Numbers 16:1

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Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Pallu, the son of Reuben, made themselves ready,

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  • Jude 1:11 : 11 A curse on them! They have gone in the way of Cain, running uncontrolled into the error of Balaam for reward, and have come to destruction by saying evil against the Lord, like Korah.
  • Exod 6:21 : 21 And the sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri.
  • Exod 6:18 : 18 And the sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel: and the years of Kohath's life were a hundred and thirty-three.
  • Num 27:3 : 3 Death overtook our father in the waste land; he was not among those who were banded together with Korah against the Lord; but death came to him in his sin; and he had no sons.
  • Deut 11:6 : 6 And what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; when they went down into the open mouth of the earth, with their families and their tents and every living thing which was theirs, before the eyes of all Israel:
  • 1 Chr 5:1-2 : 1 And the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, (for he was the oldest son, but, because he made his father's bride-bed unclean, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; but he is not to be given the place of the oldest. 2 Though Judah became stronger than his brothers, and from him came the ruler, the birthright was Joseph's:)
  • Gen 49:3-4 : 3 Reuben, you are my oldest son, the first-fruit of my strength, first in pride and first in power: 4 But because you were uncontrolled, the first place will not be yours; for you went up to your father's bed, even his bride-bed, and made it unclean.
  • Num 26:9-9 : 9 And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the same Dathan and Abiram who had a place in the meeting of the people, who together with Korah made an outcry against Moses and Aaron and against the Lord: 10 And they went down into the open mouth of the earth, together with Korah, when death overtook him and all his band; at the time when two hundred and fifty men were burned in the fire, and they became a sign.

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  • Num 26:8-11
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    8And the sons of Pallu, Eliab

    9And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the same Dathan and Abiram who had a place in the meeting of the people, who together with Korah made an outcry against Moses and Aaron and against the Lord:

    10And they went down into the open mouth of the earth, together with Korah, when death overtook him and all his band; at the time when two hundred and fifty men were burned in the fire, and they became a sign.

    11But death did not overtake the sons of Korah.

  • Num 16:23-27
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    23And the Lord said to Moses,

    24Say to the people, Come away from the tent of Korah Dathan, and Abiram.

    25So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the responsible men of Israel went with him.

    26And he said to the people, Come away now from the tents of these evil men, without touching anything of theirs, or you may be taken in the punishment of their sins.

    27So on every side they went away from the tent of Korah Dathan, and Abiram: and Dathan and Abiram came out to the door of their tents, with their wives and their sons and their little ones.

  • Num 16:2-3
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    2And came before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty chiefs of the people, men of good name who had a place in the meeting of the people.

    3They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord?

  • Num 16:5-8
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    5And he said to Korah and his band, In the morning the Lord will make clear who are his, and who is holy, and who may come near him: the man of his selection will be caused to come near him.

    6So do this: let Korah and all his band take vessels for burning perfumes;

    7And put spices on the fire in them before the Lord tomorrow; then the man marked out by the Lord will be holy: you take overmuch on yourselves, you sons of Levi.

    8And Moses said to Korah, Give ear now, you sons of Levi:

  • Num 16:16-20
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    16And Moses said to Korah, You and all your band are to come before the Lord tomorrow, you and they and Aaron:

    17And let every man take a vessel for burning perfumes, and put sweet spices in them; let every man take his vessel before the Lord, two hundred and fifty vessels; you and Aaron and everyone with his vessel.

    18So every man took his vessel and they put fire in them, with spices, and came to the door of the Tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.

    19And Korah made all the people come together against them to the door of the Tent of meeting: and the glory of the Lord was seen by all the people.

    20And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Num 16:11-12
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    11So you and all your band have come together against the Lord; and Aaron, who is he, that you are crying out against him?

    12Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: and they said, We will not come up:

  • Deut 11:6
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    6And what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; when they went down into the open mouth of the earth, with their families and their tents and every living thing which was theirs, before the eyes of all Israel:

  • Num 1:16-17
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    16These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.

    17And Moses and Aaron took these men, marked out by name;

  • Exod 6:21
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    21And the sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri.

  • Exod 6:24
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    24And the sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korahites.

  • 1 Chr 6:1-3
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    1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

    2And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

    3And the sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

  • Num 16:32-33
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    32And the earth, opening her mouth, took them in, with their families, and all the men who were joined to Korah, and their goods.

    33So they and all theirs went down living into the underworld, and the earth was shut over them, and they were cut off from among the meeting of the people.

  • 1 Chr 1:35
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    35The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel and Jeush and Jalam and Korah.

  • 1 Chr 6:37
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    37The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

  • Num 27:3
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    3Death overtook our father in the waste land; he was not among those who were banded together with Korah against the Lord; but death came to him in his sin; and he had no sons.

  • 1 Chr 6:16
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    16The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 1 Chr 6:22
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    22The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

  • Ps 106:17
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    17The earth opening put an end to Dathan, covering up Abiram and his band.

  • Gen 46:11
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    11And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;

  • Num 3:17
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    17These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

  • Num 16:49
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    49Now fourteen thousand, seven hundred deaths were caused by that disease, in addition to those who came to their end because of what Korah had done.

  • 1 Chr 6:18
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    18And the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

  • Num 4:1-2
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    1And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

    2Let the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, be numbered by their families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

  • Num 4:34
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    34So Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people took in hand the numbering of the sons of the Kohathites, by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

  • Num 16:40-41
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    40To be a sign, kept in memory for ever by the children of Israel, that no man who is not of the seed of Aaron has the right of burning spices before the Lord, so that he may not be like Korah and his band: as the Lord said to him by the mouth of Moses.

    41But on the day after, all the children of Israel made an outcry against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have put to death the Lord's people.

  • Num 3:19
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    19And the sons of Kohath, by their families: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel.