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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

"Speak to the congregation, saying, '^(C1)Get away from the areas around the ^(F1)tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.'"

Then Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, with the elders of Israel following him,

and he spoke to the congregation, saying, "^(C1)Get away now from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything that belongs to them, ^(C2)or you will be swept away in all their sin!"

So they moved away from the areas around the ^(F1)tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrances of their tents, along with their wives, ^(C1)their sons, and their little ones.

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.