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Numbers 16:15

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And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
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  1. Genesis 4:4–5Rank 1 from verse 15
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    4And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

    5But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

  2. 2 Corinthians 7:2Rank 2 from verse 15
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    2Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

  3. 1 Corinthians 9:15Rank 3 from verse 15
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    15But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

  4. 1 Samuel 12:3–4Rank 4 from verse 15
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    3Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

    4And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.

  5. 1 Thessalonians 2:10Rank 5 from verse 15
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    10Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

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Numbers 16:15

COMBINED MEANING

very

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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

respect

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Sense 1: Regard or consideration. Sense 2: Relation or reference. Sense 3: Honour. Sense 4: Partial favour. Sense 5: To show regard or honour to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

offering

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Sense 1: A gift, contribution, sacrifice, or other thing presented to God or another. Sense 2: The act of presenting, bringing, or giving something; also the present-participial form of offer.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

taken

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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hurt

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Sense 1: Harm, injury, damage, or loss. Sense 2: To harm, damage, or injure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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16:12¶ And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:

16:13Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up 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?

16:14Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

16:15And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

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16:16And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:

16:17And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.

16:18And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.

16:19And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation.

16:20And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

16:21Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.

16:22And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

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