Numbers 16:33

They, 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.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

34And Kol Yisroel that were round about them fled at the cry of them, for they said, Lest ha'aretz swallow us up also.

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Cross References

Psalms 9:15That I may show forth all Thy praise in the Sha'arei Bat Tziyon. 1 I will rejoice in Thy Yeshu'ah (salvation). 1

Psalms 55:23Cast thy burden upon Hashem, 1 and He shall sustain thee; 1 He shall never suffer the tzaddik to be moved. 1

Psalms 143:7Hear me speedily, Hashem; my ruach faileth; 1 hide not Thy face from me, 1 lest I be like those that go down into the bor (pit). 1

Isaiah 14:15Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, 1 to the lowest depths of the bor (pit). 1

Ezekiel 32:30There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all those of Tzidon, which are gone down with the slain; in shame at the terror which they caused by their gevurah (might); and they lie as arelim (uncircumcised) with them that be slain by the cherev, and bear their shame with them that go down to the bor.

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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