Numeri 16:34

34 E tutti gl’Israeliti ch’erano intorno a loro fuggirono al grido loro; perciocchè dicevano: Che la terra non ci tranghiottisca.

Numeri 16:34 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 16:34

And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of
them
Or because of it, as Aben Ezra; their cry was so loud, their shrieks so dreadful and piercing, that the Israelites about them fled to get out of the sound of them, as well as for their own safety. The Targum of Jonathan not only represents their cry as terrible, but gives the words they expressed at it;

``and all Israel that were round about them fled, because of the terror of their voice, when they cried and said, the Lord is righteous and his judgments truth, and truth are the words of Moses his servant, but we are wicked who have rebelled against him:''

for they said, lest the earth swallow us up [also];
which they might fear, since they had provoked the Lord, by associating with these men, and countenancing them by their presence, as they had done; who would have consumed them in a moment at first, had it not been for the intercession of Moses and Aaron.

Numeri 16:34 In-Context

32 e aperse la sua bocca, e li tranghiottì, insieme con le lor case; e parimente tutte le persone appartenenti a Core, e tutta la roba.

33 E scesero vivi nell’inferno, insieme con tutto quello che apparteneva loro; e la terra li coperse, ed essi perirono d’infra la raunanza.

34 E tutti gl’Israeliti ch’erano intorno a loro fuggirono al grido loro; perciocchè dicevano: Che la terra non ci tranghiottisca.

35 Oltre a ciò, un fuoco uscì d’appresso al Signore, il qual consumò que’ dugencinquanta uomini, che offerivano il profumo.

36 Appresso, il Signore parlò a Mosè, dicendo: