Numbers 16:35
Fire came out from the LORD, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.
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In Context
34All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”
36The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Cross References
Leviticus 10:2Fire came out from before the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
Numbers 11:1The people were complaining in the ears of the LORD. When the LORD heard it, his anger burned; and the LORD’s fire burned among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
Numbers 14:37even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
Numbers 16:17Each man take his censer and put incense on it, and each man bring before the LORD his censer, two hundred fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each with his censer.”
Psalms 106:18A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.
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 →