Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 106:18

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

18. “A fire came out from Jehovah, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense” (Num 16:35). The rebels are called “these wicked men” in Num 16:26.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

In their company; in their associates or confederates, those wicked men, as he calls them in the next clause, to wit, Korah and his company, who were consumed by a fire from the Lord, Num 16:35, compared with Psa 106:1,2,16-19.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

16-18. All the congregation tookpart with Dathan, Korah, c., and their accomplices (Nu16:41).

Aaron the saintliterally,”the holy one,” as consecrated priest not a moralattribute, but one designating his office as holy to the Lord.The rebellion was followed by a double punishment: (1) of thenon-Levitical rebels, the Reubenites, Dathan and Abiram, c.(Deu 11:6 Num 26:10);these were swallowed up by the earth.

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And a fire was kindled in their company,…. This seems to be the company of Korah, or however a part of it, the two hundred and fifty men that had censers, and so were of the Levitical race, as Korah was; this fire came from the Lord out of heaven.

The flame burned up the wicked; the two hundred and fifty men with censers, Nu 16:35, this was an emblem of that fire which shall consume those that hurt the witnesses; or of that vengeance of eternal fire which wicked men will suffer for ever.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psa 106:18 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, Heb 12:29 .

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

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

Num 16:35-40, Num 16:46, Heb 12:29

Reciprocal: Num 11:1 – and the fire Num 16:31 – General Num 26:10 – earth opened Jdg 8:34 – remembered 2Ki 1:10 – let fire 2Ki 17:16 – molten images Act 7:36 – and in the wilderness Rev 20:9 – and fire

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge