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# The earth opened and swallowed up
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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/translate/figs-personification]])
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# Dathan
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This was an official who rebelled against Moses. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# covered the followers of Abiram
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The followers of Abiram were also buried when the earth opened and buried Dathan. Alternate translation: "it also covered the followers of Abiram" or "it also buried the followers of Abiram" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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# Abiram
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This was an official who rebelled against Moses. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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