18. So they each took his own censer and put fire on it, and laid incense on it; and they stood at the doorway of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron.
19. Thus Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the doorway of the tent of meeting. And the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.
20. Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
21. "Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them instantly."
22. But they fell on their faces and said, "O God, God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?"
23. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
24. "Speak to the congregation, saying, 'Get back from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.'"
25. Then Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, with the elders of Israel following him,
26. and he spoke to the congregation, saying, "Depart now from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing that belongs to them, or you will be swept away in all their sin."
27. So they got back from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the doorway of their tents, along with their wives and their sons and their little ones.
28. Moses said, "By this you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these deeds; for this is not my doing.
29. If these men die the death of all men or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me.
30. But if the Lord brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they descend alive into Sheol, then you will understand that these men have spurned the Lord."
31. As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open;