Numbers 16:23

Listen to Numbers 16:23

Moses Separates the People

23 Then the LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 16:23 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 16:23

And the Lord spake unto Moses
When on his face in prayer, and bid him rise up, and told him he had granted his request, and then spoke to him: saying;
as follows.

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Numbers 16:23 In-Context

21 “Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”
22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
23 Then the LORD said to Moses,
24 “Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
25 So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
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