He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.
⛓ Read Numbers 16 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Quotation1
A formal citation — high verbal volume, often introduced by a saying-formula.
'The Lord knows those who are his' quotes Moses' answer to Korah's rebellion, when the Lord makes known who is his and who is holy. Paul stamps this as the first half of the seal on God's firm foundation amid the disruption of false teachers (Hymenaeus, Philetus) — a deliberate Korah typology of schism within the covenant community.
High confidenceEcho1
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
'The LORD will make known who is his' — the motif of God knowing/owning his own, inverted in 'I never knew you.'
Low confidence