Numbers 16:31
When he had finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open,
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- Num 27:3 : 3 “Our father died in the wilderness, although he was not part of the company of those that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah, but he died for his own sin, and he had no sons.
- Deut 11:6 : 6 or what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth in the middle of the Israelite camp and swallowed them, their families, their tents, and all the property they brought with them.
- Ps 106:17-18 : 17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it engulfed the group led by Abiram. 18 Fire burned their group; the flames scorched the wicked.
- Num 26:10-11 : 10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah at the time that company died, when the fire consumed 250 men. So they became a warning. 11 But the descendants of Korah did not die.
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- Num 16:32-365 verses86%
32and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods.
33They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community.
34All the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry, for they said,“What if the earth swallows us too?”
35Then a fire went out from the LORD and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
36The Atonement for the Rebellion(17:1) The LORD spoke to Moses:
- Num 16:29-302 verses85%
29If these men die a natural death, or if they share the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.
30But if the LORD does something entirely new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up along with all that they have, and they go down alive to the grave, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD.
- Num 26:9-113 verses79%
9Eliab’s descendants were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram who as leaders of the community rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah when they rebelled against the LORD.
10The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah at the time that company died, when the fire consumed 250 men. So they became a warning.
11But the descendants of Korah did not die.
- Deut 11:5-62 verses77%
5They did not see what he did to you in the wilderness before you reached this place,
6or what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth in the middle of the Israelite camp and swallowed them, their families, their tents, and all the property they brought with them.
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17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it engulfed the group led by Abiram.
- Num 16:19-279 verses76%
19When Korah assembled the whole community against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting, then the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole community.
20The Judgment on the Rebels The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:
21“Separate yourselves from among this community, that I may consume them in an instant.”
22Then they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said,“O God, the God of the spirits of all people, will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?”
23So the LORD spoke to Moses:
24“Tell the community:‘Get away from around the homes of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’”
25Then Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel went after him.
26And he said to the community,“Move away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything they have, lest you be destroyed because of all their sins.”
27So they got away from the homes of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram on every side, and Dathan and Abiram came out and stationed themselves in the entrances of their tents with their wives, their children, and their toddlers.
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12You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.
- Num 16:44-452 verses71%
44The LORD spoke to Moses:
45“Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!” But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.
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16Then Moses said to Korah,“You and all your company present yourselves before the LORD– you and they, and Aaron– tomorrow.
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8Moses said to Korah,“Listen now, you sons of Levi!
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4When Moses heard it he fell down with his face to the ground.
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49Now 14,700 people died in the plague, in addition to those who died in the event with Korah.
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19The earth is broken in pieces, the earth is ripped to shreds, the earth shakes violently.
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18Then there were flashes of lightning, roaring, and crashes of thunder, and there was a tremendous earthquake– an earthquake unequaled since humanity has been on the earth, so tremendous was that earthquake.
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1The Rebellion of Korah Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, who were Reubenites, took men
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16Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the LORD in the matter of Peor– which resulted in the plague among the community of the LORD!
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6so that they had to live in the dry stream beds, in the holes of the ground, and among the rocks.
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37those men who produced the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
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15He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea.
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2So fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them so that they died before the LORD.
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5Then Moses and Aaron fell down with their faces to the ground before the whole assembled community of the Israelites.
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17Then the anger of the LORD will erupt against you and he will close up the sky so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed from the good land that the LORD is about to give you.
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33But while the meat was still between their teeth, before they chewed it, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.
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16men who were carried off before their time, when the flood was poured out on their foundations?
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5The depths have covered them, they went down to the bottom like a stone.
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5The earth, from which food comes, is overturned below as though by fire;
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23The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed in his intense anger.
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16The depths of the sea were exposed; the inner regions of the world were uncovered by the LORD’s battle cry, by the powerful breath from his nose.
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38Then fire from the LORD fell from the sky. It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench.
- Num 16:41-422 verses67%
41But on the next day the whole community of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying,“You have killed the LORD’s people!”
42When the community assembled against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting– and the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
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29but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.