Numbers 16:23-35

23 Then the LORD said to Moses,
24 “Say to the assembly, ‘Move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.’ ”
25 Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
26 He warned the assembly, “Move back from the tents of these wicked men! Do not touch anything belonging to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
27 So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children and little ones at the entrances to their tents.
28 Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things and that it was not my idea:
29 If these men die a natural death and suffer the fate of all mankind, then the LORD has not sent me.
30 But if the LORD brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
31 As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart
32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, and all those associated with Korah, together with their possessions.
33 They went down alive into the realm of the dead, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.
34 At their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting, “The earth is going to swallow us too!”
35 And fire came out from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

Cross References 18

  • 1. S Exodus 19:7
  • 2. Isaiah 52:11
  • 3. S Genesis 19:15
  • 4. Jeremiah 51:6
  • 5. S ver 12
  • 6. ver 32; Joshua 7:24; Isaiah 13:16; Isaiah 14:21
  • 7. S Exodus 33:8
  • 8. 1 Kings 18:36
  • 9. Exodus 3:12; John 5:36; John 6:38
  • 10. Numbers 24:13; Job 31:2; Ecclesiastes 3:19
  • 11. Psalms 141:7; Isaiah 5:14
  • 12. ver 33; S Genesis 37:35; 1 Samuel 2:6; Job 5:26; Job 21:13; Psalms 9:17; Psalms 16:10; Psalms 55:15; Isaiah 14:11; Isaiah 38:18
  • 13. S Numbers 14:11; S Ezekiel 26:20
  • 14. Isaiah 64:1-2; Ezekiel 47:1-12; Micah 1:3-4; Zechariah 14:4
  • 15. S Exodus 15:12; Numbers 26:11; Deuteronomy 11:6; Psalms 106:17
  • 16. S ver 30; S Ecclesiastes 9:10
  • 17. S Numbers 11:1-3; Numbers 26:10; Revelation 11:5
  • 18. S Leviticus 10:2
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