Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Numbers 16:49 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Numbers 16:49 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Numbers chapter 16 verse 49 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.”
Numbers 16:49 (KJV)
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Commentary on Numbers 16:49
They that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred—The plague (מַגֵּפָה maggeiphah, divine stroke/affliction) following Korah's rebellion killed 14,700 beyond the 250 who offered unauthorized incense and the earth-swallowed rebels (16:32-35). This staggering death toll (approximately 1% of military-age males) demonstrates the lethal nature of divine judgment against those who challenged God's established order.Beside them that died about the matter of Korah—The phrase beside them (מִלְּבַד milevad, apart from/in addition to) emphasizes cumulative judgment—250 leaders consume...
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Cross-References for Numbers 16:49
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“and swallowed them up”
“And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.”
“how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven”
“He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:”
“So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.”
“lest perhaps we drift away.”