Bilangan 16:31

16:31 When he had finished ¹  speaking ²  all these words, the ground that was under them split open,

Bilangan 16:35

16:35 Then a fire ³  went out from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.

[16:31]  ¹ tn The initial temporal clause is standard: It begins with the temporal indicator “and it was,” followed here by the Piel infinitive construct with the preposition and the subjective genitive suffix. “And it happened when he finished.”

[16:31]  ² tn The infinitive construct with the preposition lamed (ל) functions here as the direct object of the preceding infinitive. It tells what he finished.

[16:35]  ³ tn For a discussion of the fire of the Lord, see J. C. H. Laughlin, “The Strange Fire of Nadab and Abihu,” JBL 95 (1976): 559-65.