Did The Children Die Or Not?
“So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.” Numbers 16:27 “And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
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.” Numbers 16:31-33
Partial Retelling Of The Story
“And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord:And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.” (Numbers 26) Are we to believe everything fell into the pit, including the wives, tents, all goods, all animals and not the children when the whole family was standing in the doorway of the tent? Psalm 41:1 (DRV), “Unto the end, understanding for the sons of Core.”
Psalm 43:1, “Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding.”
Psalm 44:1, “Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the sons of Core, for understanding. A canticle for the Beloved.”
Psalm 45:1, “Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden.”
Psalm 46:1, “Unto the end, for the sons of Core.”
Psalm 47:1, “A psalm of a canticle, for the sons of Core, on the second day of the week.”
Psalm 48:1, “Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core.”
Psalm 83:1, “Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for the sons of Core.”
Psalm 84:1, “Unto the end, for the sons of Core, a psalm.”
Psalm 86:1, “For the sons of Core, a psalm of a canticle. The foundations thereof are in the holy mountains:”
Psalm 87:1, “A canticle of a psalm for the sons of Core: unto the end, for Maheleth, to answer understanding of Eman the Ezrahite.”
