Person
Dathan
Mentioned in 8 verses across 3 books, first in Numbers 16:1. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In the Bible
All 6 verses in Numbers, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Numbers
- 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 fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
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).