And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

Ver. 18. And a fire was kindled in their company] It is both a just presage and desert of ruin not to be warned. Let seditious persons and schismatics take heed; for even our God also is a consuming fire, Hebrews 12:29 .

The flame burnt up the wicked] And among the rest Korah, as some conceive. Dathan and Abiram are stigmatized for their stubbornness, Numbers 26:9, as was afterwards Ahaz, 2 Chronicles 28:22, and before them all Cain, Genesis 4:15, and Lamech, Genesis 4:24 .

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