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21 Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of rage;
    a fire was kindled against Jacob,
    his anger mounted against Israel,(A)

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21 When the Lord heard them, he was furious;
    his fire broke out(A) against Jacob,
    and his wrath rose against Israel,

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29 for indeed our God is a consuming fire.(A)

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29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:29 Deut. 4:24

Judgment on False Teachers

Now I desire to remind you, though you are fully informed, once and for all, that Jesus, who saved[a] a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.(A)

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  1. 5 Other ancient authorities read informed, that the Lord who once and for all saved

Though you already know all this,(A) I want to remind you(B) that the Lord[a] at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.(C)

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  1. Jude 1:5 Some early manuscripts Jesus

11 These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.(A)

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11 These things happened to them as examples(A) and were written down as warnings for us,(B) on whom the culmination of the ages has come.(C)

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Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness.(A)

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Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.(A)

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31 the anger of God rose against them,
    and he killed the strongest of them
    and laid low the flower of Israel.(A)

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31 God’s anger rose against them;
    he put to death the sturdiest(A) among them,
    cutting down the young men of Israel.

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22 For a fire is kindled by my anger
    and burns to the depths of Sheol;
it devours the earth and its increase
    and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.(A)

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22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,(A)
    one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.(B)
It will devour(C) the earth and its harvests(D)
    and set afire the foundations of the mountains.(E)

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10 Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, all at the entrances of their tents. Then the Lord became very angry, and Moses was displeased.(A)

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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.

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Complaining in the Desert

11 Now when the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, the Lord heard it, and his anger was kindled. Then the fire of the Lord burned against them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp.(A) But the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire abated.(B) So that place was called Taberah,[a] because the fire of the Lord burned against them.

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  1. 11.3 That is, burning

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. When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed(F) to the Lord(G) and the fire died down. So that place was called Taberah,[a](H) because fire from the Lord had burned among them.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:3 Taberah means burning.