27. And they got up from the habitation of Koran, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. And Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the entrance of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.
28. And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah has sent me to do all these deeds, for they are not out of my own heart:
29. if these men die as all men die, and are visited with the visitation of all men, Jehovah has not sent me;
30. but if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, and all that they have, and they go down alive into Sheol, then ye shall know that these men have despised Jehovah.
31. And it came to pass when he had ended speaking all these words, that the ground clave apart that was under them.
32. And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that belonged to Korah, and all their property.
33. And they went down, they and all that they had, alive into Sheol, and the earth covered them; and they perished from among the congregation.
34. And all Israel that were round about them fled at their cry; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up!
35. And there came out a fire from Jehovah, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that had presented incense.
36. And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
37. Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning; and scatter the fire afar; for they are hallowed,