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The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
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Commentators explain that the earth swallowing Dathan and Abiram was a miraculous and terrifying judgment. John Calvin and John Gill note this was a "new and extraordinary thing" designed to prove that Moses and Aaron were God's chosen leaders and that rebellion against them was rebellion against God Himself. The severity of the punishment matched the gravity of the sin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
On these verses see Numbers 16:31-35. This refers to the time when they rebelled against Moses.
19th Century
Anglican
The omission of Korah is in keeping with the historical accounts, which indicate a difference both in the attitude of Korah and his family from tha…
Baptist
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burnt up the wi…
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16th Century
Protestant
The earth opened. The enormity of their sin may be seen in the magnitude of the punishment with which it was inflicted. But the prophet's …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan One of the heads of the conspirators against Moses and Aaron; the earth clave asunder…
Those who will not wait for God's counsel will justly be given up to their own hearts' lusts, to walk in their own counsels. An undue desire, even …
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