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Ramban on Numbers 16:33/רמב"ן על במדבר ט״ז:ל״ג
אוְטַעַם וַיֹּאבְדוּ מִתּוֹךְ הַקָּהָל, שֶׁאָבְדוּ לְעֵינֵיהֶם בִּהְיוֹתָם בְּתוֹכָם עוֹמְדִים עִמָּהֶם, כִּי כְּרֶגַע פָּתְחָה הָאָרֶץ אֶת פִּיהָ וְסָגְרָה אוֹתָהּ עֲלֵיהֶם, וְלֹא נוֹדַע מְקוֹמָם אַיֵּה הוּא. וְר״א אָמַר (אבן עזרא על במדבר ט״ז:ל״ג) בַּעֲבוּר מוֹת בְּנֵיהֶם הָעוֹמְדִים תַּחְתָּם:
1AND THEY PERISHED FROM AMONG THE ASSEMBLY. The meaning thereof is that they [Korach and his associates] perished in their sight [that of the people], while they were standing amongst them in their midst, since the earth suddenly opened up its mouth and closed it upon them, and the place where they had been [standing] was not noticeable.168 And Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra commented that the meaning of the expression is: [they were blotted out from among the assembly] because of the death of their children who would have been in their stead.