When the people left Sinai, the holy mountain, they traveled three days. The LORD's Covenant Box always went ahead of them to find a place for them to camp.

There was no water where they camped, so the people gathered around Moses and Aaron

Why have you brought us out into this wilderness? Just so that we can die here with our animals?

and spoke against God and Moses. They complained, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We can't stand any more of this miserable food!"

Then they came to a place called Marah, but the water there was so bitter that they could not drink it. That is why it was named Marah.

The people complained to Moses and asked, "What are we going to drink?"

There in the desert they all complained to Moses and Aaron

and said to them, "We wish that the LORD had killed us in Egypt. There we could at least sit down and eat meat and as much other food as we wanted. But you have brought us out into this desert to starve us all to death."

In the morning you will see the dazzling light of the LORD's presence. He has heard your complaints against him---yes, against him, because we are only carrying out his instructions."

Moses said to Aaron, "Tell the whole community to come and stand before the LORD, because he has heard their complaints."

They complained to Moses and said, "Give us water to drink." Moses answered, "Why are you complaining? Why are you putting the LORD to the test?"

But the people were very thirsty and continued to complain to Moses. They said, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt? To kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?"

"You also made the LORD your God angry when you were at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth Hattaavah.

Why should we ever complain when we are punished for our sin?

We must not complain, as some of them did---and they were destroyed by the Angel of Death.

These people are always grumbling and blaming others; they follow their own evil desires; they brag about themselves and flatter others in order to get their own way.

What he did displeased the LORD, and the LORD killed him also.

When the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to the palace; she became his wife and bore him a son. But the LORD was not pleased with what David had done.

You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.

Then the LORD sent a fire that blazed out and burned up the 250 men who had presented the incense.

Suddenly the LORD sent fire, and it burned them to death there in the presence of the LORD.

My anger will flame up like fire and burn everything on earth. It will reach to the world below and consume the roots of the mountains.

"If I am a man of God," Elijah answered, "may fire come down from heaven and kill you and your men!" At once the fire of God came down and killed the officer and his men.

Before he had finished speaking, another servant came and said, "Lightning struck the sheep and the shepherds and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you."

And so the LORD was angry when he heard them; he attacked his people with fire, and his anger against them grew,

fire came down on their followers and burned up those wicked people.

Long ago a place was prepared where a huge fire will burn the emperor of Assyria. It is deep and wide, and piled high with wood. The LORD will breathe out a stream of flame to set it on fire.

The sinful people of Zion are trembling with fright. They say, "God's judgment is like a fire that burns forever. Can any of us survive a fire like that?"

Mountains quake in the presence of the LORD; hills melt before him. The earth shakes when the LORD appears; the world and all its people tremble.

So if your hand makes you lose your faith, cut it off ! It is better for you to enter life without a hand than to keep both hands and go off to hell, to the fire that never goes out.

And if your foot makes you lose your faith, cut it off ! It is better for you to enter life without a foot than to keep both feet and be thrown into hell.

And if your eye makes you lose your faith, take it out! It is better for you to enter the Kingdom of God with only one eye than to keep both eyes and be thrown into hell.

"Everyone will be purified by fire as a sacrifice is purified by salt.

because our God is indeed a destroying fire.

They had no fear of God, and so they attacked you from the rear when you were tired and exhausted, and killed all who were straggling behind.