Divine judgment upon the rebels. Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Say to the congregation, ‘Get away from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.'” Num 16:23-24
INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT13
The Experiences in the Wilderness
II. FROM SINAI TO THE JORDAN, Numbers 10:11-22:1
Korah’s Rebellion; Aaron’s Rod, Num_16:1-50; Num_17:1-13
23. Why was it so severely punished?
KORAH’S REBELLION
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, so that I may consume them immediately.”
But they fell on their faces [before the LORD], and said, “O God, God of the spirits of all flesh! When one man sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?”
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
“Say to the congregation, ‘Get away from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.'”
Then Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
And he said to the congregation, “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, or you will be swept away in all their sin.”
So they got back from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the doorway of their tents with their wives and their sons and their little children.
Then Moses said, “By this you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works; for I do not act of my own accord.
If these men die the common death of all mankind or if what happens to everyone happens to them, then [you will know for sure that] the LORD has not sent me.
But if the LORD creates an entirely new thing, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up, along with all that belongs to them, and they descend alive into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), then you will understand that these men have spurned and rejected the LORD!”
As soon as Moses finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split open;
and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, and all the men who supported Korah, with all their possessions. [Num_26:10-11]
So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly.
All Israel who were around them fled at their outcry, for they said, “The earth may swallow us also.”
Fire also came forth from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.
Comments by
F.B.Meyer
On
Numbers 16:20-35
DIVINE JUDGMENT UPON THE REBELS
It was wise of Moses not to attempt to vindicate himself, but to leave God to maintain His cause. He is not slow to undertake the vindication of those who entrust their reputation with Him. To take the sword is to perish by the sword. “Wait on the Lord and keep His way, and He will exalt thee to inherit the land.”
The doom of Korah and his fellow-conspirators was very terrible; but if they had been spared, the whole camp would have been infected, and God’s purposes frustrated. Those who suffer from the bubonic plague must be instantly separated from their fellows, for the sake of society! Remember, as Jude says, that the pit still devours, Jud_1:11. In these last days of the present age, and in view of the terrible records of this chapter, we may well ponder the summons of Rev_18:4. The congregation was spared, because of the divine compassion of which Moses had a true conception. His prayer only reflected the divine thought, Num_16:22.
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