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  JewishEncyclopedia.com - KORAH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Korah and his company obeyed, and went to the Tabernacle with their lighted censers, followed by the whole congregation.
Korah is represented as the possessor of extraordinary wealth, he having discovered one of the treasures which Joseph had hidden in Egypt.
Korah incited all the people against Moses, arguing that it was impossible to endure the laws instituted by the latter.
www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=362&letter=K   (1518 words)

  
 Sons Of Korah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Sons of Korah have put the Word of God and music together in a dynamic and captivating way in order to lead their listeners into an impacting encounter with the heart of the bible.
Sons of Korah was founded by Matthew Jacoby and Matthew continues to manage the band, co-write the music and sing most of the lead vocals.
The original Sons of Korah were responsible for the ministry of music and song in the Old Testament worship and particularly with the musical composition and performance of the psalms.
www.sonsofkorah.com /aboutus.php   (897 words)

  
 Korah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the case of Korah son of Esau, both Esau and Korah waged war against Israel, and Esau was hated by God because of it according to Malachi 1:3.
Korah is mentioned in the 1768 edition of the New England Primer.
Korach or Korah is also the 38th weekly parshah or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the book of Numbers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Korah   (594 words)

  
 Hitzei Yehonatan: Korah (Torah)
Korah served as mouthpiece for the general discontent and frustration of the public.
In that setting, Korah came along and said: Let’s try a new leadership; someone who will be in touch with the people and seek their welfare, rather than wild-eyed dreamers who talk of entering an already inhabited land, filled with giants and uncannily rich fruits.
Korah’s rebellion, at least as read by the tradition, raises the far more fundamental question as to whether any kind of norms or authority are needed altogether.
hitzeiyehonatan.blogspot.com /2006/06/korah-torah.html   (2454 words)

  
 Korah - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
This Korah is best known as the man whom the opening earth is said to have swallowed up along with his associates when they were challenging the authority of Moses and Aaron in the wilderness (Numbers 16; 17).
Korah is presented as the principal in the affair.
In the allusion in Numbers 26 we are told, apparently, that Korah was swallowed up, and that "the sons of Korah died not." The deaths of the principal offenders, by fire and by being swallowed up, were followed by plague in which 14,700 perished (Numbers 16:49 (Hebrew 17:14)).
www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T5364   (1059 words)

  
 Patriarchs and Prophets - The Rebellion of Korah
Korah, the leading spirit in this movement, was a Levite, of the family of Kohath, and a cousin of Moses; he was a man of ability and influence.
Close to the tents of Korah and the Kohathites, on the south side of the tabernacle, was the encampment of the tribe of Reuben, the tents of Dathan and Abiram, two princes of this tribe, being near that of Korah.
Korah reviewed the history of their travels through the wilderness, where they had been brought into strait places, and many had perished because of their murmuring and disobedience.
www.nisbett.com /reference2/pp/pp35.htm   (3841 words)

  
 Biblical Personalities: Korah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Indeed, in Korah’s case this was literally true: "The earth opened its mouth and swallowed all the people who were with Korah, and all their goods" (Numbers 16:32).
Korah was angry that Aaron and his sons had been elevated to the High Priesthood.
Unfortunately for Korah, this was not his destiny but that of his sons, who would repent and survive, while Korah and his 250 upstarts were swallowed by the earth.
www.emanuelnyc.org /bulletin/archive/73.html   (350 words)

  
 THE REBELLION OF KORAH
When, after the consecration of the Levites, Korah returned home, his wife noticed that the hairs of his head and of his body had been shaved, and asked him who had done all this to him.
As at home, so also did Korah fare with others, for, hairless as he was, no one at first recognized him, and when people at last discovered who was before them, they asked him in astonishment who had so disfigured him.
Korah now had garments of purple made for the two hundred fifty men that followed him, all of whom were chief justices.
www.globusz.com /ebooks/LegJew3/00000086.htm   (684 words)

  
 Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary - parshat
Korah chooses a convenient moment to begin his rebellion; the people are upset following the crisis of the sin of the spies.
Korah incites the firstborn and presents Dotan, Eliav, and On ben Pelet as members of the elder tribe of Reuven claiming their rights to priesthood.
Korah's demagogy scorns at the need for commandments, as the midrash tells us, asking why a tallit which is completely dyed with tekhelet must have an additional string of tekhelet tied to it.
www.netivot-shalom.org.il /parshaeng/korah5765.php   (3142 words)

  
 Korah's Rebellion (No. CB47)
The situation developed because a state of envy existed in the minds of some of the people who wanted to be priests, or who wanted certain of their friends to be priests and leaders instead of Levi’s family.
Korah had spread the word throughout the camps that he was going to challenge Moses, by demanding that the people be freed from what was wrongly referred to as Moses’ unfair leadership.
When Korah had gathered all his followers in opposition to Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Glory of the Lord (the Angel of the Presence) appeared to the entire assembly (Num.
www.logon.org /english/c/cb047.html   (4420 words)

  
 A Page From Korah’s Playbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
It also appears that Korah was driven by sophisticated and skeptical shrewdness rather than a desire for obedience.
Korah could not have arrived at his conclusion if he would have accepted all of Moses' message as actually being from God.
Korah would not have rebelled and then tragically died if his goal would have been to obediently serve God.
www.sjchurchofchrist.org /korah.shtml   (1617 words)

  
 Korah!
Korah is killed, in a sense, because he should have known better because the example of what happened to Miriam was well known to him.
When men like Korah reject the authority that God has given to those that He has appointed and called to lead the church, that is a sin against God of a very serious nature.
Korah is in most of them — not Jesus — refusing to submit to authority — refusing to submit to one another — refusing to obey the word of God.
www.gloryofhisgrace.org /korah.htm   (15574 words)

  
 Bible Study - Korah's Rebellion
"Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites [see Children of Jacob and The Tribes Of Israel] - Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth - became insolent and rose up against Moses.
You, Korah, and all your followers are to do this: Take censers and tomorrow put fire and incense in them before The Lord.
When Korah had gathered all his followers in opposition to them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of The Lord appeared to the entire assembly.
www.keyway.ca /htm2000/20000215.htm   (1294 words)

  
 Korah (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
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.
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 (Num.
The descendants of the sons of Korah who did not participate in the rebellion afterwards rose to eminence in the Levitical service.
www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/korah.html   (206 words)

  
 Korah’s Rebellion — Its Real Lesson for Today
Korah’s two chief henchmen were Reu­ben­ites, Dathan and Abiram.
Today, the real lesson of Korah appears to be lost on many in the Church of God.
Korah’s Rebellion against Moses is a sign, a lesson, for us today.
www.giveshare.org /BibleStudy/203.korah.html   (618 words)

  
 The Test of Korah
Korah and 250 leaders of the congregation who were men of renown, assembled together against Moses and declared - "You have gone far enough, for all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and Yahweh is in their midst; so why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of Yahweh?"
At Yahweh's instructions, Moses had Korah and all the men accompanying him to each take a priestly censer and put incense and fire in it and bring it before Yahweh.
The establishment of the second Remnant after 2,000 years of the testimony of Korah in which Christians have descended into the earth, is in fact the sprouting of Aaron's rod.
www.remnantbride.com /testing/korah.html   (1492 words)

  
 Fanzing 51 - December 2002 - Brainstorm's Corner
Korah: Tales of Atlantis is the story of Korah, a nineteen year-old Atlantean, a native of the forgotten colony of Avalon.
Korah's mixed heritage (his grandmother was born on land) has inexplicably allowed him to live as freely on land as in the sea.
As Korah is held captive, and Kosnor gloats that he only came to Nepton to destroy Korah, as Korah's power is a threat to his plans.
www.fanzing.com /mag/fanzing51/brainstorm.shtml   (1957 words)

  
 Specific Bible Studies--Study 1 Spirit of Korah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
With Korah, their best speaker and worst schemer leading them, they came to demand of Moses that some changes be made in the priesthood.
Korah had spread the word throughout the camps that he was going to challenge Moses, and that there would be a showdown to free the people from what was wrongfully referred to as Moses' unfair leadership.
Korah had become so rebellious that he actually doubted that God could hinder him and his men from gaining leadership of Israel, and the blinding display of light from within the tabernacle didn't move him from his ambition.
www.intercontinentalcog.org /bibleclassspecificstudies1.shtml   (2245 words)

  
 l e a r n @ j t s PARASHAH COMMENTARY Shelah-lekha 5764   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Even after Korah and his 250 chieftains are swallowed by the earth and scorched by fire, the rebellion continues until more than 14,000 meet their death in a plague unleashed by God.
As for Korah himself, who was a Levite and a first cousin to Moses (Exodus 6:18-21), he expressed the Levites vexation at being wholly subservient to Aaron and the priests.
In short, the democratic rhetoric of Korah and company is actually aimed at the underlying principle of ascribed rather than achieved leadership which informs the religious polity created by Moses.
learn.jtsa.edu /topics/parashah/5764/korah.shtml   (918 words)

  
 The Legends of the Jews: Volume III
When Moses perceived that Korah was irreclaimable, he directed the rest of his warning to those other Levites, the men of Korah's tribe, who, he feared, would join Korah in his rebellion.
Without regard to these followers of Korah, who were swallowed up by the earth, the two hundred and fifty men who had offered incense with Aaron found their death in the heavenly fire that came down upon their offering and consumed them.
As it was Korah's wife who through her inciting words plunged her husband into destruction, so to his wife does On owe his salvation.
philologos.org /__eb-lotj/vol3/p08.htm   (6748 words)

  
 "Korah; or, the Possibility of Change - Forward.com"
Korah challenges Moses and Aaron’s rule with a deceptively simple argument: “All of the community is holy.… What makes you so special that you raise yourselves up?” (Numbers 16:3) Coming as it does from his very own tribe, Moses falls into despair.
When God decides in favor of Moses and Aaron, the earth opens its maw and swallows up the rebels, “their households, every man who was for Korah, and all their possessions.
Seven Psalms (42, 44, 49, 84, 85, 87, 88) begin with an attribution to “the sons of Korah.” Just as some Psalms are attributed to David, these seven are attributed to Korah’s offspring.
www.forward.com /articles/korah-or-the-possibility-of-change   (686 words)

  
 Satanic Verses
Now Korah was of Moses' folk, but he oppressed them; and We gave him so much treasure that the stores thereof would verily have been a burden for a troop of mighty men.
The truth is that Korah, Dathan, and Abiram (all of whom were Israelites) rebelled against Moses and nearly succeeded in over throwing him.
Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites-- Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth-- became insolent.
www.muhammadanism.org /Quran/Korah.htm   (354 words)

  
 UJC of Toledo - Korach
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kehath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben took men:
Consequently Korah put up with the high office filled by Aaron the firstborn with the lofty station of the Levites and all Mosesdeeds.But when they arrived at the wilderness of Paran and the Isralites were burnt at Taberah (Num.
Happy is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked and in the way of the sinners hath not stood and in the seat of scorners hath not sat.
www.jewishtoledo.org /content_display.html?Articleid=6667   (1393 words)

  
 Patriarchs and Prophets - Chapter 35 - The Rebellion of Korah
Korah and his fellow conspirators were men who had been favored with special manifestations of God's power and greatness.
The multitudes followed, and before delivering his message, Moses, by divine direction, bade the people, "Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins." The warning was obeyed, for an apprehension of impending judgment rested upon all.
Pride and ambition are widespread; and when these are cherished, they open the door to envy, and a striving for supremacy; the soul is alienated from God, and unconsciously drawn into the ranks of Satan.
www.preparingforeternity.com /pp/pp35.htm   (3721 words)

  
 Daily Radio Broadcast::The Rebellion of Korah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
What Korah said may have been true, but Korah's motivation definitely was false.
Korah's motivation was to usurp the authority of the one man God had ordained to lead the Israelites, and that was Moses.
What Korah did was he stepped into the face of God and said, "I won't accept your ordained prophet.
www.backtothebible.org /broadcasts/radio/today.php/20887?page=6   (402 words)

  
 Korah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
A cousin of theirs, a Levite by the name of Korah, became very jealous of Aaron in particular, because, as sons of Levi, all of the men in that family were set apart to serve in the tabernacle of worship.
Korah was successful in recruiting two-hundred fifty other Levites to go with him to Moses and demand that they be given a share in leading God's people.
However, not all of Korah's sons were part of the conspiracy, so they did not die.
gettoknowyourbible.org /Korah_rebellion.htm   (1022 words)

  
 Lesson: Korah's Rebellion (No. CB47_2)
Children will understand that some of Korah’s sons or descendants survived, and actually were involved in Temple worship and also wrote nine Psalms.
Yes, the two hundred and fifty men who had followed Korah and who had brought their censers ran away from where the earth opened up.
They were a rebellious and unbelieving people who had to learn their lessons the hard way, just like some of us today.
www.logon.org /english/c/cb047_2.html   (2025 words)

  
 Hell
Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi [and Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, son of Pallu, son of Reuben] took two hundred and fifty Israelites who were leaders in the community, members of the council and men of note.
Then he said to Korah and to all his band, "May the LORD make known tomorrow morning who belongs to him and who is the holy one and whom he will have draw near to him!
Do this: take your censers [Korah and all his band] and put fire in them and place incense in them before the LORD tomorrow.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Forum/3325/korah.html   (859 words)

  
 Korah sermon
Korah is an example of a person who had a "spiritual" position, but still wanted more.
Korah's argument is that they were all spiritual enough to make their own decisions
Korah had decided that Moses had gone too far and had made regulations that were not necessary
www.christianhelps.org /korah.htm   (700 words)

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