Then a fire burned that mob of people.\par That fire burned those wicked people.\par
Numbers 16:35 - Easy To Read Version Then a fire came from the Lord and destroyed the 250 men who were offering the incense. [209] Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And fire came forth from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered the incense. American Standard Version (1901) And fire came forth from Jehovah, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense. Common English Bible Then fire went out from the LORD and consumed the two hundred fifty men offering incense. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, too, a fire, going forth from the Lord, put to death the two hundred fifty men who were offering the incense. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And a fire coming out from the Lord destroyed the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense. |
Then a fire burned that mob of people.\par That fire burned those wicked people.\par
Our God is coming,\par and he will not keep quiet.\par Fire burns in front of him.\par There is a great storm around him.\par
Then I noticed that Jaazaniah son of Shapham and the 70 elders (leaders) of Israel were there with the people worshiping in that place. There they were, right at the front of the people! And each leader had his own incense {\cf2\super [66]} dish in his hand. The smoke from the burning incense was rising into the air.
So fire came from the Lord and destroyed Nadab and Abihu. They died in front of the Lord.
Those men were responsible for spreading the trouble among the Israelite people. So the Lord caused a sickness to kill all of those men.
Each of you must bring a pan, put incense [204] on it, and present it to the Lord. There will be 250 pans {for the leaders} and one pan for you and one pan for Aaron.”
Those four men gathered 250 other men from Israel together and came against Moses. They were leaders that had been chosen by the people. All the people knew them.
The people of Israel heard the cries of the men being destroyed. So they all ran in different directions and said, “The earth will kill us, too!”
But 14,700 people died from that sickness—and that is not counting the people who died because of Korah.
That was the time when the earth opened and swallowed Korah and all of his followers. And 250 men died! That was a warning to all the people of Israel.
But Nadab and Abihu died {because they sinned} while serving the Lord. They used fire that the Lord did not allow when they made an offering to the Lord. So Nadab and Abihu died there, in the Sinai desert. They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar took their place and served the Lord as priests. This happened while their father Aaron was still alive.
If a person tries to hurt the witnesses, fire comes from the mouths of the witnesses and kills their enemy. Any person that tries to hurt them will die like this.