Psalms 106:18

18 Fire blazed among all of them. Flames destroyed those evil people.

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 their camp some of them became jealous of Moses. They were also jealous of Aaron. He had been set apart to serve the Lord.

17 The ground opened up and swallowed Dathan. It buried Abiram and his followers.

18 Fire blazed among all of them. Flames destroyed those evil people.

19 At Mount Horeb they made a metal statue of a bull calf. They worshiped that statue of a god.

20 They traded their glorious God for a statue of a bull that eats grass.