Numbers 26:11

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9 The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, ^arepresentatives of the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord;

10 ^aand the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men; ^band they became a sign.

11 Nevertheless ^athe children of Korah did not die.

12 The sons of Simeon according to their families were: of¹ Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;

13 of¹ Zerah, the family of the Zarhites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Numbers 26:11

The children of Korah died not - It is difficult to reconcile this place with Numbers 16:27, Numbers 16:31-33, where it seems to be intimated that not only the men, but the wives, and the sons, and the little ones of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, were swallowed up by the earthquake; see especially Numbers 16:27, collated with Numbers 16:33. But the text here expressly says, The children of Korah died not; and on a close inspection of Numbers 16:27, we shall find that the sons and the little ones of Dathan and Abiram alone are mentioned. So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out - and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones. Here is no mention of the children of Korah, they therefore escaped, while it appears those of Dathan and Abiram perished with their fathers. See the note on Numbers 16:30.

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