KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Numbers 16:31–38
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Numbers 16:31
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:
31¶ *And it came to passe as he had made an ende of speaking all these words, that the ground claue asunder that was vnder them:
- Chap. 27.3. deut. 11.6. psal. 106.17.
Numbers 16:32
32And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
32And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them vp, and their houses, and all the men that appertained vnto Korah, and all their goods.
Numbers 16:33
33They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
33They, and all that appertained to them, went downe aliue into the pit, and the earth closed vpon them: and they perished from among the Congregation.
Numbers 16:34
34And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
34And all Israel that were round about them, fled at the crie of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow vs vp also.
Numbers 16:35
35And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
35And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fiftie men that offered incense.
Numbers 16:36
36¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
36¶ And the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying,
Numbers 16:37
37Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
37Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest, that he take vp the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder, for they are hallowed.
Numbers 16:38
38The 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 Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
38The censers of these sinners against their owne soules, let them make them broad plates for a couering of the Altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed, and they shall be a signe vnto the children of Israel.
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DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 16:31
To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The last or concluding part; a termination, limit, purpose, or result. As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The earth or soil; a foundation, basis, or reason; also to establish firmly.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Did split or divide apart.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 16:32
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
Made open, uncovered, unsealed, revealed, or made accessible.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Buildings or dwellings; also households, families, dynasties, or divisions descended from a common head.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
appertained
To belong, whether by right, nature or appointment.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · KJV usage (PCE)
Movables; household furniture. Wares; merchandize; commodities bought and sold by merchants and traders. Personal or movable estate.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 16:33
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
appertained
To belong, whether by right, nature or appointment.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · KJV usage (PCE)
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Living; having life; not dead. By extension, continuing in life, force, or activity.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
Shut, fastened, enclosed, ended, or brought together with no opening.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
congregation
An assembled body or community of people, especially the gathered people of Israel or worshippers before God.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 16:34
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called in Scripture.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Around, concerning, near, or engaged in; on every side or approximately, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To flee: to run or hasten away, especially from danger or expected evil.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
That not; for fear that.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 16:35
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Flame and burning heat; figuratively, fiery trial, judgment, zeal, or anger; to kindle or burn.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Wasted; burnt up; destroyed; dissipated; squandered; expended.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The number equal to one and one.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The number equal to ten times ten.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The number equal to five times ten.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Presented for acceptance or rejection; presented in worship or sacrifice; or set before the eye or mind.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
An aromatic substance burned as an offering; as a verb, to provoke or inflame to anger.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 16:36
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 16:37
To utter words; to say, declare, address, or communicate by speech.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A person who officiates in sacred service, especially by offering sacrifices or ministering in worship; the KJV applies the term to Mosaic priests, priests of other gods, and Christ as Priest, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Vessels in which incense is burned.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Being on fire; consuming by fire; also fiery heat, inflammation, or ardent passion.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To disperse, spread apart, or separate in different directions or places.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Flame and burning heat; figuratively, fiery trial, judgment, zeal, or anger; to kindle or burn.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Being at a distance within view.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Consecrated to a sacred use, or to religious exercises; treated as sacred; reverenced.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 16:38
Vessels in which incense is burned.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Persons who sin; those guilty of transgression against God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To form, produce, cause, or carry out what the verse states.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Wide; extensive in space, range, or application.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Flat or broad pieces of metal.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Presented for acceptance or rejection; presented in worship or sacrifice; or set before the eye or mind.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Consecrated to a sacred use, or to religious exercises; treated as sacred; reverenced.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called in Scripture.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study6And 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 was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
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Open the full verse study3Our 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.
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Open the full verse study17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
18And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
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Open the full verse study10And 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.
11Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
From verse 32
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Open the full verse study11Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
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Open the full verse study17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
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Open the full verse study16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
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Open the full verse study22The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
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Open the full verse study14Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
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Open the full verse study37The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
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Open the full verse study6And 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 was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
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Open the full verse study17And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.
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Open the full verse study30But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
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Open the full verse study3Our 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.
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Open the full verse study1HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
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Open the full verse study1LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
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Open the full verse study1O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
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Open the full verse study11And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
From verse 33
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Open the full verse study18Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
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Open the full verse study30There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.
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Open the full verse study15Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
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Open the full verse study9Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
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Open the full verse study11Woe 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.
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Open the full verse study7Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
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Open the full verse study23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
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Open the full verse study15Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
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Open the full verse study15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
From verse 34
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Open the full verse study3At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
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Open the full verse study12And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
13Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
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Open the full verse study15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
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Open the full verse study5And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
From verse 35
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Open the full verse study2And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.
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Open the full verse study10And 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.
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Open the full verse study18And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
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Open the full verse study1AND when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
2And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched.
3And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.
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Open the full verse study17And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.
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Open the full verse study2And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:
From verse 37
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Open the full verse study28Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord.
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Open the full verse study18And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.
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Open the full verse study7And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
From verse 38
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Open the full verse study6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
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Open the full verse study8And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
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Open the full verse study10And 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.
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Open the full verse study2The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
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Open the full verse study23Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
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Open the full verse study10Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
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Open the full verse study10¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
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Open the full verse study11Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
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Open the full verse study40To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.
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Open the full verse study18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
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Open the full verse study36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
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