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John Gill's Exposition on Deuteronomy 11:6
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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, (<041601>Numbers 16:1), how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up; the history of which see in (<041630>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.
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