Numbers 16:35

And then a fire from Yahweh came down from the sky and burned up the 250 men who were burning the incense!

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

In Context

34They screamed as they fell, and all the people who were standing nearby heard them scream. The people were terrified and cried out as they ran away, saying, “ We do not want the ground to swallow us also!”

36Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:2So suddenly a fire from Yahweh appeared and burned them up [DOU] in the presence of Yahweh.

Numbers 11:1One day the people complained to Yahweh about their troubles. When Yahweh heard what they were saying, he became angry. So he sent a fire which burned among the people at the edge of their camp.

Numbers 14:37were immediately struck with a plague/disease that Yahweh sent, and they died.

Numbers 16:17You and all the 250 men who are with you must each take a pan in which to burn incense, and put incense in it, to burn it to be an offering to Yahweh. Aaron will do the same thing.”

Psalms 106:18And God sent a fire down from heaven which burned up all the wicked people who ◄supported them/agreed with► them.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 16:24-35

23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. 26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram… Read the whole commentary →

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