Numbers 16:33
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New International Version (©2011)
They went down alive into the realm of the dead, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So they went down alive into the grave, along with all their belongings. The earth closed over them, and they all vanished from among the people of Israel.

English Standard Version (©2001)
So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol, and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
They went down alive into Sheol with all that belonged to them. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.

International Standard Version (©2012)
So they and all that belonged to them descended alive to Sheol. Then the earth closed over them. That's how they were annihilated from the assembly.

NET Bible (©2006)
They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They went down alive to their graves with everything that belonged to them. The ground covered them, and so they disappeared from the assembly.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
They, and all that belonged to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

American King James Version
They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed on them: and they perished from among the congregation.

American Standard Version
So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they went down alive into hell the ground closing upon them, and they perished from among the people.

Darby Bible Translation
And they went down, they and all that they had, alive into Sheol, and the earth covered them; and they perished from among the congregation.

English Revised Version
So 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 assembly.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.

Young's Literal Translation
and they go down, they, and all that they have, alive to Sheol, and the earth closeth over them, and they perish from the midst of the assembly;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

16:23-34 The seventy elders of Israel attend Moses. It is our duty to do what we can to countenance and support lawful authority when it is opposed. And those who would not perish with sinners, must come out from among them, and be separate. It was in answer to the prayer of Moses, that God stirred up the hearts of the congregation to remove for their own safety. Grace to separate from evil-doers is one of the things that accompany salvation. God, in justice, left the rebels to the obstinacy and hardness of their own hearts. Moses, by Divine direction, when all Israel were waiting the event, declares that if the rebels die a common death, he will be content to be called and counted an imposter. As soon as Moses had spoken the word, God caused the earth to open and swallow them all up. The children perished with their parents; in which, though we cannot tell how bad they might be to deserve it, or how good God might be otherwise to them; yet of this we are sure, that Infinite Justice did them no wrong. It was altogether miraculous. God has, when he pleases, strange punishments for the workers of iniquity. It was very significant. Considering how the earth is still in like manner loaded with the weight of man's sins, we have reason to wonder that it does not now sink under its load. The ruin of others should be our warning. Could we, by faith, hear the outcries of those that are gone down to the bottomless pit, we should give more diligence than we do to escape for our lives, lest we also come into their condemnation.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 (z):

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

(z) Antiqu. ut supra, (l. 4. c. 3.) sect. 3.

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The Earth Swallows Up Korah
31And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split asunder that was under them: 32And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained to Korah, and all their goods. 33They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed on them: and they perished from among the congregation.

Numbers 16:32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, and all those associated with Korah, together with their possessions.
Numbers 16:34 At their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting, "The earth is going to swallow us too!"
Numbers 26:11 The line of Korah, however, did not die out.
Deuteronomy 32:22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath, one that burns down to the realm of the dead below. It will devour the earth and its harvests and set afire the foundations of the mountains.
Psalm 55:15 Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them.
Psalm 69:15 Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.
Psalm 141:7 They will say, "As one plows and breaks up the earth, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave."
Isaiah 38:18 For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.
Ezekiel 31:14 Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined for death, for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.