Numbers 16:33

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.

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  • Jude 1:11 : 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.
  • Ps 9:15 : 15 The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.
  • Ps 69:15 : 15 Don’t let the current overpower me! Don’t let the deep swallow me up! Don’t let the Pit devour me!
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.
  • Isa 14:9 : 9 Sheol below is stirred up about you, ready to meet you when you arrive. It rouses the spirits of the dead for you, all the former leaders of the earth; it makes all the former kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
  • Isa 14:15 : 15 But you were brought down to Sheol, to the remote slopes of the Pit.
  • Ezek 32:18 : 18 “Son of man, wail over the horde of Egypt. Bring it down; bring her and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth, along with those who descend to the Pit.
  • Ezek 32:30 : 30 “All the leaders of the north are there, along with all the Sidonians; despite their might they have gone down in shameful terror with the dead. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword, and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.

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  • Num 16:30-32
    3 verses
    89%

    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.

    31When he had finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open,

    32and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods.

  • Num 26:9-11
    3 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Num 16:34
    81%

    34All the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry, for they said,“What if the earth swallows us too?”

  • Ps 106:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

    17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it engulfed the group led by Abiram.

    18Fire burned their group; the flames scorched the wicked.

  • Deut 11:6
    78%

    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.

  • Num 16:18-27
    10 verses
    76%

    18So 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.

    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.

  • Prov 1:12
    75%

    12We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

  • Num 16:49
    73%

    49Now 14,700 people died in the plague, in addition to those who died in the event with Korah.

  • Ps 55:15
    72%

    15May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

  • Lev 10:2
    71%

    2So fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them so that they died before the LORD.

  • Num 16:45
    71%

    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.

  • Ezek 32:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23Their graves are located in the remote slopes of the Pit. Her assembly is around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword, those who spread terror in the land of the living.

    24“Elam is there with all her hordes around her grave; all of them struck down by the sword. They went down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, those who spread terror in the land of the living. Now they will bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.

  • Ps 83:10
    71%

    10They were destroyed at En Dor; their corpses were like manure on the ground.

  • Exod 15:5
    71%

    5The depths have covered them, they went down to the bottom like a stone.

  • Num 14:37
    70%

    37those men who produced the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

  • Num 27:3
    70%

    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.

  • Jude 1:11
    70%

    11Woe 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.

  • Ezek 31:17
    70%

    17Those who lived in its shade, its allies among the nations, also went down with it to Sheol, to those killed by the sword.

  • Ps 63:9
    69%

    9Enemies seek to destroy my life, but they will descend into the depths of the earth.

  • Num 16:1
    69%

    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

  • Exod 15:12
    69%

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

  • Job 21:26
    69%

    26Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover over them both.

  • Num 14:35
    69%

    35I, the LORD, have said,“I will surely do so to all this evil congregation that has gathered together against me. In this wilderness they will be finished, and there they will die!”’”

  • Gen 7:22
    69%

    22Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

  • Num 16:16
    69%

    16Then Moses said to Korah,“You and all your company present yourselves before the LORD– you and they, and Aaron– tomorrow.

  • Ps 140:10
    68%

    10May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape.

  • Job 21:13
    68%

    13They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.

  • Isa 26:14
    68%

    14The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them.

  • Num 31:16
    68%

    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!

  • Deut 2:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15Indeed, it was the very hand of the LORD that eliminated them from within the camp until they were all gone.

    16Instructions Concerning Ammon So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community,

  • Ps 124:3
    68%

    3they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.

  • Isa 5:14
    68%

    14So 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.

  • Ps 73:19
    68%

    19How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!