Numbers 16:33

And they descended alive, the ground closing around them, into the underworld, and they perished from the midst of the multitude.

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In The King James Version

They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

In Context

32And opening its mouth, it devoured them with their tabernacles and their entire substance.

34Yet truly, all of Israel, which was standing all around, took flight at the clamor of those who were perishing, saying, “Lest perhaps the earth may swallow us whole also.”

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Cross References

Psalms 9:15You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.

Psalms 143:7Send forth your hand from on high: rescue me, and free me from many waters, from the hand of the sons of foreigners.

Isaiah 14:15Yet truly, you shall be dragged down to Hell, into the depths of the pit.

Ezekiel 32:30All the leaders of the north are in that place, with all the hunters, who were brought down with the slain, fearful and confounded in their strength, who have gone to sleep uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. And they have borne their disgrace, with those who descend into the pit.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 16:24-35

23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. 26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram… Read the whole commentary →

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