Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Numbers 16:35
And there came out a fire from the Lord and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense, and thus, like Nadab and Abihu, offered strange fire before the Lord, Leviticus 10:2.
And there came out a fire from the Lord and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense, and thus, like Nadab and Abihu, offered strange fire before the Lord, Leviticus 10:2.
Compare the marginal references The fire came out from the sanctuary or the altar....
6. THE REBELLION OF KORAH CHAPTER 16 _ 1. The rebellion of Korah (Numbers 16:1)_ 2. The punishment (Numbers 16:20) 3. Eleazar and his work (Numbers 16:36) 4. The murmuring of the whole
NUMBERS 16. THE REBELLION OF KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM (JE and P). The narrative fuses together accounts of distinct revolts led by different individuals and inspired by different motives. The first ...
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY. Plus the 14,700 of Numbers 16:49...
The sin of Korah's company was the same as that of Nadab and Abihu (Leviticus 10:1-2), and their punishment was the same. -The gainsaying of Korah" is referred to as a typical sin in Judges 11. 36 40...
THERE CAME OUT A FIRE FROM THE LORD— After this stupendous destruction of Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and all that belonged to them, the two hundred and fifty princes convened under Korah at the tabernacle...
D. REVOLT AND PUNISHMENT OF KORAH, DATHAN AND ABIRAM (NUMBERS 16:1-40) TEXT Numbers 16:1. Now Korah, the son if Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, an...
_AND THERE CAME OUT A FIRE FROM THE LORD, AND CONSUMED THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MEN THAT OFFERED INCENSE._ There came out a fire from the Lord - i:e., from the cloud. This seems to describe the dest...
THE REBELLION OF KOKAH, DATHAN, ABIBAM, AND ON This incident is similar to that recorded in Numbers 12, and while it illustrates the difficulties Moses encountered in his leadership, owing to the jeal...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 16 KORAH, DATHAN AND ABIRAM OPPOSE MOSES – NUMBERS 16:1-35 V1-2 Korah, Izhar’s son, belonged to Levi’s *tri
AND THERE CAME OUT A FIRE FROM THE LORD... — It was thus, as Bishop Wordsworth has observed, that “Korah and his company were punished by the same element as that by which they had sinned.”...
וְ אֵ֥שׁ יָצְאָ֖ה מֵ אֵ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וַ
KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM Numbers 16:1; Numbers 17:1 BEHIND what appears in the history, there must have been many movements of thought and causes of discontent which gradually led to the events we n...
DIVINE JUDGMENT UPON THE REBELS Numbers 16:20 It was wise of Moses not to attempt to vindicate himself, but to leave God to maintain His cause. He is not slow to undertake the vindication of those w...
Here begins the story of perhaps the strangest and most fully organized opposition that Moses had to encounter. Two elements were at work. The first was ambition and the second was dissatisfaction. Th...
Incense. Core had left them, and was busy in stirring up the people to rebellion, when a fire proceeding from the cloud, or from the altar, or perhaps a thunderbolt, (Calmet) came to arraign them befo...
While the LORD'S judgments were manifesting to the rebellious in the camp, the LORD was manifesting himself as a consuming fire to the ring-leaders at the door of the tabernacle. See what an awful thi...
The previous portion of the Book of Numbers, viewed as a history, has evidently a prefatory character, however important and divinely wise. It is in a great measure preparatory for that which we have...
35._And there came out a fire from the Lord. _The diver-sky of the punishments had the effect of awakening more astonishment in the people, than as if all had been destroyed in the same manner, althou...
Chapter 16 contains the open rebellion against Moses of Dathan and Abiram, but especially the pretension of the ministry in Israel to arrogate priesthood to itself. Some of the chiefs of the people we...
AND THERE CAME OUT A FIRE FROM THE LORD,.... Flashes of lightning from the cloud in which he was: AND CONSUMED THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MEN THAT OFFERED INCENSE; not that it reduced them to ashes, b...
And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. Ver. 35. _And there came out a fire._] By fire they sinned, and by a fire they suffer: - “ _...
_From the Lord_ From the cloud, wherein the glory of the Lord appeared....
1 The rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, 23 Moses separateth the people from the rebels tents, 31 The earth swalloweth vp Korah, and a fire consumeth others. 36 The censers are reserued to holy...
THE REBELLION OF KORAH (vs.1-15) The rebellion of Korah and a large company with him is significant of a dreadful revulsion against Christ both as Lord and High Priest of His people, and the awesome...
35-40 A fire went out from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense, while Aaron, who stood with them, was preserved alive. God is jealous of the honour of his own in...
FROM THE LORD; i.e. from the cloud, wherein the glory of the Lord appeared, NUMBERS 16:19, to give sentence in this cause....
The chapter on which we have just been dwelling, is what may be called a digression from the history of Israel's wilderness life, except indeed the short paragraph respecting the Sabbath-breaker, It l...
Numbers 16:35 fire H784 out H3318 (H8804) LORD H3068 consumed H398 (H8799) hundred H3967 fifty H2572 men...
FIRE CONSUMES THE OFFERERS OF THE INCENSE (16:35). Numbers 16:35 ‘And fire came forth from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men who offered the incense.' Then fire came down from heave...
CONTENTS: The gainsaying of Korah. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Korah, Dathan, Abriam. CONCLUSION: Proud and ambitious men projecting their own advancement by thrusting themselves into a place to...
Numbers 16:1. _Korah._ One of the firstborn, a very old man, and grandson of Levi by his father Jahar. _Dathan_ and _Abiram_ were descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; these according to the...
_Korah. .. Dathan, and Abiram. .. gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron._ KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM I. The rebels. 1. Influential. 2. Numerous, 3. Deluded-- (1) Concerning...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 16:16, NUMBERS 16:35 For a similar judgment on the unauthorized offering of incense, see...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 16:35 FIRE CAME OUT FROM THE LORD AND CONSUMED THE 250 MEN. This punishment shows that no one should presume to come into God’s presence without God’s authorization (but compar...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES In this chapter we have the history of the rebellion of Korah and his company. The time and place of this event are not recorded. It is probable that it occurred in one...
VINDICATION OF THE AARONIC PRIESTHOOD. EXPOSITION THE GAINSAYING OF KORAH (Numbers 16:1). NUMBERS 16:1 Now K
Now we get to chapter sixteen and this guy Korah, who is brought into mention in the book of Jude, has gotten the conspiracy together. He is of the tribe of Levi and he said, "Hey Moses, you take too...
Leviticus 10:2; Numbers 11:1; Numbers 26:10; Numbers 16:17; Numbers 16:
THE SIN AND JUDGMENT OF KORAH Numbers 16:15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The sin of faultfinding. It is often so done. And the people seem not to fear for what they do. They think it is as nothing to criti...
From the Lord — From the cloud, wherein the glory of the Lord appeared....