Numbers 16:34

And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

Cross-references

Numbers 17:12 continues the panic: the people cry 'We perish!' — directly flowing from their flight in 16:34, deepening the atmosphere of judgment.

Numbers 17:13 extends the fear: the people ask if everyone who approaches the tabernacle will die — amplifying the terror that began with the earth swallowing.

Revelation 6:15-17 shows people hiding and calling for rocks to cover them from God's wrath — a vivid parallel to the terror of those fleeing divine judgment here.

Acts 5:5 Parallel

In Acts 5:5, great fear grips all who hear of Ananias' death, mirroring the fear that drives Israel to flee here.

Psalm 69:15 Allusion

Psalm 69:15 prays not to be swallowed by the deep or pit — directly using the same imagery of being swallowed, but as a plea for deliverance rather than judgment.

Zechariah 14:5 recalls fleeing from an earthquake — a parallel to the earth swallowing rebels, both instances of fleeing from geological judgment.

Isaiah 33:3 Parallel

Isaiah 33:3 depicts peoples fleeing at the noise of tumult — similar to Israel fleeing at the cry of the swallowed rebels, a pattern of terror at divine action.

Nahum 3:7 Parallel

In Nahum 3:7, onlookers flee from Nineveh's destruction, just as Israel fled from the earth swallowing Korah.

In Revelation 18:10, people stand afar fearing Babylon's torment, similar to Israel fleeing the earth swallowing Korah.