Numbers 16:23

23 God spoke 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.

Numbers 16:23 In-Context

21 "Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I can finish them off and be done with them."
22 They threw themselves on their faces and said, "O God, God of everything living, when one man sins are you going to take it out on the whole community?"
23 God spoke to Moses:
24 "Speak to the community. Tell them, Back off from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram."
25 Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram. The leaders of Israel followed him.
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