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Selected Verse: Numbers 16:35 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 16:35 |
King James |
And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| there came out a fire from the Lord--that is, from the cloud. This seems to describe the destruction of Korah and those Levites who with him aspired to the functions of the priesthood. (See Num 26:11, Num 26:58; Ch1 6:22, Ch1 6:37). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Compare the marginal references The fire came out from the sanctuary or the altar. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The other 250 rebels, who were probably still in front of the tabernacle, were then destroyed by fire which proceeded from Jehovah, as Nadab and Abihu had been before (Lev 10:2). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| From the Lord - From the cloud, wherein the glory of the Lord appeared. |
37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.