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Korah

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Korah (Levite)

Mentioned 1699 BC to AD 66 traditional (Jones)

A Levite, the son of Izhar, the brother of Amram, the father of Moses and Aaron (Ex. 6:21). The institution of the Aaronic priesthood and the Levitical service at Sinai was a great religious revolution.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Izhar
Children
Assir, Ebiasaph, Elkanah
Siblings
Nepheg, Zichri, Shelomoth
Tagged in
26 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 2140 BC to AD 100, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

26 tagged verses in 5 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Exodus2
  2. Numbers15
  3. 1 Chronicles3
  4. Psalms5
  5. Jude1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBKorah 39Core 0
KJVKorah 37Core 1
ASVKorah 38Core 0

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Every verse

All 26 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Exodus2 verses
  1. 6:21

    The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.

  2. 6:24

    The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the clans of the Korahites.

Numbers15 verses
  1. 16:1

    Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted

  2. 16:5

    Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one He chooses He will bring near to Himself.

  3. 16:6

    You, Korah, and all your followers are to do as follows: Take censers,

  4. 16:8

    Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you sons of Levi!

  5. 16:16

    And Moses said to Korah, “You and all your followers are to appear before the LORD tomorrow—you and they and Aaron.

  6. 16:19

    When Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole congregation.

  7. 16:24

    “Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”

  8. 16:27

    So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.

  9. 16:32

    and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.

  10. 16:40

    just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his followers.

  11. 16:49

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

  12. 26:9

    and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.

  13. 26:10

    And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.

  14. 26:11

    However, the line of Korah did not die out.

  15. 27:3

    “Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among the followers of Korah who gathered together against the LORD. Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons.

1 Chronicles3 verses
  1. 6:22

    The descendants of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

  2. 6:37

    the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

  3. 9:19

    Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.

Psalms5 verses
  1. 42:1

    For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

  2. 44:1

    For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

  3. 49:1

    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,

  4. 85:1

    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.

  5. 87:1

    A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A song. He has founded His city on the holy mountains.

Jude1 verse
  1. 1:11

    Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

A Levite, the son of Izhar, the brother of Amram, the father of Moses and Aaron (Ex. 6:21). The institution of the Aaronic priesthood and the Levitical service at Sinai was a great religious revolution. The old priesthood of the heads of families passed away. This gave rise to murmurings and discontent, while the Israelites were encamped at Kadesh for the first time, which came to a head in a rebellion against Moses and Aaron, headed by Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Two hundred and fifty princes, “men of renown” i.e., well-known men from among the other tribes, joined this conspiracy. The whole company demanded of Moses and Aaron that the old state of things should be restored, alleging that “they took too much upon them” (Num. 16:1-3). On the morning after the outbreak, Korah and his associates presented themselves at the door of the tabernacle, and “took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon.” But immediately “fire from the Lord” burst forth and destroyed them all (Num. 16:35). Dathan and Abiram “came out and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children,” and it came to pass “that the ground clave asunder that was under them; and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up.” A plague thereafter began among the people who sympathized in the rebellion, and was only stayed by Aaron’s appearing between the living and the dead, and making “an atonement for the people” (16:47).

The descendants of the sons of Korah who did not participate in the rebellion afterwards rose to eminence in the Levitical service.