Psalms 106:18

18 Fire blazed throughout their assembly; flames consumed the wicked.^[a]

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 In the camp they were envious of Moses and of Aaron, the Lord's holy one.

17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

18 Fire blazed throughout their assembly; flames consumed the wicked.

19 At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped the cast metal image.

20 They exchanged their glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

Footnotes

• [a]. Nm 16:1-40