Numbers 16:35
Updated: Sep 6, 2021
“And fire came out from the LORD and consumed the 250 men offering the incense.”
Numbers 16:35
Fire H784: Burning; fiery; hot.
“For our God is a consuming fire.”
Hebrews 12:29
“…The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.”
Isaiah 37:32
“She replied, ‘Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest but will settle the matter today.’”
Ruth 3:18
“The LORD goes out like a mighty man, like a man of war he stirs up his zeal; he cries out, he shouts aloud, he shows himself mighty against his foes.”
Isaiah 42:13
Came out from the LORD
Came out H3318: To go out; break out; bring forth.
“Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.”
Revelation 15:1
Consumed H398: To eat: burn up: devour.
“But the wicked will perish; the enemies of the LORD are like the glory of the pastures; they vanish—like smoke they vanish away.”
Psalm 37:20
The 250 men
They are all chiefs in the congregation of God, chosen and well-known.
“And they rose up before Moses, with a number of the people of Israel, 250 chiefs of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men.”
Numbers 16:2
“Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.”
James 3:1
Offering the incense.
“You shall not offer unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering, and you shall not pour a drink offering on it.”
Exodus 30:9
“But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.”
Numbers 26:61
“And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne,”
Revelation 8:3