Numbers 16 · Verse 21

Numbers 16:21

Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
Numbers 16:21, King James Version

Numbers 16:21 in other translations

BSB“Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”
WEB“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!”
ASVSeparate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
YLT‘Be ye separated from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;'
DARBYSeparate yourselves from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them in a moment.
BBECome out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them.
WebsterSeparate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.

What does Numbers 16:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 16:20-21

20-21. the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, Separate yourselves from among this congregation--Curiosity to witness the exciting spectacle attracted a vast concourse of the people, and it would seem that the popular mind had been incited to evil by the clamors of the mutineers against Moses and Aaron. There was something in their behavior very offensive to God; for after His glory had appeared--as at the…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 16:16-22

The same glory of the Lord that appeared to place Aaron in his office at first, Le 9:23, now appeared to confirm him in it; and to confound those who set up against him. Nothing is more terrible to those who are conscious of guilt, than the appearance of the Divine glory. See how dangerous it is to have fellowship with sinners, and to partake with them. Though the people had treacherously deserted them, yet Moses…

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Numbers 16:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הִבָּ֣דְל֔וּhi.Ba.de.Luseparate yourselvesH914
מִתּ֖וֹךְmi.Tokhfrom amongH8432
הָעֵדָ֣הha.'e.Dahthe congregationH5712
הַזֹּ֑אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
וַאַכַלֶּ֥הva.'a.kha.Lehso I may consumeH3615
אֹתָ֖ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
כְּרָֽגַע\׃ke.Ra.ga'like a momentH7281

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 16:21

  • Numbers 16:45

    Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.

  • Exodus 32:10

    Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

  • Exodus 33:5

    For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

  • Psalms 73:19

    How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

  • Revelation 18:4

    And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:17

    Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

  • Jeremiah 5:16

    Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

  • Genesis 19:15-22

    And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: …

  • Numbers 14:15

    Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

  • Ephesians 5:6-7

    Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

  • Isaiah 37:36

    Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

  • Numbers 14:12

    I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Separate.
Ge 19:15-22; Jer 5:16; Ac 2:40; 2Co 6:17; Eph 5:6,7; Re 18:4
that I may.
45; 14:12,15; Ex 32:10; 33:5; Ps 73:19; Isa 37:36; Heb 12:28,29

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Context

  • Numbers 16:20

    And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

  • Numbers 16:21

    Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.

  • Numbers 16:22

    And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

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Numbers 16:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Apartaos de entre esta congregación, y consumirlos he en un momento.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Séparez-vous du milieu de cette assemblée, et je les consumerai en un moment.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sondert euch ab aus der Mitte dieser Gemeinde, und ich will sie vernichten in einem Augenblick!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Separamini de medio congregationis hujus, ut eos repente disperdam.