Bible Strands
Dathan
Dathan, a Reubenite, joined Korah's rebellion against Moses and Aaron and was punished by God.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Welled; belonging to a fountain, a son of Eliab, a Reubenite, who joined Korah (q.v.) in his conspiracy, and with his accomplices was swallowed up by an earthquake (Num. 16:1; 26:9; Deut. 11:6; Ps. 106:17).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
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Eliab
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First named at Numbers 16:1.
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Verses that name Dathan
- Numbers 16:1 Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted
- Numbers 16:12 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!
- Numbers 16:24 “Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
- Numbers 16:25 So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
- Numbers 16:27 So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.
- Numbers 26:9 and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 11:6 and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.
- Psalms 106:17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.