Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
The earth
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Bible References
The earth
Numbers 16:30
But if the Lord creates an entirely new thing, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up, along with all that belongs to them, and they descend alive into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), then you will understand that these men have spurned and rejected the Lord!”
Genesis 4:11
And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s [shed] blood from your hand.
Isaiah 5:14
Therefore Sheol (the realm of the dead) has increased its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure;
AndJerusalem’s splendor, her multitude, her [boisterous] uproar and her [drunken] revelers descend into it.
Therefore Sheol (the realm of the dead) has increased its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure;
And
Revelation 12:16
But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon had hurled out of his mouth.
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Psalm 106:17
Therefore the earth opened and swallowed Dathan,
And engulfed the company of Abiram.
Therefore the earth opened and swallowed Dathan,
And engulfed the company of Abiram.
Luke 19:27
[The king ended by saying,] ‘But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them, bring them here and kill them in my presence.’”