Numbers 16:32

And ha'aretz opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, their batim (houses), all the men that were of Korach, and all their possessions.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

In Context

31And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these devarim, that haadamah split asunder that was under them:

33They, and all that were of them, went down chayyim into Sheol, and ha'aretz closed over them; and they perished from the midst of the Kahal.

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Cross References

Numbers 4:18Cut ye not off the shevet (tribe) of the mishpekhot of the Kehati from among the Levi'im;

Numbers 16:30But if Hashem creates a new thing, and haadamah open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down chayyim into Sheol; then ye shall have da'as that these men have spurned Hashem.

Numbers 26:11Notwithstanding, the Bnei Korach died not.

Deuteronomy 11:6And what He did unto Datan and Aviram, the bnei Eliav ben Reuven; how ha'aretz opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their oholim, and every living thing in their possession, in the midst of kol Yisroel;

1 Chronicles 6:37Merayot bno, Amaryah bno, Achituv bno,

Psalms 85:1(For the one directing. Of the Bnei Korach. Mizmor) 1

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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