So the Lord sent terrible sicknesses to Israel, and 70,000 people died.
Numbers 16:49 - Easy To Read Version But 14,700 people died from that sickness—and that is not counting the people who died because of Korah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now those who died in the plague were 14,700, besides those who died in the matter of Korah. American Standard Version (1901) Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah. Common English Bible Those who died from the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, in addition to those who died because of Korah. Catholic Public Domain Version But the number of those who were struck down was fourteen thousand men, and seven hundred, aside from those who had perished in the sedition of Korah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the number of them that were slain was fourteen thousand and seven hundred men, besides them that had perished in the sedition of Core. |
So the Lord sent terrible sicknesses to Israel, and 70,000 people died.
Those men were responsible for spreading the trouble among the Israelite people. So the Lord caused a sickness to kill all of those men.
So, the terrible sickness was stopped and Aaron went back to Moses at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. [224]
And don’t complain like some of those people did. Those people were killed by the angel that destroys.
Be careful and don’t refuse to listen when God speaks. Those people (Israelites) refused to listen to him when he warned them on earth. And those people did not escape. Now God is speaking from heaven. So now it will be worse for those people who refuse to listen to him.