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Numbers 16:34
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
Numbers 16:34 · American Standard Version
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Numbers 16:34 in other translations
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”
All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”
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In context
31 And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them;
32 and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
33 So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.
34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
35 And fire came forth from Jehovah, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.
36 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are holy,
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