Korach 16:33 · unit 1 — they went down alive

Parashas Korach · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 33

The Complete Passuk

וַיֵּ֨רְד֜וּ הֵ֣ם וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָהֶ֛ם חַיִּ֖ים שְׁאֹ֑לָה וַתְּכַ֥ס עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיֹּאבְד֖וּ מִתּ֥וֹךְ הַקָּהָֽל׃

And they and all that was theirs went down alive into the pit, and the earth covered over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.

Torah Temimah: the descent was while still alive — the sign Moshe had asked for.

Core Text

וַיֵּרְדוּ הֵם וְכׇל אֲשֶׁר לָהֶם חַיִּים שְׁאֹלָה.

English: And they and all that was theirs went down alive into the pit.

Death unlike the death of all men.

The living descent is the proof that Hashem sent Moshe.