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English Standard Version

Numbers 26:11

But the sons of Korah did not die.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Korah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elkanah;   Korah;   Reuben;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abiram;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Genealogy;   Hamul;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Korah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Samuel;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ko'rah;   Sacrifice;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Pit;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elkanah;   Genealogy;   Korahites;   Numbers, Book of;   Reuben;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ambrose;   Captivity;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Notwithstanding, the sons of Korach didn't die.
King James Version
Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
Lexham English Bible
The children of Korah, however, did not die.
New Century Version
but the children of Korah did not die.
New English Translation
But the descendants of Korah did not die.
Amplified Bible
But Korah's sons did not die [because they did not participate in the rebellion].
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Korah, however, did not die.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Notwithstanding, all the sonnes of Korah dyed not.
Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Korah, however, did not die.
Contemporary English Version
But the Korahite clan wasn't destroyed.
Complete Jewish Bible
(However, the sons of Korach did not die.)
Darby Translation
But the children of Korah died not.
Easy-to-Read Version
But the other people who were from the family of Korah did not die.
George Lamsa Translation
Notwithstanding, the children of Korah did not die.
Good News Translation
But the sons of Korah were not killed.)
Christian Standard Bible®
The sons of Korah, however, did not die.)
Literal Translation
but the sons of Korah did not die.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the children of Corah dyed not.
American Standard Version
Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah died not.
Bible in Basic English
But death did not overtake the sons of Korah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Notwithstanding, the chyldren of Corah dyed not.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Notwithstanding the sons of Korah died not.
King James Version (1611)
Notwithstanding, the children of Korah died not.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But the sons of Core died not.
English Revised Version
Notwithstanding the sons of Korah died not.
Berean Standard Bible
However, the line of Korah did not die out.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that whanne Chore perischide, hise sones perischiden not.
Young's Literal Translation
and the sons of Korah died not.
Update Bible Version
Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah did not die.
Webster's Bible Translation
Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
World English Bible
Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah didn't die.
New King James Version
Nevertheless the children of Korah did not die.
New Living Translation
However, the sons of Korah did not die that day.
New Life Bible
But the sons of Korah did not die.
New Revised Standard
Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah did not die.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, the sons of Korah, died not.
Douay-Rheims Bible
That when Core perished, his sons did not perish.
Revised Standard Version
Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah did not die.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Korah, however, did not die.

Contextual Overview

5 Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites; 6 of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the clan of the Carmites. 7 These are the clans of the Reubenites, and those listed were 43,730. 8 And the sons of Pallu: Eliab. 9 The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, chosen from the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord 10 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and they became a warning. 11 But the sons of Korah did not die. 12 The sons of Simeon according to their clans: of Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites; 13 of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites. 14 These are the clans of the Simeonites, 22,200.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

It seems to be intimated in Numbers 16:27, Numbers 16:31-33, that the sons and the little ones of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, were swallowed up; but the text here expressly affirms, that the children of Korah "died not;" and their descendants were famous even in David's time. On a close inspection, however, of Numbers 26:27, we shall find, that the sons and the little ones of Dathan and Abiram alone are mentioned. Numbers 16:5, Exodus 6:24, 1 Chronicles 6:22-28, Psalms 42:1, Psalms 44:1, Psalms 45:1, Psalms 46:1, Psalms 47:1, *titles Psalms 48:1, Psalms 49:1, Psalms 50:1, *titles

Reciprocal: Exodus 6:21 - Korah Numbers 16:32 - all the Numbers 17:12 - Behold 1 Chronicles 6:37 - Korah

Cross-References

Genesis 20:6
Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.
Psalms 105:15
saying, "Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!"
Proverbs 6:29
So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.
Zechariah 2:8
For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Notwithstanding, the children of Korah died not. Neither of the pestilence, nor by fire, nor by the swallowing up of the earth; they not being in the counsel of their father, but followed the doctrine of Moses the prophet, as the Targum of Jonathan; they either disliked their father's scheme, or, if they engaged with him in it, they repented and departed from him, and were not present when the judgments of God came upon him and his company; there were several of his posterity who were singers in the times of David, and to whom many of the psalms were sent to be sung.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The children of Korah died not - Compare Numbers 26:58. Samuel the prophet was of this family, and Heman, “the king’s seer” 1 Chronicles 6:22, 1Ch 6:33; 1 Chronicles 25:5. Several of the Psalms appear from the titles to have been composed for the sons of Korah: compare titles of Psalms 42:1-11; Psalms 44:0; Psalms 45:0, etc.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 26:11. The children of Korah died not. — It is difficult to reconcile this place with Numbers 16:27; Numbers 16:31-33, where it seems to be intimated that not only the men, but the wives, and the sons, and the little ones of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, were swallowed up by the earthquake; see especially Numbers 16:27, collated with Numbers 16:33. But the text here expressly says, The children of Korah died not; and on a close inspection of Numbers 16:27 of the above-mentioned chapter, we shall find that the sons and the little ones of Dathan and Abiram alone are mentioned. So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out - and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones. Here is no mention of the children of Korah, they therefore escaped, while it appears those of Dathan and Abiram perished with their fathers. Numbers 16:30; Numbers 16:30.


 
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