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Numbers 16:34
And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down into the heart of the earth.
Numbers 16:34 · Bible in Basic English
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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 while these words were on his lips, the earth under them was parted in two;
32 And the earth, opening her mouth, took them in, with their families, and all the men who were joined to Korah, and their goods.
33 So they and all theirs went down living into the underworld, and the earth was shut over them, and they were cut off from among the meeting of the people.
34 And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down into the heart of the earth.
35 Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume.
36 And the Lord said to Moses,
37 Say to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he is to take out of the flames the vessels with the perfumes in them, turning the fire out of them, for they are holy;
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