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All Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.

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Fear from a Guilty Conscience

Commentators explain that the Israelites fled not just from the terrifying sight, but from a 'bad conscience.' They knew they had also sinned by associating with the rebels and feared facing the same immediate judgment. Their flight was a panicked reaction born from their own recognized guilt.

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John Calvin

John Calvin

On Numbers 16:34

16th Century

Theologian

And all Israel that were round about them. We must suppose that the people were standing around, expecting at a distance the event that wa…

John Gill

John Gill

On Numbers 16:34

17th Century

Pastor

And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them
Or because of it, as Aben Ezra; their cry was so l…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Numbers 16:23–34

17th Century

Minister

The seventy elders of Israel attend Moses. It is our duty to do what we can to uphold and support lawful authority when it is opposed. And those wh…