Numbers 16:13
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Is it a small matter to thee, that thou hast brought us out of a land that flowed with milk and honey, to kill us in the desert, except thou rule also like a lord over us?

a small

Numbers 16:9 Is it a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath spared you from all the people, and joined you to himself, that you should serve him in the service of the tabernacle, and should stand before the congregation of the people, and should minister to him?

out of a

Numbers 11:5 We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt free cost: the cucumbers come into our mind, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic.

Exodus 1:11,22 Therefore he set over them masters of the works, to afflict them with burdens: and they built for Pharao cities of tabernacles, Phithom, and Ramesses. . . .

Exodus 2:23 Now after a long time the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel groaning, cried out because of the works: and their cry went up unto God from the works.

to kill

Numbers 20:3,4 And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before the Lord. . . .

Exodus 16:3 And the children of Israel said to them: Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat over the fleshpots, and ate bread to the full: Why have you brought us into this desert, that you might destroy all the multitude with famine?

Exodus 17:3 So the people were thirsty there for want of water, and murmured against Moses, saying: Why didst thou make us go forth out of Egypt, to kill us and our children, and our beasts with thirst?

thou make

Exodus 2:14 But he answered: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us? wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian? Moses feared, and said: How is this come to be known?

Psalm 2:2,3 The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord, and against his Christ. . . .

Luke 19:14 But his citizens hated him and they sent an embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us.

Acts 7:25-27,35 And he thought that his brethren understood that God by his hand would save them. But they understood it not. . . .

Context
Korah's Rebellion
12Then Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab. But they answered: We will not come. 13Is it a small matter to thee, that thou hast brought us out of a land that flowed with milk and honey, to kill us in the desert, except thou rule also like a lord over us?14Thou hast brought us indeed into a land that floweth with rivers of milk and honey, and hast given us possessions of fields and vineyards; wilt thou also pull out our eyes? We will not come.…
Cross References
Exodus 16:3
And the children of Israel said to them: Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat over the fleshpots, and ate bread to the full: Why have you brought us into this desert, that you might destroy all the multitude with famine?

Numbers 11:4
For a mixt multitude of people, that came up with them, burned with desire, sitting and weeping, the children of Israel also being joined with them, and said: Who shall give us flesh to eat?

Numbers 14:2
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying:

Numbers 14:3
Would God that we had died in Egypt: and would God we may die in this vast wilderness, and that the Lord may not bring us into this land, lest we fall by the sword, and our wives and children be led away captives. Is it not better to return into Egypt?

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

Ezekiel 34:18
Was it not enough for you to feed upon good pastures? but you must also tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures: and when you drank the clearest water, you troubled the rest with your feet.

Lexicon
Is it not enough
הַמְעַ֗ט (ham·‘aṭ)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4592: A little, fewness, a few

that
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you have brought us up
הֶֽעֱלִיתָ֙נוּ֙ (he·‘ĕ·lî·ṯā·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

out of a land
מֵאֶ֨רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

flowing
זָבַ֤ת (zā·ḇaṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2100: To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow

with milk
חָלָב֙ (ḥā·lāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2461: Milk

and honey
וּדְבַ֔שׁ (ū·ḏə·ḇaš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1706: Honey, syrup

to kill
לַהֲמִיתֵ֖נוּ (la·hă·mî·ṯê·nū)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

us in the wilderness?
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר (bam·miḏ·bār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

Must you also
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

appoint yourself as ruler
תִשְׂתָּרֵ֥ר (ṯiś·tā·rêr)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8323: To be or act as prince, rule

over us?
עָלֵ֖ינוּ (‘ā·lê·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against


Additional Translations
Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us?Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except you make yourself altogether a prince over us?

is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us?

Is it a little thing that thou hast brought us up to a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, and that thou altogether rulest over us?

Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that thou must make thyself altogether a ruler over us?

is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us?

Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?

is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but you must also make yourself a prince over us?

is it little that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to put us to death in a wilderness that thou also certainly makest thyself prince over us?
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