Korah (Easton)

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Ice, hail. The third son of Esau, by Aholibamah (Genesis 36:14; 1 Chronicles 1:35 ). A Levite, the son of Izhar, the brother of Amram, the father of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 6:21 ). The institution of the Aaronic priesthood and the Levitical service at Sinai was a great religious revolution. The old"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa. Click here to join the effort! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter K Bible Dictionaries Korah Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Kohathites Next Entry Korahites Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Korah Scofield Reference Index Korah Thompson Chain Reference Korah Treasury of Biblical Knowledge Korah's Rebellion Dictionaries American Tract Society Korah Bridgeway Bible Dictionary Korah Chabad Knowledge Base Korah Easton's Bible Dictionary Korah Fausset Bible Dictionary Korah Holman Bible Dictionary Korah Hitchcock Bible Names Korah Hastings' BibleDictionary Korah, Korahites Korah, Dathan, Abiram Hastings' NT Dictionary Korah Morrish Bible Dictionary Korah Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary Korah People's Bible Dictionary Korah Smith Bible Dictionary Korah Watson's Theological Dictionary Korah Encyclopedias International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Korah Korahites; Sons of Korah Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Korah McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Korah The Jewish Encyclopedia Korah Lexicons Κόρε קֹרַח קָרְחִי Ice, hail. The third son of Esau, by Aholibamah ( Genesis 36:14 ; 1 Chronicles 1:35 ). A Levite, the son of Izhar, the brother of Amram, the father of Moses and Aaron ( Exodus 6:21 ). The institution of the Aaronic priesthood and the Levitical service at Sinai was a great religious revolution. The old priesthood of the heads of families passed away. This gave rise to murmurings and discontent, while the Israelites were encamped at Kadesh for the first time, which came to a head in a rebellion against Moses and Aaron, headed by Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Two hundred and fifty princes, "men of renown" i.e., well-known men from among the other tribes, joined this conspiracy. The whole company demanded of Moses and Aaron that the old state of things should be restored, alleging that "they took too much upon them" ( Numbers 16:1-3 ). On the morning after the outbreak, Korah and his associates presented themselves at the door of the tabernacle, and "took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon." But immediately "fire from the Lord" burst forth and destroyed them all ( Numbers 16:35 ). Dathan and Abiram "came out and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children," and it came to pass "that the ground clave asunder that was under them; and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up." A plague thereafter began among the people who sympathized in the rebellion, and was only stayed by Aaron's appearing between the living and the dead, and making "an atonement for the people" (16:47). The descendants of the sons of Korah who did not participate in the rebellion afterwards rose to eminence in the Levitical service.

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• part_of source-manifest/easton — Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)