Numbers 16:31 · KJV
“And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that {was} under them:”
— Numbers 16:31
But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that {appertain} unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. {make...: Heb. create a creature}
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that {appertained} unto Korah, and all {their} goods.
Numbers 16 — Context
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; {then} the LORD hath not sent me. {the common...: Heb. as every man dieth}
30But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that {appertain} unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. {make...: Heb. create a creature}
31And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that {was} under them:
32And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that {appertained} unto Korah, and all {their} goods.
33They, 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.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:6
And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that {was} in their possession, in the midst of all Israel: {substance...: or, living substance which followed them} {was...: Heb. was at their feet}
Psalms 106:17-18
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
Numbers 27:3
Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
Numbers 26:10-11
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.