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33 So they and all that belonged to them descended alive to Sheol.[a] Then the earth closed over them. That’s how they were annihilated from the assembly.

34 Then all of the Israelis who were around them ran away when they heard them crying, “…so the ground won’t swallow us up, too.” 35 After this, fire came from the Lord and incinerated the 250 men who offered the incense.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 16:33 I.e. the realm of the dead

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. 34 At their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting, “The earth is going to swallow us too!”

35 And fire came out from the Lord(B) and consumed(C) the 250 men who were offering the incense.

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