Numbers 16:34

And all Israel that were round about them fled at their cry; for they said, Perhaps the earth may swallow us up [also].

Leeser Tanakh

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 went down, they, and all they that appertained to them, alive into the pit; and the earth closed over them, and they disappeared from the midst of the congregation.

35And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that had offered the incense.

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Cross References

Numbers 17:12(17:27) And the children of Israel said unto Moses, thus, Behold, we perish, we are lost, we are all lost.

Zechariah 14:5And ye shall flee [from] the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal; and ye shall flee, just as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of 'Uzziyah the king of Judah: and then will come the Lord my God, and all the saints with thee.

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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