When Korah challenged Moses it was a matter of pride. We are challenged to humble, not magnify, ourselves. Then Dathan and Abiram mislead others to bring them to their side by talking about how great Egypt had been for them! What a lie! And when they stood before the tabernacle accusing Moses of murdering their people God exacted revenge. Always meet God respectfully!

3. According to the Bible…
Who was swallowed up by the
earth?

5. Now Korah the son of Izhar,
the son of Kohath, the son of
Levi, with Dathan and
Abiram the sons of Eliab, and
On the son of Peleth, sons of
Reuben, took men;
Numbers 16:1-3

6. and they rose up before Moses
with some of the children of
Israel, two hundred and fifty
leaders of the congregation,
representatives of the
congregation, men of renown.

7. They gathered together against
Moses and Aaron, and said to
them, “You take too much upon
yourselves, for all the
congregation is holy, every one
of them, and the LORD is among
them.

8. Why then do you exalt
yourselves above the
assembly of the LORD?”

9. Now it came to pass, as he
finished speaking all these
words, that the ground
split apart under them,
Num. 16:31-34

10. and the earth opened its
mouth and swallowed them
up, with their households
and all the men with Korah,
with all their goods.

11. So they and all those with
them went down alive into
the pit; the earth closed over
them, and they perished
from among the assembly.

12. Then all Israel who were
around them fled at their
cry, for they said, “Lest the
earth swallow us up also!”

13. Be humble and do
not magnify
yourself!

14. So He told a parable to those
who were invited, when He
noted how they chose the
best places, saying to them:
Luke 14:7-11

15. “When you are invited by
anyone to a wedding feast, do
not sit down in the best place,
lest one more honorable than
you be invited by him;

16. and he who invited you and
him come and say to you,
‘Give place to this man,’ and
then you begin with shame to
take the lowest place.

17. But when you are invited, go
and sit down in the lowest
place, so that when he who
invited you comes he may say

18. to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’
Then you will have glory in the
presence of those who sit at
the table with you.

19. For whoever exalts himself
will be humbled, and he who
humbles himself will be
exalted.”

20. Be humble and do
not magnify
yourself!

21. Do not mislead
others to bring them
to your side!

22. And Moses sent to call
Dathan and Abiram the
sons of Eliab, but they said,
“We will not come up!
Numbers 16:12-14

23. Is it a small thing that
you have brought us up
out of a land flowing with
milk and honey,

24. to kill us in the
wilderness, that you
should keep acting like
a prince over us?

25. Moreover you have not
brought us into a land
flowing with milk and
honey, nor given us
inheritance of fields and

26. vineyards. Will you put
out the eyes of these
men? We will not come
up!”

27. Do not mislead
others to bring them
to your side!

28. Meet God
respectfully!!

29. On the next day all the
congregation of the children
of Israel complained against
Moses and Aaron, saying,
“You have killed the people
of the LORD.”
Num. 16:41-49

30. Now it happened, when the
congregation had gathered
against Moses and Aaron,
that they turned toward the

31. tabernacle of meeting; and
suddenly the cloud covered
it, and the glory of the LORD
appeared.

32. Then Moses and Aaron came
before the tabernacle of
meeting. And the LORD spoke
to Moses, saying, “Get

33. away from among this
congregation, that I may
consume them in a moment.”
And they fell on their faces.

34. So Moses said to Aaron,
“Take a censer and put fire in
it from the altar, put incense
on it, and take it quickly to

35. the congregation and make
atonement for them; for
wrath has gone out from the
LORD. The plague has begun.”

36. Then Aaron took it as Moses
commanded, and ran into the
midst of the assembly; and

37. already the plague had begun
among the people. So he put
in the incense and made
atonement for the people.

38. And he stood between the
dead and the living; so the
plague was stopped. Now
those who died in the plague

39. were fourteen thousand
seven hundred, besides those
who died in the Korah
incident.

40. Meet God
respectfully!!