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Deuteronomy 11:6 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Deuteronomy 11:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Deuteronomy chapter 11 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel: substance: or, living substance which followed them was: Heb. was at their feet”
Deuteronomy 11:6 (KJV)
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Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:6
The judgment on Dathan and Abiram (Numbers 16) demonstrated God's holiness and the seriousness of rebellion against His appointed leadership. The earth 'opened her mouth and swallowed them up' uses vivid Hebrew imagery—the ground patach peh (פָּתַח פֶּה, 'opened mouth'), as if the earth itself executed divine judgment. This spectacular destruction served as warning against presumption and sedition. Significantly, Moses omits Korah (the Levite ringleader) but emphasizes Dathan and Abiram (Reubenites), perhaps because his immediate audience descended from those tribes and needed this specific wa...
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Cross-References for Deuteronomy 11:6
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“and Dathan”
“and covered the company of Abiram.”
“the son of Izhar”
“and he was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against Yahweh in the company of Korah: but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.”