en_tn_condensed/num/16/28.md

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By this you will know

Here "this" refers to what Moses will say next.

the earth opens its mouth and swallows them

Moses speaks as if the earth were alive and the opening in the ground into which these people would fall were a large mouth that would eat them. AT: "and they fall into it and are buried underneath the ground" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

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