“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!”
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“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!”
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Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
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'Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.'
Cross-references (14)
Passages linked to Numbers 16:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 32:10 Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation.”
- Numbers 16:45 “Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces.
- Exodus 33:5 Yahweh had said to Moses, “Tell the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go up among you for one moment, I would consume you. Therefore now take off your jewelry from you, that I may know what to do to you.’ ”
- Psalms 73:19 How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
- Revelation 18:4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,
- Genesis 19:15-22 When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city.” But he lingered; and the men grabbed his hand, his wife’s hand, and his two daughters’ hands, Yahweh being merciful to him; and they took him out, and set him outside of the city. It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, “Escape for your life! Don’t look behind you, and don’t stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed!” Lot said to them, “Oh, not so, my lord. See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can’t escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die. See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn’t it a little one?), and my soul will live.” He said to him, “Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken. Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- Numbers 14:12 I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”
- Numbers 14:15 Now if you killed this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
- Isaiah 37:36 Then Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
- Jeremiah 5:16 Their quiver is an open tomb. They are all mighty men.
- Acts 2:40 With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”
- 2 Corinthians 6:17 Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
- Ephesians 5:6-7 Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience. Therefore don’t be partakers with them.
- Hebrews 12:28-29 Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 16:21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that…
Num 16:21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
Ver. 21. Separate yourselves.] Good men are taken away from the evil to come. When God pulls away the pillars, what will become of the building? Lot was no sooner taken out of Sodom, but Sodom was taken out of the world.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To wit, Korah and his two hundred and fifty…
To wit, Korah and his two hundred and fifty men, and the people whom he gathered against Moses and Aaron, Num 16:19.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Separate yourselves, from among this congregation,.... Not only from…
Separate yourselves, from among this congregation,.... Not only from Korah's company, but from the congregation of the children of Israel, whom Korah had got together, besides the two hundred fifty men that were at first with him; who by their words and behaviour, and particularly by their association and standing along with him, showed them to be on his side, which greatly provoked the Lord:
that I may consume them in a moment; by fire from him, as the two hundred fifty men were afterwards consumed, Num 16:35.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 21. Separate yourselves — This command to withdraw themselves…
21. Separate yourselves — This command to withdraw themselves from the congregation was not obeyed, but through intercession the command was tacitly countermanded.
Consume them — By assembling at the instigation of Korah this whole congregation had avowed their adherence to the rebels.
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In a moment — Here is an outflashing of justice untempered by mercy.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (21) Separate yourselves from among this congregation . .…
(21) Separate yourselves from among this congregation . . . —By their obedience to the summons of Korah the congregation generally, or at Yeast a large portion of it, had made themselves partakers in his sin, and had become obnoxious to the Divine wrath.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain That I may consume them in a moment. Literally,…
That I may consume them in a moment. Literally, "and I will consume them." The same thing must be said of this as of Num_14:11, Num_14:12.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 16:21-26 The Lord threatened to destroy the entire community…
16:21-26 The Lord threatened to destroy the entire community because of its pervasive sin (cp. Gen 18:16-33). Moses and Aaron interceded to narrow the Lord’s judgment down to those who were guilty of this particular rebellion.
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