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    Korah Bible Quiz — Questions and Answers

    All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.

    1. Q1.Of what tribe was Korah?

      • A. Reuben
      • B. Levi ✓
      • C. Gad
      • D. Simeon

      Answer: Levi

      Numbers 16:1 (KJV) — 'Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi.'

      Read Numbers 16:1 (KJV)

    2. Q2.Who joined Korah in his rebellion?

      • A. Dathan and Abiram ✓
      • B. Nadab and Abihu
      • C. Eldad and Medad
      • D. Hophni and Phinehas

      Answer: Dathan and Abiram

      Numbers 16:1 (KJV) names Dathan and Abiram with On.

      Read Numbers 16:1 (KJV)

    3. Q3.How many princes of the assembly joined Korah?

      • A. 70
      • B. 250 ✓
      • C. 300
      • D. 1000

      Answer: 250

      Numbers 16:2 (KJV) — 'two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly.'

      Read Numbers 16:2 (KJV)

    4. Q4.Against whom did Korah rise up?

      • A. Joshua
      • B. Moses and Aaron ✓
      • C. Caleb
      • D. Eleazar

      Answer: Moses and Aaron

      Numbers 16:3 (KJV) — 'they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.'

      Read Numbers 16:3 (KJV)

    5. Q5.What did Moses tell them to take in their hands?

      • A. Rods
      • B. Censers ✓
      • C. Trumpets
      • D. Stones

      Answer: Censers

      Numbers 16:6 (KJV) — 'Take you censers, Korah, and all his company.'

      Read Numbers 16:6 (KJV)

    6. Q6.How were Dathan and Abiram destroyed?

      • A. By fire
      • B. The earth opened and swallowed them ✓
      • C. By plague
      • D. By the sword

      Answer: The earth opened and swallowed them

      Numbers 16:32 (KJV) — 'The earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up.'

      Read Numbers 16:32 (KJV)

    7. Q7.What consumed the 250 men offering incense?

      • A. A whirlwind
      • B. Fire from the LORD ✓
      • C. A flood
      • D. Lightning

      Answer: Fire from the LORD

      Numbers 16:35 (KJV) — 'there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men.'

      Read Numbers 16:35 (KJV)

    8. Q8.What was made of the censers afterward?

      • A. Trumpets
      • B. A covering for the altar ✓
      • C. Cups
      • D. Bells

      Answer: A covering for the altar

      Numbers 16:38-39 (KJV) — they were made into broad plates for a covering of the altar.

      Read Numbers 16:39 (KJV)

    9. Q9.How many died in the plague that followed?

      • A. 3,000
      • B. 10,000
      • C. 14,700 ✓
      • D. 24,000

      Answer: 14,700

      Numbers 16:49 (KJV) — 'they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred.'

      Read Numbers 16:49 (KJV)

    10. Q10.Jude compares ungodly men to which rebellion?

      • A. Of Cain
      • B. Of Korah
      • C. Of Balaam
      • D. All three ✓

      Answer: All three

      Jude 1:11 (KJV) — 'gone in the way of Cain... and perished in the gainsaying of Core.'

      Read Jude 1:11 (KJV)