Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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(17-9) And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Get you up from among this congregation,.... That is,…
Get you up from among this congregation,.... That is, withdraw from them, and be separate, that they might not be involved in the same destruction with them, as well as that they might have no concern for them, or plead with the Lord in prayer on their account, but let him alone to destroy them, as follows:
that I may consume them in a moment; as he was able to do, and had proposed to do it before, but they entreated him that he would not, Num 16:21; as they again do:
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and they fell upon their faces; in prayer, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem; and so Aben Ezra observes, it was to pray to deprecate the wrath of God, and to implore his pardoning mercy for this sinful people; which shows what an excellent temper and disposition these men were of, to pray for them that had so despitefully used them as to charge them with murder, and were about to commit it on them; see Mat 5:44.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 so that I may consume them
so that I may consume them
God speaks of destroying them as if he would eat them. AT: "so that I may destroy them" or "and I will destroy them" (See: Metaphor)
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lay down with their faces to the ground
This indicates that Moses and Aaron are humbling themselves before God. (See: Symbolic Action)
anger is coming from Yahweh
Anger coming from God represents God showing his anger. AT: "Yahweh is showing us his anger" or "Yahweh is very angry and is acting according to his anger" (See: Metonymy)
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Yahweh
Moses
consume
Aaron
fire
altar
incense
atonement
anger
plague
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