Numbers 16:31

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As soon as he finished speaking all these words, the ground beneath them split apart.

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  • Num 27:3 : 3 Our father died in the wilderness. He was not part of the group that rebelled against the LORD during Korah’s assembly, but he died because of his own sin. He had no sons.
  • Deut 11:6 : 6 And what He did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, son of Reuben, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, tents, and everything that followed them, in the midst of all Israel.
  • Ps 106:17-18 : 17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the company of Abiram. 18 Fire blazed among their company; flames consumed the wicked.
  • Num 26:10-11 : 10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with Korah, when that assembly died, as the fire consumed 250 men, serving as a warning sign. 11 However, the sons of Korah did not die.

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  • Num 16:32-35
    4 verses
    86%

    32The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, along with all of Korah's men and all their possessions.

    33They went down alive into the grave, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished from the community.

    34All the Israelites around them ran away at their cries, saying, 'The earth might swallow us too!'

    35Then fire came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were offering incense.

  • Num 16:29-30
    2 verses
    85%

    29If these men die a natural death and experience only what usually happens to men, then the Lord has not sent me.

    30But if the Lord brings about something unprecedented and the ground opens its mouth to swallow them and everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt.

  • Num 26:9-11
    3 verses
    79%

    9The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These were the same Dathan and Abiram, community leaders who opposed Moses and Aaron as part of Korah’s assembly, inciting rebellion against the Lord.

    10The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with Korah, when that assembly died, as the fire consumed 250 men, serving as a warning sign.

    11However, the sons of Korah did not die.

  • Deut 11:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5And what He did for you in the wilderness until you reached this place.

    6And what He did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, son of Reuben, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, tents, and everything that followed them, in the midst of all Israel.

  • Ps 106:17
    77%

    17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the company of Abiram.

  • Num 16:19-27
    9 verses
    76%

    19When Korah had assembled the entire community against them at the entrance to the tent of meeting, the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole assembly.

    20The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

    21"Separate yourselves from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once."

    22But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and cried out, "O God, the God who gives breath to all living things, will you be angry with the entire assembly when only one man sins?"

    23Then the Lord said to Moses,

    24"Say to the assembly, 'Move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.'"

    25Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.

    26He warned the assembly, "Move away from the tents of these wicked men! Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins."

    27So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children, and little ones at the entrances to their tents.

  • Exod 15:12
    72%

    12You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them.

  • Num 16:16
    71%

    16Moses said to Korah, "You and all your followers are to appear before the Lord tomorrow—you, they, and Aaron.

  • Num 16:8
    70%

    8Moses also said to Korah, "Listen now, you sons of Levi!

  • Num 16:4
    70%

    4When Moses heard this, he fell face down.

  • Isa 24:19
    69%

    19The earth is utterly broken, the earth is split apart, the earth is violently shaken.

  • Rev 16:18
    69%

    18Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a massive earthquake—an earthquake so great that none like it has occurred since mankind has been on earth.

  • Num 16:1
    68%

    1Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, along with Dathan, Abiram (sons of Eliab), and On, son of Peleth, from the tribe of Reuben, took action.

  • Num 31:16
    68%

    16Behold, these women caused the people of Israel to act unfaithfully against the LORD through the advice of Balaam in the matter of Peor, which led to the plague among the congregation of the LORD.

  • Job 30:6
    68%

    6They dwell in the dry streambeds, in holes in the ground, and among the rocks.

  • Num 14:37
    68%

    37those men who spread the bad report about the land were struck down by a plague before the LORD.

  • Ps 78:15
    68%

    15He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the depths.

  • Lev 10:2
    68%

    2Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.

  • Num 14:5
    68%

    5Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the entire assembly of the Israelite community.

  • Deut 11:17
    68%

    17Then the LORD’s anger will burn against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no produce. Then you will soon perish from the good land the LORD is giving you.

  • Num 11:33
    67%

    33But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and He struck them with a severe plague.

  • Job 22:16
    67%

    16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundation was swept away by a flood.

  • Exod 15:5
    67%

    5The deep waters covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone.

  • Job 28:5
    67%

    5The earth produces food, but beneath it is overturned as if by fire.

  • Deut 29:23
    67%

    23All the nations will ask, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?'

  • 2 Sam 22:16
    67%

    16The channels of the sea were visible, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at the rebuke of the LORD, at the breath of his nostrils.

  • 1 Kgs 18:38
    67%

    38Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.

  • Luke 17:29
    67%

    29But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.