Numbers 11:1

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Now the people became like those who complain and whine about their hardships, and the Lord heard it; and when the Lord heard it, His anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and devoured those in the outlying parts of the camp.

Cross References

Genesis 38:10

But what he did was displeasing in the sight of the Lord; therefore He killed him also [in judgment].

2 Samuel 11:27

And when the time of mourning was past, David sent word and had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done [with Bathsheba] was evil in the sight of the Lord.

2 Kings 1:12

Elijah answered them, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty [fighting men].” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

Job 1:16

While he was still speaking, another [messenger] also came and said, “The fire of God (lightning) has fallen from the heavens and has burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Psalm 106:18

And a fire broke out in their company; The flame consumed the wicked. [Num 16:35, 46]

Psalm 78:21

¶Therefore, when the Lord heard, He was full of wrath; A fire was kindled against Jacob, And His anger mounted up against Israel,

Psalm 78:63

The fire [of war] devoured His young men, And His [bereaved] virgins had no wedding songs.

Exodus 16:7

and in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord, for He hears your murmurings against the Lord. What are we, that you murmur and rebel against us?”

Exodus 16:9

Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of Israel, ‘Approach the Lord, because He has heard your murmurings.’ ”

Isaiah 10:17

And the Light of Israel will become a fire and His Holy One a flame, And it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and briars in a single day. [2 Kin 19:35-37; Is 31:8, 9; 37:36]

Isaiah 30:33

For Topheth [in Hinnom] has long been ready; Indeed, it has been prepared for the [Assyrian] king. He has made it deep and wide, A pit of fire with plenty of wood; The breath of the Lord, like a river of brimstone (blazing sulfur), kindles and fans it. [Jer 7:31, 32; Matt 5:22; 25:41]

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion are terrified; Trembling has seized the godless. [They cry] “Who among us can live with the consuming fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?”

Lamentations 3:39

¶Why should any living mortal, or any man, Complain [of punishment] in view of his sins?

Ezekiel 20:36

As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment and contend with you,” says the Lord God. [Num 11; Ps 106:15; 1 Cor 10:5-10]

Leviticus 10:2

And fire came out from the presence of the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

Nahum 1:5

The mountains quake before Him And the hills melt away; Indeed the earth is shaken by His presence— Yes, the world and all that dwell in it.

Habakkuk 3:5

Before Him goes the pestilence [of judgment as in Egypt], And [the burning] plague [of condemnation] follows at His feet [as in Sennacherib’s army]. [Ex 7:2-4; 2 Kin 19:32-35]

Numbers 10:33

So they set out from the mountain of the Lord (Sinai) three days’ journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went in front of them during the three days’ journey to seek out a resting place for them.

Numbers 11:18

Say to the people, ‘Consecrate (separate as holy) yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept [in self-pity] in the ears of the Lord, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat? For we were well-off in Egypt.” Therefore the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat.

Numbers 12:2

and they said, “Has the Lord really spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken also through us?” And the Lord heard it.

Numbers 14:2

All the Israelites murmured [in discontent] against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “Oh that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or that we had died in this wilderness!

Numbers 14:22

Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My [miraculous] signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice,

Numbers 14:27

“How long shall I put up with this evil congregation who murmur [in discontent] against Me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites, which they are making against Me.

Numbers 14:28

Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘just what you have spoken in My hearing I will most certainly do to you;

Numbers 16:11

Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the Lord; but as for Aaron, who is he that you murmur against him?”

Numbers 16:35

Fire also came forth from the Lord and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.

Numbers 17:5

It shall be that the rod of the man whom I choose will bud, and I will no longer hear the constant grumblings of the Israelites, who are grumbling against you.”

Numbers 21:5

So the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, nor is there any water, and we loathe this miserable food.”

1 Corinthians 10:10

And do not murmur [in unwarranted discontent], as some of them did—and were destroyed by the destroyer. [Num 16:41, 49]

Deuteronomy 25:18

how he met you along the road and attacked all the stragglers at your rear when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God. [Ex 17:14]

Deuteronomy 32:22

‘For a fire is kindled by My anger, And it burns to the depths of Sheol (the place of the dead, the nether world), It devours the earth with its yield, And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 9:22

“At Taberah also and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you provoked the Lord to wrath.

Hebrews 12:29

for our God is [indeed] a consuming fire. [Deut 4:24]

James 5:4

Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. [1 Sam 1:3]

Jude 1:16

These people are [habitual] murmurers, griping and complaining, following after their own desires [controlled by passion]; they speak arrogantly, [pretending admiration and] flattering people to gain an advantage.