Numbers 16:31

Easy To Read Version

When Moses finished saying these things, the ground under the men opened.

Cross References

Isaiah 24:19

There will be earthquakes.\par And the earth will split open.\par

Numbers 16:30

But if the Lord causes these men to die in a different way—something new—then you will know that these men have truly sinned against the Lord. {This is the proof:} the earth will open and swallow these men. They will go down to their grave still alive. And everything that belongs to these men will go down with them.”

Numbers 16:32

It was like the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them. All of Korah’s men, their families, and everything they owned went down into the earth.

Numbers 20:3

The people argued with Moses. They said, “Maybe we should have died in front of the Lord like our brothers did.

Numbers 27:3

“Our father died while we were traveling through the desert. Our father died a natural death. He was not one of the men that joined Korah’s group. (Korah was the man who turned against the Lord.) But our father had no sons.

Deuteronomy 11:6

You saw what the Lord did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab from Reuben’s family. All the people of Israel watched as the ground opened up like a mouth and swallowed those men. It swallowed their families, their tents, and all of their servants and animals.