“The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.”
And fire broke out in their congregation; the flame consumed the wicked. The fire consuming rebels (also part of the Korah narrative, Numbers 16:35) becomes another mode of judgment. The conjunction of earth-opening and fire creates multiple, simultaneous judgments, emphasizing divine determination to eliminate rebellion. This verse demonstrates that God's response to covenant-breaking escalates in intensity.
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