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Dathan דָּתָן
Dathan, a Reubenite, joined Korah's rebellion against Moses and Aaron and was punished by God.
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Where Dathan appears
Numbers (6), Deuteronomy (1), Psalms (1)
Key verses
- Numbers 16:1 first mention — Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took
- Numbers 16:12 — And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
- Numbers 16:24 — Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
- Numbers 16:25 — And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
- Numbers 16:27 — 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 26:9 — 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:
- Deuteronomy 11:6 — And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
- Psalms 106:17 — The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.