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The Sons of Korah were the sons of Moses' cousin Korah. The story of Korah is found in Numbers 16. The story of Korah is found in Numbers 16. Korah led a revolt against Moses; he died, along with all his co-conspirators, when God caused "the earth to open her mouth and swallow him and all that appertained to them" (Numbers 16:31–33).
Death of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, Gustave Doré, 1865. Battle of the Hebrews against the Canaanites and Punishment of Korah, miniature from Antiquities of the Jews. Korah (Hebrew: קֹרַח Qōraḥ; Arabic: قارون Qārūn), son of Izhar, is an individual who appears in the Biblical Book of Numbers of the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) and four different verses in the Quran, known for ...
The center scene shows the rebellion with Korah and the conspirators being driven out by Moses and Aaron, as high priest wearing the papal tiara. Moses is presented with rays of light. To the left, the ground opens and the two principal conspirators sink into it. The children of Korah are spared the fate of their father.
The Punishment of Korah (detail from the fresco Punishment of the Rebels by Sandro Botticelli (1480–1482) in the Sistine Chapel). Korach or Korah (Hebrew: קֹרַח Qoraḥ—the name "Korah," which in turn means baldness, ice, hail, or frost, the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 38th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual ...
The Death of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, by Gustave Doré, 1865. Dathan (Hebrew: דָּתָן Dāṯān) was an Israelite mentioned in the Old Testament as a participant of the Exodus. He was a son of Eliab, the son of Pallu, the son of Reuben. Together with his brother Abiram, the Levite Korah and others, he rebelled against Moses and Aaron.
The biblical text tells little of Zelophehad himself, save that he died during the 40 years when the Israelites were wandering in the wilderness, and explicitly that he played no part in Korah's rebellion. [2] Numbers 16 does not in any case cite the tribe of Manasseh as being involved in the rebellion against Moses.
According to the Book of Genesis 36:5, Korah was the son of Esau and Aholibamah, and had two brothers, Jeush and Jaalam. Genesis 36:14 has Korah's mother, Aholibamah, being the daughter of Anah, and granddaughter of Zibeon, making Zibeon Korah's maternal great-grandfather. The same verse repeats Genesis 36:5 and names his two brothers again.
Korah, son of Izhar, leader of a rebellion against Moses recounted in Numbers 16; Korah (son of Esau), a biblical character mentioned in Genesis 36:5; Korach (parsha), the 38th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading