of men, which nothing but the grace of God can remove; the images of the awful sights many of them had seen must be strong in their minds; the shrieks of the wretched creatures perishing must be as yet as it were in their ears; the smell of the fire was scarce out of their nostrils; and yet, notwithstanding this shocking scene of things, they fell into the same evil, and murmur against the men, whose authority, being called in question, had been confirmed by the above awful instances:

saying, ye have killed the people of the Lord;
so they called the rebels, and hereby justified them in all the wickedness they had been guilty of; and though their death was so manifestly by the immediate hand of God, yet they lay it to the charge of Moses and Aaron, because it was in vindication of them that it was done, and because they did not intercede by prayer for them; though it is certain they did all they could to reclaim them from their sin, and prevent their ruin; yet the people insist on it that they were the cause or occasion of their death, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan express it.

Números 16:41 In-Context

39 El sacerdote Eleazar tomó los incensarios de bronce que habían presentado los que fueron quemados, y a martillo los hicieron una cubierta para el altar,

40 como recordatorio para los hijos de Israel de que ningún laico, que no fuera descendiente de Aarón, debería acercarse a quemar incienso delante del SEÑOR, para que no le sucediera como a Coré y a su grupo, tal como el SEÑOR se lo había dicho por medio de Moisés.

41 Pero al día siguiente, toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel murmuró contra Moisés y Aarón, diciendo: Vosotros sois los que habéis sido la causa de la muerte del pueblo del SEÑOR.

42 Sucedió, sin embargo, que cuando la congregación se había juntado contra Moisés y Aarón, se volvieron hacia la tienda de reunión, y he aquí, la nube la cubría y la gloria del SEÑOR apareció.

43 Y Moisés y Aarón fueron al frente de la tienda de reunión,