When Adonai heard, He was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, and fury also rose against Israel.
the anger of God rose against them and slew the stoutest of them, and struck down young men of Israel.
But they rebelled, and grieved His Ruach ha-Kodesh. So He turned to become their enemy. He Himself fought against them.
Moses heard the people wailing by their families, each man at the door to his tent. Adonai’s anger became very hot, and Moses was troubled.
Now these things happened to them as an example, and it was written down as a warning to us—on whom the ends of the ages have come.
Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the desert.
For fire has ignited in My nostrils— it will burn to Sheol beneath, devour the earth and her produce, and scorch the foundations of mountains.
For our God is a consuming fire.
Now I wish to remind you—though you have come to know all things —that the Lord, once having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.