Numbers 16:33

and they go down—they and all that they have—alive to Sheol, and the earth closes over them, and they perish from the midst of the assembly;

Literal Standard Version

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 the earth opens her mouth and swallows them, and their houses, and all the men who [are] for Korah, and all the goods,

34and all Israel who [are] around them have fled at their voice, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us”;

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Cross References

Psalms 9:15Nations have sunk in a pit they made, || Their foot has been captured in a net that they hid.

Psalms 55:23And You, O God, bring them down || To a pit of destruction, || Men of blood and deceit do not reach to half their days, || And I trust in You!

Psalms 143:7Hurry, answer me, O YHWH, || My spirit has been consumed, || Do not hide Your face from me, || Or I have been compared with those going down [to] the pit.

Isaiah 14:15Only—you are brought down to Sheol, || To the sides of the pit.

Ezekiel 32:30There [are] princes of the north, || All of them, and every Zidonian, || Who have gone down with the pierced in their terror, || They are ashamed of their might, || And they lie uncircumcised with the pierced of the sword, || And they bear their shame with those going down to 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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