Exodus 15:12

15:12 You stretched out your right hand,

the earth swallowed them. ¹ 

Exodus 35:18

35:18 tent pegs for the tabernacle and tent pegs for the courtyard and their ropes;

Exodus 38:20

38:20 All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the courtyard all around were bronze.

[15:12]  ¹ 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.