Números 16:33

Listen to Números 16:33
33 Y ellos, con todo lo que ten铆an, descendieron vivos al abismo, y cubri贸los la tierra, y perecieron de en medio de la congregaci贸n.

Números 16:33 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 16:33

They, and all that [appertained] unto them, went down alive
into the pit
The grave which the opening earth made for them, they and their families:

and the earth closed upon them;
and covered them over; this it did of itself, as Aben Ezra remarks: this was a wonderful instance of almighty power, that it should open in such large fissures as to swallow up such a number of men, with their tents, goods, and cattle, and then close again so firmly, as not to have the least appearance upon it of what had happened, as Josephus observes F26,

and they perished from among the congregation;
and had a name and a place no more with them.


FOOTNOTES:

F26 Antiqu. ut supra, (l. 4. c. 3.) sect. 3.
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Números 16:33 In-Context

31 Y aconteci贸, que en acabando 茅l de hablar todas estas palabras, rompi贸se la tierra que estaba debajo de ellos:
32 Y abri贸 la tierra su boca, y trag贸los 谩 ellos, y 谩 sus casas, y 谩 todos los hombres de Cor茅, y 谩 toda su hacienda.
33 Y ellos, con todo lo que ten铆an, descendieron vivos al abismo, y cubri贸los la tierra, y perecieron de en medio de la congregaci贸n.
34 Y todo Israel, los que estaban en derredor de ellos, huyeron al grito de ellos; porque dec铆an: No nos trague tambi茅n la tierra.
35 Y sali贸 fuego de Jehov谩, y consumi贸 los doscientos y cincuenta hombres que ofrec铆an el sahumerio.
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