Numbers 16:34

Yet truly, all of Israel, which was standing all around, took flight at the clamor of those who were perishing, saying, “Lest perhaps the earth may swallow us whole also.”

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In The King James Version

And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

In Context

33And they descended alive, the ground closing around them, into the underworld, and they perished from the midst of the multitude.

35Then, too, a fire, going forth from the Lord, put to death the two hundred fifty men who were offering the incense.

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Cross References

Numbers 17:12Then the sons of Israel said to Moses: “Behold, we have been consumed; we have been ruined.

Zechariah 14:5And you will flee to the valley of those mountains, because the valley of the mountains will be joined all the way to the next. And you will flee, just as you fled from the face of the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And the Lord my God will arrive, and all the saints with him.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 16:24-35

23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. 26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram… Read the whole commentary →

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