We are going to destroy this city. The Lord heard how evil this city is, so he sent us to destroy it.”
Numbers 16:21 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version “Move away from these men! I want to destroy them now!” 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. |
We are going to destroy this city. The Lord heard how evil this city is, so he sent us to destroy it.”
So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, the men who had married his other daughters. He said, “Hurry and leave this city! The Lord will soon destroy it!” But they thought he was joking.
Trouble can come suddenly, and they will be ruined. Terrible things can happen to them, and they will be finished.
So now let me destroy them in anger. Then I will make a great nation from you.”
But if you destroy your people, the Egyptians will say, ‘God planned to do bad things to his people. That is why he led them out of Egypt. He wanted to kill them in the mountains. He wanted to wipe them off the earth.’ So don’t be angry with your people. Please change your mind! Don’t destroy them.
This was because the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stubborn people. I might destroy you even if I travel with you only a short time. So take off all your jewelry while I decide what to do with you.’”
That night the angel of the Lord went out and killed 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up in the morning, they saw all the dead bodies.
Their arrow bags are like open graves. All their men are strong soldiers.
I will kill them all with a terrible sickness. I will destroy them, and I will use you to make another nation. Your nation will be greater and stronger than these people.”
So you must not kill these people now. If you kill them, all the nations who have heard about your power will say,
“Move away from these people so that I can destroy them now.” So Moses and Aaron bowed with their faces to the ground.
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s walking stick back in front of the Box that holds the Agreement. This will be a warning for these people who are always turning against me. This will stop their complaining against me so that I will not destroy them.”
Peter warned them with many other words; he begged them, “Save yourselves from the evil of the people who live now!”
“So come away from those people and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch anything that is not clean, and I will accept you.” Isaiah 52:11
Then I heard another voice from heaven say, “Come out of that city, my people, so that you will not share in her sins. Then you will not suffer any of the terrible punishment she will get.