Numbers 16:33

And they went down and all that they had, alive into Hades; and the ground covered them, and they perished from the midst of the congregation.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 ground opened, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that were with Korah, and their cattle.

34And all Israel round about them fled from the sound of them, for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

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Cross References

Psalms 9:15That I may declare all thy praises 1 In the gates of the daughter of Zion: 1 I will exult in thy salvation. 1

Psalms 143:7Send forth thy hand from on high; 1 Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, 1 Out of the hand of strange children; 1

Isaiah 14:15But now thou shalt go down to hell, even to the foundations of the earth.

Ezekiel 32:30There are the princes of the north, even all the captains of Assyria, who go down slain to Hades: they lie uncircumcised among the slain with the sword together with their terror and their strength, and they have received their punishment with them that go 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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