They, 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.

And they went down alive into hell the ground closing upon them, and they perished from among the people.

And they went down, they and all that they had, alive into Sheol, and the earth covered them; and they perished from among the congregation.

So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.

and they go down, they, and all that they have, alive to Sheol, and the earth closeth over them, and they perish from the midst of the assembly;

So they and all theirs went down living into the underworld, and the earth was shut over them, and they were cut off from among the meeting of the people.

And they descended alive, the ground closing around them, into the underworld, and they perished from the midst of the multitude.

Descenderuntque ipsi et quotquot ad eos pertinebant viventes, in infernum: ac operuit eos terra, et perierunt e medio congregationis.

They, and all that appertained to them - Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, and all that appertained to their respective families, went down into the pit caused by this supernatural earthquake; while the fire from the Lord consumed the 250 men that bare censers. Thus there were two distinct punishments, the pit and the fire, for the two divisions of these rebels.

They, and all that appertained unto them, went down alive into the pit,.... The grave which the opening earth made for them, they and their families:
and the earth closed upon them; and covered them over; this it did of itself, as Aben Ezra remarks: this was a wonderful instance of almighty power, that it should open in such large fissures as to swallow up such a number of men, with their tents, goods, and cattle, and then close again so firmly, as not to have the least appearance upon it of what had happened, as Josephus observes (z):
and they perished from among the congregation; and had a name and a place no more with them.
(z) Antiqu. ut supra, (l. 4. c. 3.) sect. 3.

Into the pit - Into the earth, which first opened itself to receive them, and then shut itself to destroy them.