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!”
35. Fire came out from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.
36. Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,