Numbers 16:33

They fell into the opening in the ground while they were still alive, and all their possessions fell into the opening also. They disappeared, and the ground closed back up again.

Translation for Translators

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

32It swallowed them and their families and all those who were standing there with Korah and all of their possessions.

34They screamed as they fell, and all the people who were standing nearby heard them scream. The people were terrified and cried out as they ran away, saying, “ We do not want the ground to swallow us also!”

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Cross References

Psalms 9:15It is as though the wicked people of many nations have dug a pit for me to fall into [MET], but they have fallen into that same pit. It is as if they spread out a net to catch me [MET], but their feet have been caught in that same net.

Psalms 55:23God, you will cause murderers [MTY] and liars to die before they have lived half as long as they expect to live; but as for me, I will trust in you.

Psalms 143:7Yahweh, I am very discouraged, so please answer me right now! Do not hide from me, because if you do that, I will soon be [SIM] among those who descend to where the dead people are.

Isaiah 14:15But you were not able to do that; instead, you were carried down to your grave, and you went to the place where the dead people are.

Ezekiel 32:30All the rulers of countries north of Israel, including people from Sidon, will be there. Because of their power, they caused people to be terrified, but they will lie there. They were godless, and they will lie there along with others who were killed by their enemies’ swords. They, along with everyone else who descends into that deep pit, will be disgraced.

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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