Psalms 106:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Num 16:29-33 : 29 If these men die a natural death, or if they share the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me. 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.
  • Num 26:10 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 11:5-6
    2 verses
    86%

    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.

  • Num 16:30-35
    6 verses
    83%

    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.

    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.

  • Num 26:9-11
    3 verses
    83%

    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.

  • Ps 106:18
    80%

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

  • Num 16:23-27
    5 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Ps 106:16
    74%

    16In the camp they resented Moses, and Aaron, the LORD’s holy priest.

  • Exod 15:12
    73%

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

  • Num 16:12
    73%

    12Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said,“We will not come up.

  • Num 16:1
    72%

    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

  • Num 16:19-21
    3 verses
    70%

    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.”

  • Ps 124:3
    69%

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

  • Prov 1:12
    69%

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

  • Num 16:16
    68%

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

  • Lev 10:2
    68%

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

  • Rev 12:16
    67%

    16but the earth came to her rescue; the ground opened up and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.

  • Num 11:1
    67%

    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.

  • Exod 15:5
    67%

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

  • Num 31:16
    66%

    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!

  • Num 16:49
    66%

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

  • Ps 106:11
    66%

    11The water covered their enemies; not even one of them survived.

  • Num 14:37
    66%

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

  • Num 16:41
    66%

    41But on the next day the whole community of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying,“You have killed the LORD’s people!”

  • Num 16:45
    66%

    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.

  • Ps 21:9
    66%

    9You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.

  • Deut 1:34
    66%

    34Judgment at Kadesh Barnea When the LORD heard you, he became angry and made this vow:

  • Num 11:33
    66%

    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.

  • Num 27:3
    66%

    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.

  • Ps 105:35
    65%

    35They ate all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the crops of their fields.

  • Deut 9:22
    65%

    22Moreover, you continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah.

  • Num 11:3
    65%

    3So he called the name of that place Taberah because there the fire of the LORD burned among them.

  • Ps 106:26-27
    2 verses
    65%

    26So he made a solemn vow that he would make them die in the wilderness,

    27make their descendants die among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands.

  • Ps 140:10
    65%

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

  • Ps 106:29
    65%

    29They made the LORD angry by their actions, and a plague broke out among them.

  • Exod 15:10
    65%

    10But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.