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Numbers 16:49

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

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

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 16:49

Theological / Devotional

They that died. Whole families were no doubt wiped out, a terrible example of the evils of rebellion against God’s expressed will. This was in addition to those “that died about the matter of Korah”; perhaps, all told, not less than 15,000 people perished.

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