Numbers 16:32-35

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16:32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods. 16:33 They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community. 16:34 All the Israelites¹ who were around them fled at their cry,² for they said, “What if³ the earth swallows us too?” 16:35 Then a fire⁴ went out from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.

[16:34] ¹tn Heb “all Israel.”

[16:34] ²tn Heb “voice.”

[16:34] ³tn Heb “lest.”

[16:35] ¹tn For a discussion of the fire of the Lord, see J. C. H. Laughlin, “The Strange Fire of Nadab and Abihu,” JBL 95 (1976): 559-65.