The Meaning of Numbers 16:34 Explained

Numbers 16:34

KJV: And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

YLT: and all Israel who are round about them have fled at their voice, for they said, 'Lest the earth swallow us;'

Darby: And all Israel that were round about them fled at their cry; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up!

ASV: And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Numbers 16:34?

MEANING: What does Numbers 16:34 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Numbers 16:34 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Numbers 16:34?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And all Israel  that [were] round about  them fled  at the cry  of them: for they said,  Lest the earth  swallow us up  [also]. 

What does Numbers 16:34 Mean?

Context Summary

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, Judges 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 Revelation 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, Numbers 16:22. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 16

1  The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
23  Moses separates the people from the rebels' tents
31  The earth swallows up Korah, and a fire consumes others
36  The censers are reserved to holy use
41  14,700 are slain by a plague, for murmuring against Moses and Aaron
46  Aaron by incense stays the plague

What do the individual words in Numbers 16:34 mean?

And all Israel who [were] around them fled at their cry for they said lest [also] swallow us up the earth
וְכָל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֛ר סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם נָ֣סוּ לְקֹלָ֑ם כִּ֣י אָֽמְר֔וּ פֶּן־ תִּבְלָעֵ֖נוּ הָאָֽרֶץ

וְכָל־  And  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
אֲשֶׁ֛ר  who  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם  around  them 
Parse: Adverb, third person masculine plural
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
נָ֣סוּ  fled 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: נוּס  
Sense: to flee, escape.
לְקֹלָ֑ם  at  their  cry 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
אָֽמְר֔וּ  they  said 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
פֶּן־  lest  [also] 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: פֶּן  
Sense: lest, not, beware lest adv.
תִּבְלָעֵ֖נוּ  swallow  us  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular, first person common plural
Root: בָּלַע 
Sense: to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up.
הָאָֽרֶץ  the  earth 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.

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