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And they served as a warning sign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/26.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But the earth opened up its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, and fire devoured 250 of their followers. This served as a warning to the entire nation of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/26.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and they became a warning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/26.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/26.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men; and they became a sign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that group died, when the fire devoured 250 men, so that they became a warning sign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, so that they became a warning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, so that they became a warning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that congregation died, when the fire consumed 250 men, so that they became a warning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, so that they became a [warning] sign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, when his followers died and the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, when his followers died and the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />That's when the LORD made the earth open up and swallow Dathan, Abiram, and Korah. At the same time, fire destroyed 250 men as a warning to the other Israelites. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The ground opened up and swallowed them along with Korah. They and their followers died when the fire consumed the 250 men. This was a warning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The ground opened and swallowed them, and they died with Korah and his followers when fire destroyed 250 men; they became a warning to the people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The ground had opened its mouth and swallowed them up, along with Korah. Also, that group died when the fire devoured 250 men as a warning sign, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah at the time that company died, when the fire consumed 250 men. So they became a warning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred fifty men, and they became a sign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died; at the time the fire devoured two hundred fifty men, and they became a sign. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the earth opens her mouth, and swallows them and Korah, in the death of the congregation, in the fire consuming the two hundred and fifty men, and they become a sign;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them and Korah, in the death of the company, in the fire consuming the two hundred and fifty men, and they become a sign;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the earth will open her mouth and will swallow them and Korah, in the dying of the assembly in the consuming of the fire, the fifty and two hundred men: and they shall be for a signal.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the earth opening her mouth swallowed up Core, many others dying, when the fire burned two hundred and fifty men. And there was a great miracle wrought, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the earth, opening its mouth, devoured Korah, with many others dying, when the fire burned two hundred fifty men. And a great miracle was wrought,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with Korah, as a warning. The faction was destroyed when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred fifty men; and they became a warning.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men; and they became an example.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the Earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and Qorakh in the plague of the assembly when fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they were for a sign.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up them and Core, when their assembly perished, when the fire devoured the two hundred and fifty, and they were made a sign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/26-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=7951" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/26.htm">The Tribe of Reuben</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">And the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="6605: wat·tip̄·taḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve. A primitive root; to open wide; specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve.">opened</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: pî·hā (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to.">its mouth</a> <a href="/hebrew/1104.htm" title="1104: wat·tiḇ·la‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To swallow down, swallow up, engulf. A primitive root; to make away with; generally, to destroy.">and swallowed</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7141.htm" title="7141: qō·raḥ (N-proper-ms) -- An Edomite name, also an Isr. name. From qarach; ice; Korach, the name of two Edomites and three Israelites.">along with Korah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5712.htm" title="5712: hā·‘ê·ḏāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Congregation. Feminine of ed in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage.">whose followers</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: bə·mō·wṯ (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">died</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: hā·’êš (Art:: N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">when the fire</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ba·’ă·ḵōl (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">consumed</a> <a href="/hebrew/2572.htm" title="2572: ḥă·miš·šîm (Number-cp) -- Fifty. Multiple of chamesh; fifty.">250</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: ū·mā·ṯa·yim (Conj-w:: Number-fd) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction."></a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">men.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·yih·yū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">They serve</a> <a href="/hebrew/5251.htm" title="5251: lə·nês (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- From nacac; a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token.">as a warning sign.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>However, the line of Korah did not die out.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-11.htm">Jude 1:11</a></span><br />Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">2 Peter 2:15-16</a></span><br />They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness. / But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-10.htm">1 Corinthians 10:10</a></span><br />And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/2-19.htm">2 Timothy 2:19</a></span><br />Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-14.htm">Matthew 15:14</a></span><br />Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/5-37.htm">Acts 5:37</a></span><br />After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-17.htm">Hebrews 3:17</a></span><br />And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-22.htm">Romans 11:22</a></span><br />Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5</a></span><br />Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-4.htm">2 Peter 2:4-6</a></span><br />For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; / if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight; / if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-6.htm">Deuteronomy 11:6</a></span><br />and 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/16-31.htm">Numbers 16:31-33</a></span><br />As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open, / and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions. / They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/27-3.htm">Numbers 27:3</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-35.htm">Deuteronomy 1:35</a></span><br />“Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-17.htm">Psalm 106:17-18</a></span><br />The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram. / Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.</p><p class="hdg">It seems to be intimated in ch.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/16-27.htm">Numbers 16:27</a></b></br> So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/16-31.htm">Numbers 16:31-33</a></b></br> And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that <i>was</i> under them: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/16-27.htm">Numbers 16:27</a></b></br> So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/25-3.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/numbers/26-9.htm">Company</a> <a href="/exodus/24-17.htm">Consuming</a> <a href="/numbers/25-18.htm">Death</a> <a href="/numbers/21-28.htm">Devoured</a> <a href="/numbers/25-9.htm">Died</a> <a href="/numbers/22-27.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/numbers/26-7.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/numbers/26-9.htm">Korah</a> <a href="/numbers/23-19.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/numbers/24-16.htm">Open</a> <a href="/numbers/24-16.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/numbers/22-28.htm">Openeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-1.htm">Overtook</a> <a href="/numbers/4-41.htm">Served</a> <a href="/numbers/17-10.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/numbers/16-32.htm">Swallowed</a> <a href="/numbers/16-32.htm">Swalloweth</a> <a href="/numbers/25-18.htm">Time</a> <a href="/numbers/26-9.htm">Together</a> <a href="/exodus/21-29.htm">Warning</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/28-3.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/numbers/27-2.htm">Company</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-24.htm">Consuming</a> <a href="/numbers/26-11.htm">Death</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-17.htm">Devoured</a> <a href="/numbers/26-11.htm">Died</a> <a href="/numbers/33-4.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/numbers/26-14.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/numbers/26-11.htm">Korah</a> <a href="/numbers/30-2.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/numbers/35-2.htm">Open</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-6.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/judges/19-27.htm">Openeth</a> <a href="/numbers/26-61.htm">Overtook</a> <a href="/numbers/31-42.htm">Served</a> <a href="/numbers/31-54.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-6.htm">Swallowed</a> <a href="/job/5-5.htm">Swalloweth</a> <a href="/numbers/27-8.htm">Time</a> <a href="/numbers/27-3.htm">Together</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-46.htm">Warning</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 26</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/26-1.htm">The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab</a></span><br><span class="reftext">52. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/26-52.htm">The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">57. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/26-57.htm">The families and number of the Levites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">63. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/26-63.htm">None but Caleb and Joshua was left of those who were numbered at Sinai</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The earth opening up is a literal event that signifies God's direct intervention. This act of the earth swallowing the rebels is unique and underscores the seriousness of their rebellion against Moses and Aaron, who were God's appointed leaders. The imagery of the earth opening is reminiscent of the judgment seen in <a href="/genesis/4-11.htm">Genesis 4:11</a>, where the ground receives Abel's blood, indicating a divine response to sin.<p><b>along with Korah</b><br>Korah was a Levite who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron, challenging their leadership and the priesthood. His rebellion is significant because it represents a direct challenge to God's established order. Korah's fate serves as a reminder of the consequences of pride and rebellion against divine authority. This event is later referenced in <a href="/jude/1-11.htm">Jude 1:11</a> as a warning against false teachers and those who reject God's authority.<p><b>whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men</b><br>The 250 men who followed Korah were leaders within the community, indicating that the rebellion had significant support. Their death by fire is a demonstration of God's holiness and the seriousness of approaching Him without His appointed mediator. This event parallels the fate of Nadab and Abihu in <a href="/leviticus/10.htm">Leviticus 10:1-2</a>, who also faced divine fire for offering unauthorized incense, highlighting the importance of obedience to God's commands.<p><b>They serve as a warning sign</b><br>The judgment against Korah and his followers serves as a perpetual warning to the Israelites and future generations. It emphasizes the importance of respecting God's chosen leaders and the dangers of rebellion. This warning is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are cautioned against similar attitudes of rebellion and disobedience (<a href="/1_corinthians/10-11.htm">1 Corinthians 10:11</a>). The event is a type of Christ's role as the ultimate mediator, underscoring the necessity of approaching God through His appointed means.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/k/korah.htm">Korah</a></b><br>A Levite who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron, challenging their leadership and the priesthood.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a></b><br>Used by God as an instrument of judgment, it opened to swallow Korah and his followers.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/2/250_men.htm">250 Men</a></b><br>Followers of Korah who were consumed by fire as a divine judgment for their rebellion.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses_and_aaron.htm">Moses and Aaron</a></b><br>Leaders of Israel, appointed by God, whose authority was challenged by Korah and his followers.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_rebellion.htm">The Rebellion</a></b><br>A significant event where Korah and his followers questioned God's chosen leadership, resulting in severe judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_rebellion.htm">The Danger of Rebellion</a></b><br>Rebellion against God's appointed leaders is ultimately rebellion against God Himself. This passage serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of such actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>The dramatic judgment on Korah and his followers underscores God's sovereign authority and His ability to execute justice in His own way and timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_humility_and_submission.htm">The Importance of Humility and Submission</a></b><br>Believers are called to submit to God's established order and leadership, recognizing that God places leaders for His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/warnings_as_acts_of_grace.htm">Warnings as Acts of Grace</a></b><br>The event serves as a warning sign, an act of grace to prevent others from following the same path of destruction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_accountability.htm">Community Accountability</a></b><br>The community of believers is responsible for upholding God's standards and supporting His appointed leaders, fostering unity and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_26.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 26</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/musical_terms_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Abiram in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_causes_evil_to_exist_in_the_world.htm">How did Israel test God ten times?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/2_peter_3_10__is_earth's_fiery_end_real.htm">2 Peter 3:10: Is the total annihilation of the earth by fire scientifically plausible, or just an ancient myth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_moses_die_in_the_bible.htm">How did Moses die according to biblical accounts?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah . . . --</span>Hebrew, <span class= "ital">and Korah. </span>It would appear from this verse that Korah perished in the earthquake with Dathan and Abiram. The Samaritan Pentateuch, however, has a different reading here. It transposes the words "and Korah," and combines them with the words"and the two hundred and fifty men": thus--"when the fire devoured Korah and the two hundred and fifty men." (See Notes on <a href="/numbers/16-32.htm" title="And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained to Korah, and all their goods.">Numbers 16:32</a>; <a href="/numbers/16-35.htm" title="And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.">Numbers 16:35</a>.) It is possible that there may have been an omission here of the words which are found in <a href="/numbers/16-32.htm" title="And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained to Korah, and all their goods.">Numbers 16:32</a>, "all the men that appertained unto," or of words denoting "all the goods belonging to."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/26.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Swallowed them up together with Korah.</span> <span class="hebrew">יַתִּבְלַע אֹתָם וְאֶתאּקֹרַח</span>. Septuagint, <span class="greek">κατέπειν αὐτοὺς καὶ Κορέ</span>. This distinct statement, which is not modified in the Targums, seems decisive as to the fate of Korah. If indeed it were quite certain from the detailed narrative in chapter 16 that Korah perished with his own company, and not with the Reubenites, then it might be deemed necessary to force this statement into accordance with that certainty; but it is nowhere stated, or even clearly implied, that he perished by fire, and therefore there is no excuse for doing violence to the obvious meaning of this verse. Korah, Dathan, and Abiram were swallowed up, we are told, at the same time that Korah's company were consumed by fire; that is a clear statement, and cannot be set aside by any supposed necessity for avenging the sacri1egious ambition of Korah by the element of fire. <span class="cmt_word">And they became a sign.</span> The Hebrew <span class="hebrew">נֵם</span>properly means a banner or ensign, and is unusual in this sense. It exactly corresponds, however, to the Greek <span class="greek">σήμειον</span>, and has no doubt the same secondary signification - a something made conspicuous in order to attract attention and enforce a warning (cf. chapter Numbers 16:30, 38). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/26-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And the earth</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֜רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">opened</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּפְתַּ֨ח</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tip̄·taḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6605.htm">Strong's 6605: </a> </span><span class="str2">To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its mouth</span><br /><span class="heb">פִּ֗יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(pî·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6310.htm">Strong's 6310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and swallowed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּבְלַ֥ע</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tiḇ·la‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1104.htm">Strong's 1104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To swallow down, swallow up, engulf</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹתָ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">along with Korah,</span><br /><span class="heb">קֹ֖רַח</span> <span class="translit">(qō·raḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7141.htm">Strong's 7141: </a> </span><span class="str2">Korah -- an Edomite name, also an Israelite name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whose followers</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעֵדָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ê·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5712.htm">Strong's 5712: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stated assemblage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">died</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמ֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> </span><span class="str2">Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when the fire</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֵ֗שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’êš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">consumed</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּאֲכֹ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(ba·’ă·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">250</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·miš·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2572.htm">Strong's 2572: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fifty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">men.</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֔ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">They serve</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּהְי֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yih·yū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as a warning sign.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְנֵֽס׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·nês)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5251.htm">Strong's 5251: </a> </span><span class="str2">A flag, a sail, a flagstaff, a signal, a token</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/26-10.htm">Numbers 26:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/26-10.htm">Numbers 26:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/26-10.htm">Numbers 26:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/26-10.htm">Numbers 26:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/26-10.htm">Numbers 26:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/26-10.htm">Numbers 26:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/26-10.htm">Numbers 26:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/26-10.htm">Numbers 26:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/26-10.htm">Numbers 26:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/26-10.htm">Numbers 26:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/26-10.htm">OT Law: Numbers 26:10 And the earth opened its mouth (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/26-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 26:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 26:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/26-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 26:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 26:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>