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Selected Verse: Numbers 16:32 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 16:32 |
King James |
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| All the men ... - Not his sons (see Num 26:11), but all belonging to him who had associated themselves with him in this rebellion. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| All that appertained unto Korah - That is, all his family which were there, women, children, and servants; but his sons, who were spared, Num 26:11, Num 26:58; Ch1 6:22, Ch1 6:37, were absent either upon some service of the tabernacle, or upon some other occasion, God so ordering it by his providence either because they disliked their fathers act, or upon Moses's intercession for them. This expression may intimate, that Korah himself was not here, but that he continued with his two hundred and fifty men before the Lord, where they were waiting for God's decision of the controversy. Nor is it probable that their chief captain would desert them, and leave them standing there without an head, especially, when Aaron his great adversary, abode there still, and did not go with Moses to Dathan. And Korah may seem to have been consumed with those two hundred and fifty. And so much is intimated, Num 16:40, that no stranger come near to offer incense before the Lord, that he be not as Korah, and as his company, that is, destroyed, as they were, by fire from the Lord. And when the Psalmist relates this history, Psa 106:17-18, the earth's swallowing them up is confined to Dathan and Abiram, Psa 106:17, and for all the rest of that conspiracy it is added, Psa 106:18. And a fire was kindled in their company, the flame burnt up the wicked. |
11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.