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- Chapter 16
- Verse 9
Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
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Gill's Exposition
Seemeth it but a small thing unto you,.... It should not; for it was a great thing which the Lord had done for them, and with which they should have been satisfied, and for it thankful:
that the God…
Barnes' Notes
“Seemeth” is not in the original. Render it as: Is it too little for you, i. e. “is it less than your dignity demands?”
Here is, I. An account of the rebels, who and what they were, not, as formerly, the mixed multitude and the dregs of the people, who are therefore never named, but men of distinction and quality, that…
Cambridge Bible
seemeth it but a small thing unto you is it too small a thing for you. Korah's company already possessed the great privilege of being separated from the other tribes for divine service; and with that…
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