and I shall bring in on you the sword, avenger of my bond of peace; and when ye flee into [your] cities, I shall send pestilence in[to] the midst of you, and ye shall be betaken in the hands of [your] enemies,
In the meantime grutching of the people, as of men sorrowing for travail, rose against the Lord. And when Moses had heard this thing, he was wroth; and the fire of the Lord was kindled upon them, and devoured the last part of the tents.
They shall be wasted with hunger, and birds shall devour them with most bitter biting; I shall send into them the teeth of beasts, with the strong vengeance of drawing upon earth, and of serpents.