Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 6. What he did unto Dathan, &c.] See the notes on Numbers 16.
John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 6. And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben , etc.] When they with Korah and his company quarrelled with Moses and Aaron about the priesthood, ( Numbers 16:1), how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up; the history of which see in ( Numbers 16:30-33) and their households and their tents ; not their houses and their tents, as the Septuagint and some other versions; for though the word signifies houses, and is often used for them, yet here it must signify families, their wives
, and children; since they had no houses, but dwelt in tents, all which were swallowed up with them: and all the substance that was in their possession ; gold, silver, cattle, household goods, and whatever they were possessed of: or was at their feet f101 ; or which followed them, their living creatures; or was for them, as Aben Ezra interprets it; for, their use, service, and necessity: and this was done in the midst of all Israel ; openly and publicly, they beholding it, as follows; and therefore should be rendered, “before all Israel” f102 ; and, besides, the tents of Dathan and Abiram, Reubenites, were not in the midst of Israel.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-7 - Observe the connexion of these two; Thou shalt love the Lord, and kee his charge. Love will work in obedience, and that only is acceptabl obedience which flows from a principle of love, 1Jo 5:3. Moses recount some of the great and terrible works of God which their eyes had seen What our eyes have seen, especially in our early days, should affec us, and make us better long afterwards.
Original Hebrew ואשׁר834 עשׂה6213 לדתן1885 ולאבירם48 בני1121 אליאב446 בן1121 ראובן7205 אשׁר834 פצתה6475 הארץ776 את853 פיה6310 ותבלעם1104 ואת853 בתיהם1004 ואת853 אהליהם168 ואת853 כל3605 היקום3351 אשׁר834 ברגליהם7272 בקרב7130 כל3605 ישׂראל׃3478
