Numbers 16:33

Easy To Read Version

Those people went down into their grave alive. Everything they owned went with them. Then the earth closed over them. They were finished—gone from the camp!

Cross References

Psalm 141:7

People dig and plow the ground.\par And spread the dirt around.\par In the same way, our bones\par will be spread around in their grave.\par

Psalm 143:7

Hurry, answer me Lord!\par I have lost my courage.\par Don’t turn away from me.\par Don’t let me die and become like\par the dead people lying in the grave.\par

Psalm 55:15

I wish death would take\par my enemies by surprise!\par I wish the earth would open up\par and swallow them alive! {\cf2\super [329]} \par Why? Because they plan\par such terrible things together.\par

Psalm 55:16

I will call to God for help.\par And the Lord will answer me.\par

Psalm 55:23

Give your worries to the Lord,\par and he will care for you.\par The Lord will never let good people\par be defeated.\par

Psalm 69:15

Don’t let the waves drown me.\par Don’t let the deep hole swallow me.\par Don’t let the grave close its mouth on me.\par

Psalm 9:15

Those people from other nations\par dug holes to trap other people.\par But they fell into their own traps.\par Those people hid nets to trap other people.\par But they were caught in those nets.\par

Isaiah 14:15

But that did not happen.\par You did not go to the sky with God.\par You were brought down to the deep pit—\par Sheol, {\cf2\super [151]} the place of death.\par

Isaiah 14:9

Sheol, {\cf2\super [148]} \{the place of death\} is excited\par because you are coming.\par Sheol is waking the spirits of all\par the leaders of the earth for you.\par Sheol is making the kings stand\par from their thrones.\par They will be ready for your coming.\par

Isaiah 38:18

Dead people don’t sing praises to you.\par People in Sheol {\cf2\super [368]} don’t praise you.\par Dead people don’t trust you to help them.\par They go into a hole in the ground,\par \{and never speak again\}.\par

Ezekiel 31:14

“Now, none of the trees by that water will be proud. They won’t try to reach the clouds. None of the strong trees that drink that water will brag about being tall. Why? Because all of them have been appointed to die. They will all go down into the world below—to Sheol, the place of death. They will join the other people who died and went down into that deep hole.”

Ezekiel 32:18

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [262]} cry for the people of Egypt. Lead Egypt and those daughters from powerful nations to the grave. Lead them to the world below where they will be with the other people that went down into that deep hole.

Ezekiel 32:30

“The rulers from the north are there, all of them! And there are all the soldiers from Sidon. Their strength scared people. But they are embarrassed. Those foreigners lie there with the other men that were killed in battle. They carried their shame with them down into that deep hole.

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 16:34

The people of Israel heard the cries of the men being destroyed. So they all ran in different directions and said, “The earth will kill us, too!”

Numbers 22:33

your donkey saw me and turned away from me. That happened three times. If the donkey had not turned away, I probably would have killed you already. And I would have let your donkey live.”

Numbers 26:11

But the other people who were from the family of Korah did not die.

Deuteronomy 32:22

My anger will burn like a fire, burning down to the deepest grave, [214] burning the earth and all it produces, burning deep down below the mountains!