Numbers 16:32
and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods.
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Referenced Verses
- Num 26:11 : 11 But the descendants of Korah did not die.
- 1 Chr 6:22 : 22 The sons of Kohath:His son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir,
- 1 Chr 6:37 : 37 son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,
- Ps 84:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies!
- Ps 85:1 : 1 For the music director; written by the Korahites, a psalm. O LORD, you showed favor to your land; you restored the well-being of Jacob.
- Ps 88:1 : 1 A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O LORD God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.
- Ps 106:17 : 17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it engulfed the group led by Abiram.
- Isa 5:14 : 14 So Death will open up its throat, and open wide its mouth; Zion’s dignitaries and masses will descend into it, including those who revel and celebrate within her.
- Rev 12:16 : 16 but the earth came to her rescue; the ground opened up and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.
- 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.
- Gen 4:11 : 11 So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
- Num 16:17 : 17 And each of you take his censer, put incense in it, and then each of you present his censer before the LORD: 250 censers, along with you, and Aaron– each of you with his censer.”
- Num 16:30 : 30 But 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.
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- Num 16:33-364 verses89%
33 They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community.
34 All the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry, for they said,“What if the earth swallows us too?”
35 Then a fire went out from the LORD and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
36 The Atonement for the Rebellion(17:1) The LORD spoke to Moses:
- Num 16:30-312 verses86%
30 But 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.
31 When he had finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open,
- Num 26:9-113 verses86%
9 Eliab’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.
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.
- Ps 106:17-182 verses83%
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.
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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.
- Num 16:23-275 verses77%
23 So the LORD spoke to Moses:
24 “Tell the community:‘Get away from around the homes of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’”
25 Then Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel went after him.
26 And 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.”
27 So 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.
- Num 16:18-214 verses75%
18 So everyone took his censer, put fire in it, and set incense on it, and stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron.
19 When 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.
20 The 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.”
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49 Now 14,700 people died in the plague, in addition to those who died in the event with Korah.
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16 Then Moses said to Korah,“You and all your company present yourselves before the LORD– you and they, and Aaron– tomorrow.
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1 The 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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12 You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.
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12 We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.
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8 Moses said to Korah,“Listen now, you sons of Levi!
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16 but the earth came to her rescue; the ground opened up and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.
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6 Do this, Korah, you and all your company: Take censers,
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3 they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.
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2 So fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them so that they died before the LORD.
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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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11 Woe to them! For they have traveled down Cain’s path, and because of greed have abandoned themselves to Balaam’s error; hence, they will certainly perish in Korah’s rebellion.
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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.
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37 those men who produced the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
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16 Look, 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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14 So Death will open up its throat, and open wide its mouth; Zion’s dignitaries and masses will descend into it, including those who revel and celebrate within her.
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29 but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
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35 They ate all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the crops of their fields.
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15 May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.
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33 But 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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5 The depths have covered them, they went down to the bottom like a stone.
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4 When Moses heard it he fell down with his face to the ground.
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16 men who were carried off before their time, when the flood was poured out on their foundations?
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6 so that they had to live in the dry stream beds, in the holes of the ground, and among the rocks.
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32 But as for you, your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness,
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41 But on the next day the whole community of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying,“You have killed the LORD’s people!”
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6 Through these things the world existing at that time was destroyed when it was deluged with water.