en_tn/num/26/10.md

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# The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up
Here the earth is spoken of as if it were a person opening its mouth and eating something. AT: "Yahweh caused the earth to split open, and the men fell in the hole" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
# fire devoured 250 men
Here the fire is spoken of as if it were a large animal devouring something. AT: "Yahweh caused a fire that killed 250 men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
# 250 men
"two hundred and fifty men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
# Korah's line
"all of Korah's family"
# die out
"end"
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/earth]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fire]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/devour]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sign]]