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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Numbers 16:35

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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there came out a fire from the Lord--that is, from the cloud. This seems to describe the destruction of Korah and those Levites who with him aspired to the functions of the priesthood. (See Num 26:11, Num 26:58; Ch1 6:22, Ch1 6:37).
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