"[Go up] to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest I consume you on the way, for you [are] a stiff-necked people."

"Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment." And they fell on their faces.

So Moses said to Aaron, "Take a censer and put fire in it from the altar, put incense [on it,] and take it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from the LORD. The plague has begun."

"Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment."

"Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment." And they fell on their faces.

In a moment they die, in the middle of the night; The people are shaken and pass away; The mighty are taken away without a hand.

Oh, how they are [brought] to desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown in a moment, With no hand to help her!

And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.

"I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know."

And He said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only [son,] from Me."

"And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you [and] test you, to know what [was] in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;