20. Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
21. “Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!”
22. They fell on their faces, and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?”
23. Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
24. “Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram!’”
25. Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
26. He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!”
27. So they went away from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.
28. Moses said, “Hereby you shall know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; for they are not from my own mind.
29. If these men die the common death of all men, or if they experience what all men experience, then Yahweh hasn’t sent me.
30. But if Yahweh makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up, with all that belong to them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh.”
31. As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split apart.
32. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households, all of Korah’s men, and all their goods.
33. So they, and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol. The earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.
34. All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”