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# General Information:
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Moses continues to remind the adults to teach their children God's mighty deeds.
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# Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab
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Moses is referring to an event in the past when Dathan and Abiram rebelled against Moses and Aaron. The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# Dathan ... Abiram ... Eliab
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These are names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
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# son of Reuben
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"descendant of Reuben"
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# earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up
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Yahweh causing the land to split open so that the people fell in is spoken of as if the land had a mouth and the ability to swallow people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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# every living thing that followed them
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This refers to their servants and animals.
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# in the middle of all Israel
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This means all the people of Israel witnessed what happened to Dathan, Abiram, their families, and their possessions.
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