Numbers 16:34

At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”

Majority Standard Bible

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

33They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.

35And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

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Cross References

Numbers 17:12Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!

Zechariah 14:5You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones 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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