Numbers 16:21

What does Numbers 16:21 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 16:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`Be ye separated from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may presently destroy them.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Separate yourselves from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them in a moment.

Context

v.20And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

v.21This passage

v.22And 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?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 14:12

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

  • Numbers 16:45

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

  • Ephesians 5:6

    Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

  • Hebrews 12:28

    Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe:

  • Jeremiah 5:16

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

  • Revelation 18:4

    And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:

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