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Numbers 16:33

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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.

Numbers 16:33 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 16:33

Theological / Devotional

The earth closed. The whole company went down alive as Moses had foretold (v. 30), and the earth closed up again, a remarkable testimony to direct divine intervention.

By SdaBc