Numbers 16:23-36

²³And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

²⁴'Speak unto the congregation, saying: Get you up from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.'

²⁵And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.

²⁶And he spoke unto the congregation, saying: 'Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be swept away in all their sins.'

²⁷So they got them up from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side; and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.

²⁸And Moses said: 'Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works, and that I have not done them of mine own mind.

²⁹If these men die the common death of all men, and be visited after the visitation of all men, then the LORD hath not sent Me.

³⁰But if the LORD make a new thing, and the ground open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into the pit, then ye shall understand that these men have despised the LORD.'

³¹And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground did cleave asunder that was under them.

³²And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

³³So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit; and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.

³⁴And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said: 'Lest the earth swallow us up.'

³⁵And fire came forth from the LORD, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

³⁶(17-1) And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: