Korah was a creep, with creepy friends. He led Dathan and Abiram in a rebellion against Moses that ended up with thousands dead. Numbers 16 tells the story in detail. Psalms 106 gives the cliff notes: “One day in camp some grew jealous of Moses, also of Aaron, holy priest of God. The ground opened and swallowed Dathan, then buried Abiram's gang. Fire flared against that rebel crew and torched them to a cinder.” Bad day.In Numbers 16 it says Moses told the people to move away from Korah and his buddies, but most of their families and 250 friends stayed – and died. The people who moved could hear their screams when the earth ate them. But then comes the weirder part.
Korah’s sons survived (Num 26, I Chr 9, 26). Evidently, when Moses told the people to move away from Korah - his sons moved. They left dad to follow Moses. Later their descendents became musicians for God’s temple. They even wrote a number of the Psalms (Ps 42, 44-49, 85, 87-88).
“Choose you today who you will serve…as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15
Dan
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ReplyDeleteDon Land That was quite a hole.
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Sharon Toeller Newberg I loved this! Thanks!
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Daniel Cooley I think the picture of this sinkhole is from Guatemala. Amazing story - and another 14,700 I think it is, die from a plague soon after because they are upset God killed Korah and the 250. Go figure.
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ReplyDeletethanks for the comment
Jas 3:17 (NLT) But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.
ReplyDelete雅3:17 （ NLT ），但上面的智慧是所有纯第一。这也是爱好和平的，在任何时候都温柔，并愿意屈服于别人。这是怜悯和善行爆满。这表明没有任何偏袒，总是真诚的。 。