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# The earth opened and swallowed up
Here how the ground opens up and buries the people is being compared to how a creature swallows something. Alternate translation: "The earth opened and buried" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
# Dathan
This was an official who rebelled against Moses. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
# covered the company of Abiram
The followers of Abiram were also buried when the earth opened and buried Dathan. Alternate translation: "it also covered the company of Abiram" or "it also buried the company of Abiram" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
# Abiram
This was an official who rebelled against Moses. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])