Numbers 16:35 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 16:35

And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And fire came forth from Jehovah, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

KJV

And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is most probable that Korah himself was consumed with those 250 that presumed to offer incense; for the priesthood was the thing he aimed at, and therefore we have reason to think that he would not quit his post at the door of the tabernacle. But, behold, those are made sacrifices to the justice of God who flattered themselves with the hopes of being priests.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֵ֥שׁ	ve.'Esh	and fire	H784 →
יָצְאָ֖ה	ya.tze.'Ah	it came forth	H3318 →
מֵאֵ֣ת	me.'Et	from with	H854 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַתֹּ֗אכַל	va.To.khal	and it consumed	H398 →
אֵ֣ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
הַחֲמִשִּׁ֤ים	ha.cha.mi.Shim	the fifty	H2572 →
וּמָאתַ֙יִם֙	u.ma.Ta.yim	and two hundred	H3967 →
אִ֔ישׁ	'Ish	man	H376 →
מַקְרִיבֵ֖י	mak.ri.Vei	[who] were bringing near	H7126 →
הַקְּטֹֽרֶת׃ פ	ha.ke.To.ret	<of> the incense	H7004 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Leviticus 10:2
So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.
leads to
- Numbers 26:61
  but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.
- Leviticus 9:24
  Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell…
- Numbers 3:3–4
  These were Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.
Through
Numbers 26:10
And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.
leads to
- Numbers 16:38
  As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become…
- Numbers 16:31–35
  As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,
- 2 Peter 2:6
  if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
Through
Psalms 106:18
Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
leads to
- Numbers 16:35–40
  And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
- Hebrews 12:29
  “For our God is a consuming fire.”