Numbers 16:34

and all Israel who [are] around them have fled at their voice, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us”;

Literal Standard Version

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 go down—they and all that they have—alive to Sheol, and the earth closes over them, and they perish from the midst of the assembly;

35and fire has come out from YHWH and consumes the two hundred and fifty men bringing the incense near.

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Cross References

Numbers 17:12And the sons of Israel speak to Moses, saying, “Behold, we have expired, we have perished, all of us have perished!

Zechariah 14:5And you have fled [to] the valley of My mountains, || For the valley of the mountains joins to Azal, || And you have fled as you fled before the shaking, || In the days of Uzziah king of Judah, || And my God YHWH has come in, || All holy ones [are] with You.

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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