Numbers 16:41-506. The Sixth Murmuring-Because of the Judgment of God (Numbers 16:41-50) The people complained because of the death of the rebels. Strange that they should have thus complained when the events of Num 16:25-30 must have still been fresh in their minds! God’ s punishment for their murmuring (Numbers 16:41-50) was visited on the people in the form of a plague, as the result of which 14,700 died. This punishment was stopped through the intercession of Moses. Numbers 17:1-13; Numbers 18:1-32; Numbers 19:1-22 form a separate section, and deal with the whole condition, rights, practice, privileges, and responsibilities of the priesthood.