Numbers 16:21
'Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
In Context
20And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:
Cross References
Genesis 19:13for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.'
Exodus 32:10Now therefore let Me alone, that My wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of thee a great nation.'
Numbers 14:12I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.'
Numbers 16:45(17-10) 'Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.' And they fell upon their faces.
Psalms 73:19How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.
Jeremiah 5:16Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 16:13-23
12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up: 13 Is 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? 14 Moreover 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. 15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto… Read the whole commentary →