Numbers 16:20–35

²⁰And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ^21xSeparate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them ^yin a moment. ²²And they ^zfell upon their faces, and said, O God, ^athe God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? ²³And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ²⁴Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. ²⁵And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. ²⁶And he spake unto the congregation, saying, ^bDepart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye ^cbe consumed in all their sins. ²⁷So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and ^dstood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. ²⁸And Moses said, ^cHereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them ^eof mine own mind. ²⁹If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be ^fvisited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me. ³⁰But if the Lord make a new thing, and ^gthe earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they ^hgo down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men ⁱhave provoked the Lord. ^31jAnd it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: ³²and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and ^kall the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. ³³They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. ³⁴And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. ³⁵And there ^lcame out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.