for we are about to destroy this place because the outcry against its people is so great before the Lord, that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.’
Numbers 16:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Separate yourselves from this community so I may consume them instantly.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. American Standard Version (1901) Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. Common English Bible “Separate yourselves from this community so that I may consume them in a moment.” Catholic Public Domain Version "Separate yourselves from the midst of this congregation, so that I may suddenly destroy them." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may presently destroy them. |
for we are about to destroy this place because the outcry against its people is so great before the Lord, that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.’
So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were going to marry his daughters. ‘Get up,’ he said. ‘Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city! ’ But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
Now leave me alone, so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.’
Why should the Egyptians say, “He brought them out with an evil intent to kill them in the mountains and eliminate them from the face of the earth”? Turn from your fierce anger and relent concerning this disaster planned for your people.
For the Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell the Israelites: You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewellery, and I will decide what to do with you.’
Then the angel of the Lord went out and struck down one hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
I will strike them with a plague and destroy them. Then I will make you into a greater and mightier nation than they are.’
If you kill this people with a single blow, , the nations that have heard of your fame will declare,
‘Get away from this community so that I may consume them instantly.’ But they fell face down.
The Lord told Moses, ‘Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the testimony to be kept as a sign for the rebels, so that you may put an end to their complaints before me, or else they will die.’
With many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, ‘Be saved from this corrupt generation! ’
Therefore, come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord; do not touch any unclean thing, and I will welcome you. ,
Then I heard another voice from heaven: Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins or receive any of her plagues.