Psalms 106:18

18 Also fire burned in their assembly; [the] flame devoured [the] wicked.

Psalms 106:18 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 106:18

And a fire was kindled in their company
This seems to be the company of Korah, or however a part of it, the two hundred and fifty men that had censers, and so were of the Levitical race, as Korah was; this fire came from the Lord out of heaven.

The flame burned up the wicked;
the two hundred and fifty men with censers, ( Numbers 16:35 ) , this was an emblem of that fire which shall consume those that hurt the witnesses; or of that vengeance of eternal fire which wicked men will suffer for ever.

Psalms 106:18 In-Context

16 And they were jealous of Moses in the camp, [and] of Aaron, the holy one of Yahweh.

17 [The] earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and it covered over the gang of Abiram.

18 Also fire burned in their assembly; [the] flame devoured [the] wicked.

19 They made a calf at Horeb and bowed down to a cast image.

20 And [so] they exchanged their glory for an image of an ox that eats grass.