²⁴ My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.^(A)

¹⁰ Now leave me alone^(A) so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy^(B) them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”^(C)

⁵ For the Lord had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people.^(A) If I were to go with you even for a moment, I might destroy^(B) you. Now take off your ornaments and I will decide what to do with you.’”

Fire From the Lord

11 Now the people complained^(A) about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord,^(B) and when he heard them his anger was aroused.^(C) Then fire from the Lord burned among them^(D) and consumed^(E) some of the outskirts of the camp.

¹⁰ Moses heard the people of every family wailing^(A) at the entrance to their tents. The Lord became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled.

³³ But while the meat was still between their teeth^(A) and before it could be consumed, the anger^(B) of the Lord burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.^(C)

⁹ The anger of the Lord burned against them,^(A) and he left them.^(B)

¹¹ The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt?^(A) How long will they refuse to believe in me,^(B) in spite of all the signs^(C) I have performed among them?