Numbers 16:34

And all Israel that were about them, fled at the crie of them: for they said, Let vs flee, least the earth swalow vs vp.

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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 had, went down aliue into the pit, and the earth couered them: so they perished from among the Congregation.

35But there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundreth and fiftie men that offred the incense.

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Cross References

Numbers 17:12And the children of Israel spake vnto Moses, saying, Behold, we are dead, we perish, we are all lost:

Zechariah 14:5And yee shall flee vnto the valley of the mountaines: for the valley of the mountaines shall reache vnto Azal: yea, yee shall flee like as ye fled from the earthquake in the daies of Vzziah King of Iudah: and the Lord my God shall come, 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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