Numbers 16:34

All Israel around them fled from their cries. They exclaimed, “The earth may swallow us up 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

33So they and all that they possessed went down alive into Sheol. The earth closed over them, and they perished from among the community.

35Then fire flashed out from Yahweh and devoured the 250 men who had offered incense.

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Cross References

Numbers 17:12The people of Israel spoke to Moses and said, “We will die here. We will all perish!

Zechariah 14:5Then you will flee down the valley between Yahweh's mountains, for the valley between those mountains will reach to Azel. You will flee just as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah. Then Yahweh my God will come and all the holy ones will be 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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