Numbers 16:21
Separate yourselves out of the midst of this assembly,—that I may consume them in a moment.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
In Context
20Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:
Cross References
Genesis 19:13For we are about to destroy this place,—for, great, is the outcry of them unto the face of Yahweh, so that Yahweh hath sent us to destroy it.
Exodus 32:10Now, therefore, let me alone, that mine anger may kindle upon them and that I may consume them, and may make of thee a great nation.
Numbers 14:12Let me smite them with pestilence, and disinherit them,—And make thee into a nation greater and more mighty than they!
Numbers 16:45Lift yourselves up out of the midst of this assembly, that I may consume them, as in a moment,—And they fell upon their faces.
Psalms 73:19How have they become desolate, as in a moment! They have ceased—come to an end, by reason of calamities.
Jeremiah 5:16Its quiver, is like an open sepulchre,—They all, are heroes:
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 →