Deuteronomio 11:6

6 e ciò ch’egli ha fatto a Datan e ad Abiram, figliuoli d’Eliab, figliuoli di Ruben; come la terra aperse la sua bocca e li tranghiottì, insieme con le lor case e le lor tende, e tutte le anime viventi ch’aveano a lor seguito, in mezzo di tutto Israele.

Deuteronomio 11:6 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 11:6

And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the
son of Reuben
When they with Korah and his company quarrelled with Moses and Aaron about the priesthood, ( Numbers 16:1 ) , how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up; the history of which see in ( Numbers 16:30-33 )

and their households and their tents;
not their houses and their tents, as the Septuagint and some other versions; for though the word signifies houses, and is often used for them, yet here it must signify families, their wives, and children; since they had no houses, but dwelt in tents, all which were swallowed up with them:

and all the substance that was in their possession;
gold, silver, cattle, household goods, and whatever they were possessed of:

or was at their feet
^F3; or which followed them, their living creatures; or was for them, as Aben Ezra interprets it; for, their use, service, and necessity: and this was done

in the midst of all Israel;
openly and publicly, they beholding it, as follows; and therefore should be rendered, "before all Israel" ^F4; and, besides, the tents of Dathan and Abiram, Reubenites, were not in the midst of Israel.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Mhylgrb rva) "quae erat in pedibus eorum", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus.
F4 (brqb) "coram omni Israele", Noldius, p. 212. No. 975.

Deuteronomio 11:6 In-Context

4 e ciò ch’egli ha fatto all’esercito dell’Egitto, a’ suoi cavalli e a’ suoi carri; come egli fece traboccar l’acque del mar rosso sopra loro quando essi vi perseguivano; e come egli li fece perire fino al dì d’oggi;

5 e ciò ch’egli ha fatto a voi stessi nel deserto, finchè siate pervenuti a questo luogo;

6 e ciò ch’egli ha fatto a Datan e ad Abiram, figliuoli d’Eliab, figliuoli di Ruben; come la terra aperse la sua bocca e li tranghiottì, insieme con le lor case e le lor tende, e tutte le anime viventi ch’aveano a lor seguito, in mezzo di tutto Israele.

7 Conciossiachè gli occhi vostri abbiano vedute tutte le grandi opere del Signore le quali egli ha fatte.

8 E osservate tutti i comandamenti i quali oggi vi do; acciocchè siate fortificati ed entriate in possessione del paese al quale voi passate per possederlo;