A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.
Parallel translations
- KJV And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
- BSB Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
- NKJV A fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.
- NASB And a fire blazed up in their company; The flame consumed the wicked.
- NLT Fire fell upon their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.
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Quick answer
Fire broke out and consumed the wicked among the rebels. It matters because God's judgment fell fully on those who defied Him.
Overview
Fire from the LORD consumed the 250 men who offered illicit incense in Korah's rebellion (Numbers 16:35). This judgment underscored the holiness of God and His worship. The verse reinforces that approaching God on one's own terms invites His righteous wrath.
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Cross-references · 3
- Num 16:35–40Fire came out from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.
- Heb 12:29for our God is a consuming fire.
- Num 16:46Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, and put fire from off the altar in it, and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from Yahweh! The plague has begun.”
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