Commentary for Sanhedrin 219:13

וא"ר יוחנן קרח לא מן הבלועים ולא מן השרופין לא מן הבלועין דכתיב (במדבר טז, לב) ואת כל האדם אשר לקרח ולא קרח ולא מן השרופים דכתיב (במדבר כו, י) באכול האש את חמשים ומאתים איש ולא קרח

[implying], but not Korah himself. 'Nor of those who were burnt' — for it is written, What time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXVI, 10. ');">³⁴</span> — but not Korah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since there were two hundred and fifty besides Korah; v. XVI, 17, where Korah is mentioned apart from the two hundred and fifty. ');">³⁵</span> A Tanna taught in a Baraitha: Korah was one of those who were swallowed up and burnt.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' First his soul was burnt, the body remaining intact, and this in turn was swallowed up (Rashi). ');">³⁶</span>

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