Números 16:31

31 Tan pronto como Moisés terminó de hablar, la tierra se abrió debajo de ellos;

Números 16:31 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 16:31

And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all
these things
As soon as he had finished his discourse, which was addressed to the congregation, and, according to Josephus ^F21, after a long prayer to God, which that writer gives at large; immediately so it was,

that the ground clave asunder that [was] under them;
on which they stood, not from any natural cause, as by subterranean volcano, forcibly making their way and bursting the earth, and so getting vent, which has been thought to be the cause of earthquakes; but this was by the immediate hand and almighty power of God, and came to pass just as Moses suggested it would, and as soon as he had uttered his words, which made it the more observable.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Antiqu. l. 4. c. 3. Sect. 2.

Números 16:31 In-Context

29 Si estos hombres mueren de muerte natural, como es el destino de todos los hombres, eso querrá decir que el SEÑOR no me ha enviado.

30 Pero si el SEÑOR crea algo nuevo, y hace que la tierra se abra y se los trague con todas sus pertenencias, de tal forma que desciendan vivos al sepulcro, entonces sabrán que estos hombres menospreciaron al SEÑOR.

31 Tan pronto como Moisés terminó de hablar, la tierra se abrió debajo de ellos;

32 se abrió y se los tragó, a ellos y a sus familias, junto con la gente y las posesiones de Coré.

33 Bajaron vivos al sepulcro, junto con todo lo que tenían, y la tierra se cerró sobre ellos. De este modo fueron eliminados de la comunidad.