Numbers 16:32

New International Reader's Version

It opened its mouth. It swallowed up those men. In fact, it swallowed up everyone who lived in their houses. It swallowed all Korah’s men. And it swallowed up everything they owned.

Cross References

Genesis 4:11

So I am putting a curse on you. I am driving you away from this ground. It has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

1 Chronicles 6:22

The family line of Kohath included his son Amminadab. Korah was Amminadab’s son. Assir was Korah’s son.

1 Chronicles 6:37

Zephaniah was the son of Tahath. Tahath was the son of Assir. Assir was the son of Ebiasaph. Ebiasaph was the son of Korah.

Psalm 106:17

The ground opened up and swallowed Dathan. It buried Abiram and his followers.

Psalm 141:7

They will say, “As clumps of dirt are left from plowing up the ground, so our bones will be scattered near an open grave.”

Psalm 84:1

Lord who rules over all, how lovely is the place where you live!

Psalm 85:1

Lord, you were good to your land. You blessed the people of Jacob with great success again.

Psalm 88:1

Lord, you are the God who saves me. Day and night I cry out to you.

Isaiah 24:19

The earth will be broken up. It will split open. It will be shaken to pieces.

Isaiah 5:14

So Death opens its jaws to receive them. Its mouth is open wide to swallow them up. Their nobles and the rest of the people will go down into it. They will go there together with all those who have wild parties.

Numbers 16:17

Each man must get his shallow cup. He must put incense in it. There will be a total of 250 incense cups. Each man must bring his cup to the Lord. You and Aaron must also bring your cups.”

Numbers 16:30

But the Lord will make something totally new happen. The ground will open its mouth and swallow them up. It will swallow up everything that belongs to them. They will be buried alive. When that happens, you will know that these men have disrespected the Lord.”

Numbers 16:31

As soon as Moses finished saying all these words, what he had said came true. The ground under them broke open.

Numbers 16:33

They went down into the grave alive. Everything they owned went down with them. The ground closed over them and they died. And so they disappeared from the community.

Numbers 16:49

But 14,700 people died from the plague. That doesn’t include those who had died because of what Korah did.

Numbers 26:10

The ground opened its mouth. It swallowed them up along with Korah. The followers of Korah died when fire burned up 250 men. Their deaths were a warning to the rest of Israel.

Numbers 26:11

But the family line of Korah didn’t die out completely.

Numbers 27:3

“Our father died in the Sinai Desert. But he wasn’t one of the men who followed Korah. He wasn’t one of those who joined together against the Lord. Our father died because of his own sin. He didn’t leave any sons.

Numbers 4:18

“Make sure that the Kohath families are not destroyed from among the Levites.

Deuteronomy 11:6

They didn’t see what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab. Eliab was from the tribe of Reuben. The earth opened its mouth right in the middle of the Israelite camp. It swallowed up Dathan and Abiram. It swallowed them up together with their families, tents and every living thing that belonged to them.

Revelation 12:16

But the earth helped the woman. It opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had spit out.