Numbers 26:10
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.
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- Num 16:38 : 38 As for the censers of these men who sinned at the cost of their lives, they must be made into hammered sheets for covering the altar, because they presented them before the LORD and sanctified them. They will become a sign to the Israelites.”
- Num 16:31-35 : 31 When he had finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open, 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods. 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.
- 2 Pet 2:6 : 6 and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly,
- Jude 1:7 : 7 So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
- Exod 16:35 : 35 Now the Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was inhabited; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
- Num 16:2 : 2 and rebelled against Moses, along with some of the Israelites, 250 leaders of the community, chosen from the assembly, famous men.
- 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.
- 1 Sam 2:34 : 34 This will be a confirming sign for you that will be fulfilled through your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: in a single day they both will die!
- 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.
- Jer 29:22 : 22 And all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use them as examples when they put a curse on anyone. They will say,“May the LORD treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab whom the king of Babylon roasted to death in the fire!”
- Ezek 14:8 : 8 I will set my face against that person and will make him an object lesson and a byword and will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- 1 Cor 10:6-9 : 6 These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did. 7 So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written,“The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” 8 And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day. 9 And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes. 10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
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- Num 16:30-367 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,
32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods.
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:
- Ps 106:16-183 verses83%
16 In the camp they resented Moses, and Aaron, the LORD’s holy priest.
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.
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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.
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11 But the descendants of Korah did not die.
- Num 16:23-275 verses75%
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.
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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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49 Now 14,700 people died in the plague, in addition to those who died in the event with Korah.
- Num 16:16-216 verses74%
16 Then Moses said to Korah,“You and all your company present yourselves before the LORD– you and they, and Aaron– tomorrow.
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.”
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.”
- Num 16:1-22 verses73%
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
2 and rebelled against Moses, along with some of the Israelites, 250 leaders of the community, chosen from the assembly, famous men.
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6 Do this, Korah, you and all your company: Take censers,
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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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12 You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.
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8 Moses said to Korah,“Listen now, you sons of Levi!
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61 But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire 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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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!
- Num 25:9-102 verses68%
9 Those that died in the plague were 24,000.
10 The Aftermath The LORD spoke to Moses:
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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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1 The 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.
- Num 16:40-412 verses68%
40 It was a memorial for the Israelites, that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to burn incense before the LORD, that he might not become like Korah and his company– just as the LORD had spoken by the authority of Moses.
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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3 they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.
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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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12 We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.
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6 So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died.
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10 They were destroyed at En Dor; their corpses were like manure on the ground.
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10 However, 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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4 When Moses heard it he fell down with his face to the ground.