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17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
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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:
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. …
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-33)This is an abridgment of the history of Israel’s provocations in the wilderness, and of the wrath of God against them for those provocations: and this abridgment is abridged by the apostle, with application to us Christians (1 Cor. 10:5); for these things were written for our admonition , that we sin not like them, lest we suffer like them. I. The cause of their sin was disregard to the works and…
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