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Numbers 26:10–12

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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.
Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
¶ The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:
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From verse 10

  1. Numbers 16:38Rank 1 from verse 10
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    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.

  2. 2 Peter 2:6Rank 2 from verse 10
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    6And 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;

  3. Numbers 16:31–35Rank 3 from verse 10
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    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:

    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.

    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.

    34And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

    35And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

  4. 1 Corinthians 10:6–10Rank 4 from verse 10
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    6Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

    7Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

    8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

    9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

    10Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

  5. 1 Samuel 2:34Rank 5 from verse 10
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    34And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

From verse 11

  1. Exodus 6:24Rank 1 from verse 11
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    24And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.

  2. Deuteronomy 24:16Rank 2 from verse 11
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    16The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

  3. Psalms 42:1Rank 3 from verse 11
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    1AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

  4. 1 Chronicles 6:22–28Rank 4 from verse 11
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    22The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

    23Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,

    24Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

    25And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.

    26As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,

    27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

    28And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.

  5. Numbers 16:33Rank 5 from verse 11
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    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.

From verse 12

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:24Rank 1 from verse 12
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    24¶ The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:

  2. Exodus 6:15Rank 2 from verse 12
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    15And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.

  3. Genesis 46:10Rank 3 from verse 12
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    10¶ And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

  4. 1 Kings 7:21Rank 4 from verse 12
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    21And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

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Numbers 26:10

COMBINED MEANING

earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

opened

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of open, meaning to uncover, reveal, or explain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

company

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1. A group, body, assembly, or number gathered or associated together. 2. Companionship or association; to associate with.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

devoured

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of devour, meaning to eat greedily; to consume, destroy, or waste rapidly and completely.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Numbers 26:11

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Numbers 26:12

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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families

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Households, kindreds, lineages, tribes, or groups descended from common ancestors.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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family

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A household, kindred, lineage, tribe, or group descended from a common ancestor.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Suggested context · Numbers 26:5–14

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26:5¶ Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:

26:6Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

26:7These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

26:8And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.

26:9And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord:

26:10And 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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26:11Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.

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26:12¶ The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:

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26:13Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

26:14These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.

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