Numeri 16:42

42 E avvenne che, come la raunanza si adunava contro a Mosè, e contro ad Aaronne, i figliuoli d’Israele riguardarono verso il Tabernacolo della convenenza; ed ecco, la nuvola lo coperse, e la gloria del Signore apparve.

Numeri 16:42 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 16:42

And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered
against Moses and against Aaron
To kill them, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; who, perhaps, upon uttering their murmurs, made up to them, and by their gestures showed an intention to murder them:

that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation;
either the people did, to see whether they could observe any appearance of the displeasure of God against them; or rather Moses and Aaron looked that way for help and deliverance in this extreme danger, knowing there was no salvation for them but of the Lord, ( Jeremiah 3:23 ) ;

and, behold, the cloud covered it;
as when it was first erected, and which was a token of the divine Presence, ( Numbers 9:15 Numbers 9:16 ) ; perhaps it had dispersed immediately upon the death of the rebels, and now returned again in favour of the servants of the Lord:

and the glory of the Lord appeared;
in the cloud, as in ( Numbers 16:19 ) ; to encourage Moses and Aaron, and to deliver them out of the hands of the people, and to the terror of them.

Numeri 16:42 In-Context

40 per ricordanza a’ figliuoli d’Israele; acciocchè alcun uomo straniere, che non è della progenie d’Aaronne, non si accosti per far profumo davanti al Signore; e non sia come Core, e come que’ del suo seguito; siccome il Signore avea comandato a Eleazaro, per Mosè.

41 E il giorno seguente tutta la raunanza de’ figliuoli d’Israele mormorò contro a Mosè, e contro ad Aaronne, dicendo: Voi avete fatto morire il popolo del Signore.

42 E avvenne che, come la raunanza si adunava contro a Mosè, e contro ad Aaronne, i figliuoli d’Israele riguardarono verso il Tabernacolo della convenenza; ed ecco, la nuvola lo coperse, e la gloria del Signore apparve.

43 E Mosè ed Aaronne vennero davanti al Tabernacolo della convenenza.

44 E il Signore parlò a Mosè, dicendo: