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Numbers 16:31
Numbers 16:31 is verse 31 of Numbers chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,
King James Version
And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
World English Bible
As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split apart.
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Numbers 16:29–33 · Berean Standard Bible
29 If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.
30 But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
31 As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,
32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.
33 They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Numbers 26:10And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.
Numbers 26:11However, the line of Korah did not die out.
Numbers 27:3“Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among the followers of Korah who gathered together against the LORD. Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons.
Deuteronomy 11:6and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.
Psalms 106:17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
Psalms 106:18Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.