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Pit
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
or Numbers 16:33 (a) The original word is sheol, which in the original Hebrew means hell, or the place of departed spirits. These men and their families and their possessions all went down into hell without dying. They are in hell today in their bodies. GOD did a new thing. He never did it before, and has never done it since.
Psalm 9:15 (b) The word refers to any trap or device whereby GOD's child is overtaken by the enemy and made captive. (See also Psalm 35:7; Psalm 119:85; Proverbs 28:10).
Psalm 40:2 (b) Any deep trouble may be called a pit. It is so easy to fall in, and so hard to get out. It is always a very unpleasant experience.
Psalm 88:6 (b) Since this was written by the sons of Korah, whose father went down to hell alive, therefore, it may be that these sons are indicating that they too should have been punished by GOD, but instead were saved by His grace. (See Numbers 26:11).
Ezekiel 19:4 (b) Probably this refers to the battle plan of the enemy.
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Watson, Walter. Entry for 'Pit'. Wilson's Dictoinary of Bible Types. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wdt/p/pit.html. 1957.
