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10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with Korah, as a warning. The faction was destroyed when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men. 11 The descendants of Korah, however, did not die out.

12 The descendants of Simeon by clans were: through Nemuel,[a] the clan of the Nemuelites; through Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; through Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites;

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Footnotes

  1. 26:12 Nemuel: so also in 1 Chr 4:24. In Gn 46:10 and Ex 6:15, a son of Simeon with the same position in the genealogy bears the name “Jemuel”; it is uncertain which form is correct. See above, v. 9, where the name “Nemuel” occurs for a person descended from Pallu. Some speculate this name was inserted from v. 12 to provide a continuing line for Pallu.

10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them(A) along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire devoured the 250 men.(B) And they served as a warning sign.(C) 11 The line of Korah,(D) however, did not die out.(E)

12 The descendants of Simeon by their clans were:

through Nemuel,(F) the Nemuelite clan;

through Jamin,(G) the Jaminite clan;

through Jakin, the Jakinite clan;

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