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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21 Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

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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.

11 And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.

And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched.

And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:5 Some early manuscripts Jesus

I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

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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

29 For our God is a consuming fire.

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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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11 Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

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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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But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

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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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31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

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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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22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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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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10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.

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