Numbers 16:20-33

²⁰and Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,

²¹“Get away from all these people, in order that I can get rid of them immediately!”

²²But Aaron and Moses/I prostrated themselves/ourselves on the ground. We pleaded with Yahweh, saying, “God, you are the one who caused all these people to live MTY. Only one of these men has sinned; so, ◄is it right for you to be angry with all the people?/it is not right for you to be angry with all the people!► RHQ”

²³Yahweh said to Moses/me,

²⁴“ Okay, but tell all the people to get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”

²⁵So Moses/I stood up and went to the tents of Dathan and Abiram. The Israeli leaders followed him/me.

²⁶He/I told the people, “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything that belongs to them! If you touch anything, you will die because of their sins!”

²⁷So all the people moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram came out of their tents with their wives and children and babies, and stood at the entrances of their tents.

²⁸Then Moses/I said, “I was not the one who decided to do all these things that I have done. It was Yahweh who chose me and sent me to do them. And now he will prove that to you.

²⁹If these men die in a normal way, then it will be clear that Yahweh did not choose me.

³⁰But if Yahweh does something that has never happened before, if he causes the ground that is under their feet to open up and swallow these men and their families and all their possessions, and they fall into the opening and are buried while they are still alive, then you will know that these men have insulted Yahweh.”

³¹As soon as Moses/I said this, the ground split open beneath those men.

³²It swallowed them and their families and all those who were standing there with Korah and all of their possessions.

³³They fell into the opening in the ground while they were still alive, and all their possessions fell into the opening also. They disappeared, and the ground closed back up again.