Numbers 26:10-11

26:10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah at the time that company died, when the fire consumed 250 men. So they became a warning. 26:11 But the descendants of Korah did not die.

Numbers 27:3

27:3 “Our father died in the wilderness, although ¹  he was not part of ²  the company of those that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah; but he died for his own sin, ³  and he had no sons.

Deuteronomy 11:6

11:6 or what he did to Dathan and Abiram, ⁴  sons of Eliab the Reubenite, ⁵  when the earth opened its mouth in the middle of the Israelite camp ⁶  and swallowed them, their families, ⁷  their tents, and all the property they brought with them. ⁸ 

Psalms 106:17-18

106:17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;

it engulfed ⁹  the group led by Abiram. ¹⁰ 

106:18 Fire burned their group;

the flames scorched the wicked. ¹¹ 

¹ tn This clause begins with a vav (ו) on a pronoun, marking it out as a disjunctive vav. In this context it fits best to take it as a circumstantial clause introducing concession.

² tn Heb “in the midst of.”

³ tn The word order is emphatic: “but in/on account of his own sins he died.”

⁴ sn Dathan and Abiram. These two (along with others) had challenged Moses’ leadership in the desert with the result that the earth beneath them opened up and they and their families disappeared (Num 16:1-3, 31-35).

⁵ tn Or “the descendant of Reuben”; Heb “son of Reuben.”

⁶ tn Heb “in the midst of all Israel” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV); NASB “among all Israel.” In the Hebrew text these words appear at the end of the verse, but they are logically connected with the verbs. To make this clear the translation places the phrase after the first verb.

⁷ tn Heb “their houses,” referring to all who lived in their household. Cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “households.”

⁸ tn Heb “and all the substance which was at their feet.”

⁹ tn Or “covered.”

¹⁰ tn Or “the assembly of Abiram.”

¹¹ sn Verses 16-18 describe the events of Num 16:1-40.