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Numbers 16:33-35
New English Translation
Numbers 16:33-35
New English Translation
33 They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community. 34 All the Israelites[a] who were around them fled at their cry,[b] for they said, “What if[c] the earth swallows us too?” 35 Then a fire[d] went out from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
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- Numbers 16:34 tn Heb “all Israel.”
- Numbers 16:34 tn Heb “voice.”
- Numbers 16:34 tn Heb “lest.”
- Numbers 16:35 tn For a discussion of the fire of the Lord, see J. C. H. Laughlin, “The Strange Fire of Nadab and Abihu,” JBL 95 (1976): 559-65.
Numbers 16:33-35
New International Version
Numbers 16:33-35
New International Version
33 They went down alive into the realm of the dead,(A) with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community. 34 At their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting, “The earth is going to swallow us too!”
35 And fire came out from the Lord(B) and consumed(C) the 250 men who were offering the incense.
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