Numbers 16:34
All the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry, for they said,“What if the earth swallows us too?”
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- Num 17:12-13 : 12 The Israelites said to Moses,“We are bound to die! We perish, we all perish! 13 (17:28) Anyone who even comes close to the tabernacle of the LORD will die! Are we all to die?”
- Isa 33:3 : 3 The nations run away when they hear a loud noise; the nations scatter when you spring into action!
- Zech 14:5 : 5 Then you will escape through my mountain valley, for the valley of the mountains will extend to Azal. Indeed, you will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come with all his holy ones with him.
- Rev 6:15-17 : 15 Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They said to the mountains and to the rocks,“Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
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- Num 16:30-334 verses81%
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.
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.
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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.
- Num 16:35-362 verses78%
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:
- Ps 106:17-182 verses78%
17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it engulfed the group led by Abiram.
18Fire burned their group; the flames scorched the wicked.
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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 16:44-463 verses75%
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.
46Then Moses said to Aaron,“Take the censer, put burning coals from the altar in it, place incense on it, and go quickly into the assembly and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the LORD– the plague has begun!”
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12You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.
- Num 16:18-247 verses73%
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.’”
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3they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.
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2So fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them so that they died before the LORD.
- Num 16:26-272 verses71%
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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10However, the whole community threatened to stone them. But the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the tent of meeting.
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12We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.
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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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24Then fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar, and all the people saw it, so they shouted loudly and fell down with their faces to the ground.
- Num 17:12-132 verses71%
12The Israelites said to Moses,“We are bound to die! We perish, we all perish!
13(17:28) Anyone who even comes close to the tabernacle of the LORD will die! Are we all to die?”
- Num 11:1-22 verses70%
1The Israelites Complain When the people complained, it displeased the LORD. When the LORD heard it, his anger burned, and so the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outer parts of the camp.
2When the people cried to Moses, he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died out.
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25But now, why should we die, because this intense fire will consume us! If we keep hearing the voice of the LORD our God we will die!
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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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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.
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31when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.
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17Terror, pit, and snare are ready to overtake you inhabitants of the earth!
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17Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in plain view of the people.
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41But 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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10When Pharaoh got closer, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified. The Israelites cried out to the LORD,
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18All the people were seeing the thundering and the lightning, and heard the sound of the horn, and saw the mountain smoking– and when the people saw it they trembled with fear and kept their distance.
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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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3Like fire they devour everything in their path; a flame blazes behind them. The land looks like the Garden of Eden before them, but behind them there is only a desolate wilderness– for nothing escapes them!
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34Judgment at Kadesh Barnea When the LORD heard you, he became angry and made this vow:
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21The LORD said to Moses,“Go down and solemnly warn the people, lest they force their way through to the LORD to look, and many of them perish.
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18Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.