Numbers 16:35

God's Word

Fire came from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were offering incense.

Cross References

Psalm 106:18

A fire broke out among their followers. Flames burned up wicked people.

Psalm 50:3

Our God will come and will not remain silent. A devouring fire is in front of him and a raging storm around him.

Ezekiel 8:11

In front of these drawings stood 70 of Israel’s leaders. Jaazaniah, son of Shaphan, was standing with the leaders. Each of them was holding an incense burner in his hand, and a cloud of incense went up.

Leviticus 10:2

A fire flashed from the Lord and burned them, and they died in the presence of the Lord.

Numbers 14:37

They died because they had returned and made the whole community complain about Moses by spreading lies about the land.

Numbers 16:17

Each man will take his incense burner and put incense in it. They will offer all 250 incense burners to the Lord. Then you and Aaron offer your incense burners.”

Numbers 16:2

These four men were joined by 250 Israelite men, well-known leaders of the community, chosen by the assembly.

Numbers 16:34

All the Israelites around them ran away when they heard their screams. They thought the ground would swallow them, too.

Numbers 16:36

Then the Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 16:49

Still, 14,700 died from the plague in addition to those who had died because of Korah.

Numbers 26:10

The ground opened up and swallowed them along with Korah. They and their followers died when the fire consumed the 250 men. This was a warning.

Numbers 3:4

Nadab and Abihu died in the Lord’s presence because they offered unauthorized fire in his presence in the Desert of Sinai. They had no children. So only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.

Revelation 11:5

If anyone wants to hurt them, fire comes out of the witnesses’ mouths and burns up their enemies. If anyone wants to hurt them, he must be killed the same way.