²¹ So these things came to the Lord's ears, and he was angry; and a fire was lighted against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel;

¹ Now the people were saying evil against the Lord; and the Lord, hearing it, was angry and sent fire on them, burning the outer parts of the tent-circle.

² And the people made an outcry to Moses, and Moses made prayer to the Lord, and the fire was stopped.

³ So that place was named Taberah, because of the fire of the Lord which had been burning among them.

¹⁰ And at the sound of the people weeping, every man at his tent-door, the wrath of the Lord was great, and Moses was very angry.

²² For my wrath is a flaming fire, burning to the deep parts of the underworld, burning up the earth with her increase, and firing the deep roots of the mountains.

³¹ The wrath of God came on them, and put to death the fattest of them, and put an end to the young men of Israel.

⁵ But with most of them God was not pleased: for they came to their end in the waste land.

¹¹ Now these things were done as an example; and were put down in writing for our teaching, on whom the last days have come.

²⁹ For our God is an all-burning fire.

⁵ Now it is my purpose to put you in mind, though you once had knowledge of all these things, of how the Lord, having taken a people safely out of Egypt, later sent destruction on those who had no faith;