Numbers 16:25-35

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

²⁶He spoke to the community and said, “Now leave the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs, or you will be consumed by all their sins.”

²⁷So the community on every side of the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram left them. Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrance to their tents, with their wives, sons, and their little ones.

²⁸Then Moses said, “By this you will know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them of my own accord.

²⁹If these men die a natural death such as normally happens, then Yahweh has not sent me.

³⁰But if Yahweh creates something new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them, with everything that they possess, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you must understand that these men have despised Yahweh.”

³¹As soon as Moses finished speaking all these words, the ground opened under those men.

³²The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their families, and all the people who belonged to Korah, as well as all their possessions.

³³So they and all that they possessed went down alive into Sheol. The earth closed over them, and they perished from among the community.

³⁴All Israel around them fled from their cries. They exclaimed, “The earth may swallow us up also!”

³⁵Then fire flashed out from Yahweh and devoured the 250 men who had offered incense.