30 But (A)if the Lord [a]brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them with everything that is theirs, and they (B)descend alive into [b]Sheol, then you will know that these men have been disrespectful to the Lord.”

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  1. Numbers 16:30 Lit creates
  2. Numbers 16:30 I.e., the netherworld

30 But if the Lord brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth(A) and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead,(B) then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt.(C)

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33 So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to [a]Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.

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  1. Numbers 16:33 I.e., the netherworld

33 They went down alive into the realm of the dead,(A) with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.

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But those who (A)seek my [a]life to destroy it,
Will go into the [b](B)depths of the earth.

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  1. Psalm 63:9 Lit soul
  2. Psalm 63:9 Lit lowest places

Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;(A)
    they will go down to the depths of the earth.(B)

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20 then I will bring you down with those who (A)go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you remain in the (B)lower parts of the earth, like the ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not [a]be inhabited; but I will put (C)glory in the land of the living.

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  1. Ezekiel 26:20 Another reading is return

20 then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit,(A) to the people of long ago. I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, and you will not return or take your place[a] in the land of the living.(B)

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  1. Ezekiel 26:20 Septuagint; Hebrew return, and I will give glory

18 “To which among the trees of Eden are you so alike in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the (A)uncircumcised with those who were killed by the sword. (B)This is Pharaoh and all his hordes!”’ declares the Lord God.”

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18 “‘Which of the trees of Eden can be compared with you in splendor and majesty? Yet you, too, will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth below; you will lie among the uncircumcised,(A) with those killed by the sword.

“‘This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

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24 (A)Elam is there and all her hordes around her grave; all of them killed, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the (B)lower parts of the earth, who inflicted their terror on the (C)land of the living, and (D)bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.

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24 “Elam(A) is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.(B) All who had spread terror in the land of the living(C) went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.(D)

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Though they dig into (A)Sheol,
From there My hand will take them;
And though they (B)ascend to heaven,
From there I will bring them down.

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Though they dig down to the depths below,(A)
    from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens above,(B)
    from there I will bring them down.(C)

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and he said,

“I (A)called out of my distress to the Lord,
And He answered me.
I called for help from the [a]depth of (B)Sheol;
You heard my voice.

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  1. Jonah 2:2 Lit belly

He said:

“In my distress I called(A) to the Lord,(B)
    and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead(C) I called for help,
    and you listened to my cry.

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I (A)descended to the base of the mountains.
The earth with its (B)bars was around me forever,
But You have (C)brought up my life from [a]the pit, Lord my God.

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  1. Jonah 2:6 Or corruption

To the roots of the mountains(A) I sank down;
    the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
    brought my life up from the pit.(B)

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(Now this expression, “He (A)ascended,” what [a]does it mean except that He also [b]had descended into (B)the lower parts of the earth?

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  1. Ephesians 4:9 Lit is it except
  2. Ephesians 4:9 One early ms had first descended

(What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[a]?

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  1. Ephesians 4:9 Or the depths of the earth