Numbers 16:35

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Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume.

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  • Lev 10:2 : 2 And fire came out from before the Lord, burning them up and causing their destruction before the Lord.
  • Num 26:10 : 10 And they went down into the open mouth of the earth, together with Korah, when death overtook him and all his band; at the time when two hundred and fifty men were burned in the fire, and they became a sign.
  • Ps 106:18 : 18 And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames.
  • Num 16:2 : 2 And came before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty chiefs of the people, men of good name who had a place in the meeting of the people.
  • Num 16:17 : 17 And let every man take a vessel for burning perfumes, and put sweet spices in them; let every man take his vessel before the Lord, two hundred and fifty vessels; you and Aaron and everyone with his vessel.
  • Num 11:1-3 : 1 Now the people were saying evil against the Lord; and the Lord, hearing it, was angry and sent fire on them, burning the outer parts of the tent-circle. 2 And the people made an outcry to Moses, and Moses made prayer to the Lord, and the fire was stopped. 3 So that place was named Taberah, because of the fire of the Lord which had been burning among them.

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  • Num 16:36-41
    6 verses
    87%

    36 And the Lord said to Moses,

    37 Say to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he is to take out of the flames the vessels with the perfumes in them, turning the fire out of them, for they are holy;

    38 And let the vessels of those men, who with their lives have made payment for their sin, be hammered out into plates as a cover for the altar; for they have been offered before the Lord and are holy; so that they may be a sign to the children of Israel.

    39 So Eleazar the priest took the brass vessels which had been offered by those who were burned up, and they were hammered out to make a cover for the altar:

    40 To be a sign, kept in memory for ever by the children of Israel, that no man who is not of the seed of Aaron has the right of burning spices before the Lord, so that he may not be like Korah and his band: as the Lord said to him by the mouth of Moses.

    41 But on the day after, all the children of Israel made an outcry against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have put to death the Lord's people.

  • Lev 10:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their vessels and put fire in them and perfume, burning strange fire before the Lord, which he had not given them orders to do.

    2 And fire came out from before the Lord, burning them up and causing their destruction before the Lord.

  • Lev 9:24
    79%

    24 And fire came out from before the Lord, burning up the offering on the altar and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they gave a loud cry, falling down on their faces.

  • Num 26:10
    78%

    10 And they went down into the open mouth of the earth, together with Korah, when death overtook him and all his band; at the time when two hundred and fifty men were burned in the fire, and they became a sign.

  • Num 16:34
    78%

    34 And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down into the heart of the earth.

  • Num 16:44-47
    4 verses
    78%

    44 And the Lord said to Moses,

    45 Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them. And they went down on their faces.

    46 And Moses said to Aaron, Take your vessel and put in it fire from the altar, and sweet spices, and take it quickly into the meeting of the people, and make them free from sin: for wrath has gone out from the Lord, and the disease is starting.

    47 And at the words of Moses, Aaron took his vessel, and went running among the people; and even then the disease had made a start among them; and he put spices in his vessel to take away the sin of the people.

  • Num 16:16-21
    6 verses
    77%

    16 And Moses said to Korah, You and all your band are to come before the Lord tomorrow, you and they and Aaron:

    17 And let every man take a vessel for burning perfumes, and put sweet spices in them; let every man take his vessel before the Lord, two hundred and fifty vessels; you and Aaron and everyone with his vessel.

    18 So every man took his vessel and they put fire in them, with spices, and came to the door of the Tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.

    19 And Korah made all the people come together against them to the door of the Tent of meeting: and the glory of the Lord was seen by all the people.

    20 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

    21 Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them.

  • 1 Kgs 18:38
    75%

    38 Then the fire of the Lord came down, burning up the offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and drinking up the water in the drain.

  • Exod 40:27
    74%

    27 Burning sweet perfumes on it, as the Lord had given him orders.

  • Num 11:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1 Now the people were saying evil against the Lord; and the Lord, hearing it, was angry and sent fire on them, burning the outer parts of the tent-circle.

    2 And the people made an outcry to Moses, and Moses made prayer to the Lord, and the fire was stopped.

    3 So that place was named Taberah, because of the fire of the Lord which had been burning among them.

  • Ps 106:18
    74%

    18 And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames.

  • 2 Kgs 1:12
    74%

    12 And Elijah in answer said, If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven on you and on your fifty men, and put an end to you. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and put an end to him and his fifty men.

  • Num 16:2
    73%

    2 And came before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty chiefs of the people, men of good name who had a place in the meeting of the people.

  • Num 25:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9 But twenty-four thousand of them had come to their death by the disease.

    10 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • 2 Kgs 1:10
    73%

    10 And Elijah in answer said to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven on you and on your fifty men, and put an end to you. Then fire came down from heaven and put an end to him and his fifty men.

  • Exod 24:1
    72%

    1 And he said to Moses, Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, and Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the chiefs of Israel; and give me worship from a distance.

  • Lev 16:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 And he is to take a vessel full of burning coal from the altar before the Lord and in his hand some sweet perfume crushed small, and take it inside the veil;

    13 And let him put the perfume on the fire before the Lord so that the ark may be covered with a cloud of the smoke of the perfume, in order that death may not overtake him.

  • Num 26:61
    72%

    61 Death overtook Nadab and Abihu when they made an offering of strange fire before the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 1:14
    72%

    14 For fire came down from heaven and put an end to the first two captains of fifty and their fifties; but now let my life be of value in your eyes.

  • Num 16:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6 So do this: let Korah and all his band take vessels for burning perfumes;

    7 And put spices on the fire in them before the Lord tomorrow; then the man marked out by the Lord will be holy: you take overmuch on yourselves, you sons of Levi.

  • 2 Sam 22:9
    71%

    9 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.

  • Num 16:26
    71%

    26 And he said to the people, Come away now from the tents of these evil men, without touching anything of theirs, or you may be taken in the punishment of their sins.

  • Exod 24:9
    71%

    9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the chiefs of Israel went up:

  • Ps 18:8
    70%

    8 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.

  • Heb 12:29
    70%

    29 For our God is an all-burning fire.

  • Num 16:23
    70%

    23 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 24:17
    70%

    17 And the glory of the Lord was like a flame on the top of the mountain before the eyes of the children of Israel.

  • Num 3:5
    70%

    5 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • 2 Chr 7:1
    70%

    1 Now when Solomon's prayers were ended, fire came down from heaven, burning up all the offerings; and the house was full of the glory of the Lord.

  • Exod 29:25
    70%

    25 Then take them from their hands, and let them be burned on the burned offering on the altar, a sweet smell before the Lord, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

  • Lev 16:1
    69%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron when they took in strange fire before the Lord and death overtook them;