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Numbers 16:34

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At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.

KJV

And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

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This verse in Numbers 16

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

all the people of Israel who were around them fled

on Numbers 16:34-35

Fire comes out from the Lord and consumes the two hundred and fifty. It is the wording of Leviticus 10:2 over Nadab and Abihu and of 11:1 at Taberah.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the L ORD , therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:95%@v38

And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them,.... Or because of it, as Aben Ezra; their cry was so loud, their shrieks so dreadful and piercing, that the Israelites about them fled to get out of the sound of them, as well as for their own safety.

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֛רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם[was] around them

    sevivoteihemH5439 →336 times

  • נָ֣סוּthey fled

    nasuH5127 →159 times

  • לְקֹלָ֑םto voice their

    lekolamH6963 →506 times

  • כִּ֣יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • אָֽמְר֔וּthey said

    ʾameruH559 →5305 times

  • פֶּן־lest

    pen-H6435 →133 times

  • תִּבְלָעֵ֖נוּit should swallow us

    tivlaenuH1104 →49 times

  • הָאָֽרֶץ׃the earth

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

10 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Psalms 64:8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.3 worksNahum 3:7Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”3 worksProverbs 21:11When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.3 worksRevelation 18:10In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”3 worksRevelation 6:15–17Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.2 worksZechariah 14:5You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.2 works
The other 4 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 33:3The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.2 worksNumbers 17:12–13Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!2 worksZechariah 2:7“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”2 works1 Samuel 15:6And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Zechariah 14:5

    You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my…

    it leads to

    • Jude 1:14–15

      Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones

    • Amos 1:1

      These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son…

    • Matthew 25:31

      When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.

    • Matthew 16:27

      For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.

    • Deuteronomy 33:2

      He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.

  • Through

    Isaiah 33:3

    The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 10:13–14

      For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a…

    • Isaiah 17:12–14

      Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.

    • Isaiah 59:16–18

      He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Death of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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