Numbers 16:34

World English Bible (2000)

All Israel that were around them fled at the cry of them; for they said, "Lest the earth swallow us up!"

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 17:12-13 : 12 The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, "Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone! 13 Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of Yahweh, dies! Will we all perish?"
  • Isa 33:3 : 3 At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered.
  • Zech 14:5 : 5 You shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel; yes, you shall flee, just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Yahweh my God will come, and all the holy ones with you.
  • Rev 6:15-17 : 15 The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains. 16 They told the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 for the great day of his wrath has come; and who is able to stand?"

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  • Num 16:30-33
    4 verses
    81%

    30But if Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain to them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh."

    31It happened, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split apart that was under them;

    32and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who appertained to Korah, and all their goods.

    33So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.

  • Num 26:10
    80%

    10and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred fifty men, and they became a sign.

  • Num 16:35-36
    2 verses
    78%

    35Fire came forth from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.

    36Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Ps 106:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

    18A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.

  • Deut 11:6
    76%

    6and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel:

  • Num 16:44-46
    3 verses
    75%

    44Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

    45"Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!" They fell on their faces.

    46Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer, and put fire from off the altar in it, and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from Yahweh! The plague has begun."

  • Exod 15:12
    73%

    12You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them.

  • Num 16:18-24
    7 verses
    73%

    18They each took his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the Tent of Meeting with Moses and Aaron.

    19Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door of the Tent of Meeting: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the congregation.

    20Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

    21"Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!"

    22They fell on their faces, and said, "God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?"

    23Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

    24"Speak to the congregation, saying, 'Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram!'"

  • Ps 124:3
    73%

    3then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

  • Lev 10:2
    71%

    2And fire came forth from before Yahweh, and devoured them, and they died before Yahweh.

  • Num 16:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26He spoke to the congregation, saying, "Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!"

    27So they went away from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.

  • Num 14:10
    71%

    10But all the congregation threatened to stone them with stones. The glory of Yahweh appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the children of Israel.

  • Prov 1:12
    71%

    12let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

  • Num 14:5
    71%

    5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

  • Lev 9:24
    71%

    24There came forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed the burnt offering and the fat upon the altar: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

  • Num 17:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, "Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!

    13Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of Yahweh, dies! Will we all perish?"

  • Num 11:1-2
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    1The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger was kindled; and Yahweh's fire burnt among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.

    2The people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire abated.

  • Deut 5:25
    70%

    25Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of Yahweh our God any more, then we shall die.

  • Num 11:33
    70%

    33While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague.

  • 1 Kgs 18:38
    70%

    38Then the fire of Yahweh fell, and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

  • Ps 78:31
    69%

    31when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of the fattest of them, and struck down the young men of Israel.

  • Isa 24:17
    69%

    17Fear, the pit, and the snare, are on you who inhabitant the earth.

  • Exod 24:17
    69%

    17The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

  • Num 16:41
    69%

    41But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, "You have killed Yahweh's people!"

  • Exod 14:10
    69%

    10When Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid. The children of Israel cried out to Yahweh.

  • Exod 20:18
    69%

    18All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.

  • Num 16:49
    69%

    49Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah.

  • Joel 2:3
    68%

    3A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

  • Deut 1:34
    68%

    34Yahweh heard the voice of your words, and was angry, and swore, saying,

  • Exod 19:21
    68%

    21Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to Yahweh to gaze, and many of them perish.

  • Exod 19:18
    68%

    18Mount Sinai, all it, smoked, because Yahweh descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.