Numbers 16:33
They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
Cross-references
Numbers 16:30 predicts the earth swallowing the rebels; verse 33 records its fulfillment – direct prophecy-fulfillment.
Isaiah 14:15 declares the king brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit — directly parallel to the rebels' descent.
Jude 1:11 explicitly warns of those who perished in Korah's rebellion, directly citing this event as a warning.
Psalm 69:15 pleads not to be swallowed by the deep or the pit — using the same imagery of being closed over by the earth.
In Psalm 143:7, the plea not to be like those who go down to the pit echoes the fate of Korah's group descending alive into Sheol.
Leviticus 10:2 records Nadab and Abihu consumed by divine fire – a parallel judgment to the earth swallowing Korah's rebels.
Psalm 9:15 describes the wicked sinking into the pit they dug — a similar image of descending into judgment as the rebels go alive into Sheol.
Psalm 55:23 says God casts the wicked into the pit of destruction — mirroring the rebels' descent into Sheol alive.
Isaiah 14:9 describes Sheol stirred to meet the fallen king, similar to the earth swallowing Korah's rebels into Sheol.
Isaiah 38:18 echoes the descent into Sheol, showing that those who go down to the pit are cut off from hope — mirroring the irreversible judgment here.
Ezekiel 26:20 describes being brought down to the pit with those of old — using the same 'go down to the pit' language to depict divine judgment on Tyre.
In Ezekiel 32:18, the prophet wails over Egypt sent down to the pit, mirroring the descent of Korah's company.