Mínshùjì 16:34

34 Zaì tāmen sìwéi de Yǐsèliè zhòngrén tīng tāmen hū haó , jiù dōu taópǎo , shuō , kǒngpà dì yĕ bǎ wǒmen tūn xià qù .

Mínshùjì 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.

Mínshùjì 16:34 In-Context

32 Bǎ tāmen hé tāmende jia juàn , bìng yīqiè shǔ Kĕlā de rén dīng\ , cáiwù , dōu tūn xià qù .

33 Zhèyàng , tāmen hé yīqiè shǔ tāmende , dōu huó huó dì zhuìluò yīnjiān . dì kǒu zaì tāmen shàng tóu zhào jiù hé bì , tāmen jiù cóng huì zhōng mièwáng .

34 Zaì tāmen sìwéi de Yǐsèliè zhòngrén tīng tāmen hū haó , jiù dōu taópǎo , shuō , kǒngpà dì yĕ bǎ wǒmen tūn xià qù .

35 Yòu yǒu huǒ cóng Yēhéhuá nàli chūlai , shāo miè le nà xiàn xiāng de èr bǎi wǔ shí gèrén .

36 Yēhéhuá xiǎoyù Móxī shuō ,