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The earth swallows Dathan and Abiram and all of Korah’s men

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Numbers 16:25–34: Moses goes to Dathan and Abiram, the elders of Israel following him, and tells the congregation to depart from the tents of these wicked men; they go away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, and Dathan and Abiram come out and stand at the door of their tents with their wives, their sons and their little ones. Moses says that by this they shall know that the LORD has sent him: if the LORD makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them with all that is theirs and they go down alive into Sheol, they shall understand that these men have despised the LORD. As he finishes speaking the ground splits apart and swallows them with their households, all of Korah’s men and all their goods; they go down alive into Sheol and the earth closes on them, and all Israel around them flees at their cry, lest the earth swallow them too.

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NUM 16:25–34, engwebp
²⁵Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
²⁶He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!”
²⁷So they went away from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.
²⁸Moses said, “Hereby you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works; for they are not from my own mind.
²⁹If these men die the common death of all men, or if they experience what all men experience, then the LORD hasn’t sent me.
³⁰But if the LORD makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up with all that belong to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall understand that these men have despised the LORD.”
³¹As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split apart.
³²The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their households, all of Korah’s men, and all their goods.
³³So they, and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol. The earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.
³⁴All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”
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Moses — Took part in — The earth swallows Dathan and Abiram and all of Korah’s men

Evidence: Numbers 16:25–34
Dathan — Took part in — The earth swallows Dathan and Abiram and all of Korah’s men

Evidence: Numbers 16:25–34
Abiram (son of Eliab) — Took part in — The earth swallows Dathan and Abiram and all of Korah’s men

Evidence: Numbers 16:25–34
Korah (son of Izhar) — Took part in — The earth swallows Dathan and Abiram and all of Korah’s men

Evidence: Numbers 16:25–34

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Entry: The earth swallows Dathan and Abiram and all of Korah’s men (event-num-16-earth-swallows)
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Current wording: Numbers 16:25–34: Moses goes to Dathan and Abiram, the elders of Israel following him, and tells the congregation to depart from the tents of these wicked men; they go away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, and Dathan and Abiram come out and stand at the door of their tents with their wives, their sons and their little ones. Moses says that by this they shall know that the LORD has sent him: if the LORD makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them with all that is theirs and they go down alive into Sheol, they shall understand that these men have despised the LORD. As he finishes speaking the ground splits apart and swallows them with their households, all of Korah’s men and all their goods; they go down alive into Sheol and the earth closes on them, and all Israel around them flees at their cry, lest the earth swallow them too.
Cited evidence: NUM 16:25–34, engwebp
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