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Numbers 16:31

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:

KJV

Confestim igitur ut cessavit loqui, dirupta est terra sub pedibus eorum :

Vulgate

ὡς δὲ ἐπαύσατο λαλῶν πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους, ἐρράγη ἡ γῆ ὑποκάτω αὐτῶν,

LXX

And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them;

ASV

וַ/יְהִי֙ כְּ/כַלֹּת֔/וֹ לְ/דַבֵּ֕ר אֵ֥ת כָּל הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה וַ/תִּבָּקַ֥ע הָ/אֲדָמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּחְתֵּי/הֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ו
v
noun · 505×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 203×
תִּבָּקַ֥ע
tbq'
verb · 51×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Jude 1:11 · allusion
    "Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core."
    Numbers: the rebellion of Korah — Jude on false teachers

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers the rebellion of Korah, the spies sent to Canaan, the 40 years of wandering, Balaam's oracles, the conquest of Transjordan, and the death of Moses. Josephus portrays Moses as one of the greatest legislators in human history.

Cross-references

  • Deut 11:6 — And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that w
  • Heb 2:2 — For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
  • Num 20:3 — And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
  • Num 26:10 — 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.
  • Num 27:3 — Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
  • Prov 24:22 — For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
  • Ps 106:17 — The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.