Exodus 15:12

15:12 You stretched out your right hand,

the earth swallowed them.

Exodus 23:6

23:6 “You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.


tn The verb is the prefixed conjugation, the preterite without the vav consecutive. The subject, the “earth,” must be inclusive of the sea, or it may indicate the grave or Sheol; the sea drowned them. Some scholars wish to see this as a reference to Dathan and Abiram, and therefore evidence of a later addition or compilation. It fits this passage well, however.