Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
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Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
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And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron,....…
And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron,.... Out of the cloud:
saying; as follows.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, Separate…
the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, Separate yourselves from among this congregation--Curiosity to witness the exciting spectacle attracted a vast concourse of the people, and it would seem that the popular mind had been incited to evil by the clamors of the mutineers against Moses and Aaron. There was something in their behavior very offensive to God; for after His glory had appeared--as at the installation of Aaron (Lev 9:23), so now for his confirmation in the sacred office--He bade Moses and Aaron withdraw from the assembly "that He might consume them in a moment."
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 20–24. Jehovah threatens to destroy the whole congregation; but…
20–24. Jehovah threatens to destroy the whole congregation; but at Moses’ intercession He relents, and commands them to depart from the Tabernacle, leaving Korah and his company to be destroyed.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 that I may consume them
that I may consume them
Destroying them is spoken of as if God were to eat them. AT: "that I may destroy them" or "and I will destroy them" (See: Metaphor)
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lay facedown
This shows that Moses and Aaron were humbling themselves before God. (See: Symbolic Action)
the God of the spirits of all humanity
Here "spirits" represents the ability to live. AT: "the God who gives life to all humanity" (See: Metonymy)
if one man sins, must you be angry with all the community?
Moses and Aaron use this question to plead with God for the people. It can be translated as a statement. AT: "please do not be angry with all the community because one man sins" (See: Rhetorical Question)
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consume
God
spirit
sin
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