Jude 1:11 References

11 Woe to them! For they have gone athe way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into bthe error of Balaam, and cperished in the rebellion of Korah.

c Numbers 16:1-3, Numbers 16:31-35


Numbers 16

1 Now aKorah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with bDathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took action,
2 and they rose up before Moses, together with some of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, achosen in the assembly, men of renown.
3 They assembled together aagainst Moses and Aaron, and said to them, "bYou have gone far enough, for all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and cthe Lord is in their midst; so why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?"

Numbers 16

31 As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open;
32 and athe earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and ball the men who belonged to Korah with their possessions.
33 So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
34 All Israel who were around them fled at their outcry, for they said, "The earth may swallow us up!"
35 aFire also came forth from the Lord and consumed the btwo hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.