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Numbers 16:31

29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me.

30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.

And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:

32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

33 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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,
KJV
And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
WEB
As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split apart.
ASV
And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them;
DARBY
And it came to pass when he had ended speaking all these words, that the ground clave apart that was under them.
BLB
And it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground that [was] under them split apart,
ÅB
Med det samme han hadde endt denne tale, da revnet jorden under dem;
OTB
Så snart han var ferdig med å tale, revnet jorden under dem,
B1930
Med det samme han hadde endt denne tale, da revnet jorden under dem;

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  • Psalms 106:17–18

    The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

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  • Numbers 27:3

    Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.

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  • Deuteronomy 11:6

    And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:

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  • Numbers 26:10–11

    And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.

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