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15 He gave them the food that they asked for,
    but he also sent a bad disease on them.[a]
16 The people became jealous of Moses,
    and Aaron, the Lord's special priest.
17 So God made the earth break open,
    so that Dathan fell into it.
It also destroyed Abiram and his people.

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Footnotes

  1. 106:15 See Numbers 11:33-34.

15 So he gave them(A) what they asked for,
    but sent a wasting disease(B) among them.

16 In the camp they grew envious(C) of Moses
    and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.
17 The earth opened(D) up and swallowed Dathan;(E)
    it buried the company of Abiram.(F)

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