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Then Moses said, "By this you shall know that ^(C1)the LORD has sent me to do all these deeds; for it is not ^(F1)my doing.

"If these men die ^(F1)the death of all mankind, or ^(F2)if they suffer the ^(C1)fate of all mankind, then the LORD has not sent me.

"But ^(C1)if the LORD ^(F1)brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them with everything that is theirs, and they ^(C2)descend alive into ^(F2)Sheol, then you will know that these men have been disrespectful to the LORD."

And as he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open;

and ^(C1)the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, and ^(C2)all the people who belonged to Korah with all their possessions.

So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to ^(F1)Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.

Then all Israel who were around them fled at their ^(F1)outcry, for they said, "The earth might swallow us!"

^(C1)Fire also came out from the LORD and consumed the ^(C2)250 men who were offering the incense.

And Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer and put fire in it from the altar, and place incense on it; then bring it quickly to the congregation and ^(C1)make atonement for them, for ^(C2)wrath has gone out from the LORD, the plague has begun!"

Then Aaron took it just as Moses had spoken, and he ran into the midst of the assembly; and behold, the plague had begun among the people. ^(C1)So he put on the incense and made atonement for the people.

And he took his stand between the dead and the living, so that the plague was brought to a halt.

^(C1)But those who died by the plague were 14,700 in number, besides those who ^(C2)died on account of Korah.

Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, for the plague had been brought to a halt.