Psalms 106:17 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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15 ^aAnd He gave them their request,
But ^bsent leanness into their soul.

16 When ^athey envied Moses in the camp,
And Aaron the saint of the Lord,

17 ^aThe earth opened up and swallowed Dathan,
And covered the faction of Abiram.

18 ^aA fire was kindled in their company;
The flame burned up the wicked.

19 ^aThey made a calf in Horeb,
And worshiped the molded image.

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All the congregation took part with Dathan, Korah, etc., and their accomplices (Numbers 16:41).

Aaron the saint—literally, "the holy one," as consecrated priest; not a moral attribute, but one designating his office as holy to the Lord. The rebellion was followed by a double punishment: (1) of the non-Levitical rebels, the Reubenites, Dathan and Abiram, etc. (Deuteronomy 11:6; Numbers 26:10); these were swallowed up by the earth.

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