Why does the Pasuk not mention Korach and his band of followers, who were burned by a fire that came out from before Hashem?
Ramban: Because any Zar who transgresses the La'av of burning Ketores was subject to punishment, 1 in which case it is not confined to the sins of the desert.
R. Bachye (on Pasuk 2) The Torah mentions Dasan and Aviram, and not Korach - the leader of the rebellion - either because he was too embarrassed at the sin of his relative to mention him, or on account of the extreme arrogance of Dasan and Aviram who ?went out standing errect'.
Ramban: See Korach Bamidbar, 17:5. Indeed, King Uziyah performed the same sin and was punished - See Melachim 2, 2:19 - Even though he was punished with Tzara'as, and not burning. Refer to Bamidbar, 17:5:2:2.
What are the implications of "be'Kerev Kol Yisrael"?
Rashi: It implies that, wherever a member of Dasan and Aviram's family fled to, the ground opened and swallowed him up. 1
Rashi: Not by creating a separate crater - since the Torah wrote in Bamidbar 16:32 "Vatiftach ha'Aretz es Piyhah" (singular) - but by creating a slope that led to one central crater, into which he rolled.
What is the definition of "Kol ha'Yekum asher be'Ragleihem"?
