15:12 You stretched out your right hand,
the earth swallowed them. 3
1 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “and he went out.”
3 tn The verb is the prefixed conjugation, the preterite without the vav consecutive. The subject, the “earth,” must be inclusive of the sea, or it may indicate the grave or Sheol; the sea drowned them. Some scholars wish to see this as a reference to Dathan and Abiram, and therefore evidence of a later addition or compilation. It fits this passage well, however.