Numbers 16:49

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“But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who had died on account of Korah.”

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BSBPD

“But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who had died on account of Korah.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and those who die by the plague are fourteen thousand and seven hundred, apart from those who die for the matter of Korah;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 16:49 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 16:32and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.
  2. Numbers 25:9but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.
  3. 1 Chronicles 21:14So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.
  4. Hebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
  5. Hebrews 10:28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  6. Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

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