18. So each man got his pan and put burning incense in it and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Meeting Tent.
19. Korah gathered all his followers who were against Moses and Aaron, and they stood at the entrance to the Meeting Tent. Then the glory of the Lord appeared to everyone.
20. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
21. “Move away from these men so I can destroy them quickly.”
22. But Moses and Aaron bowed facedown and cried out, “God, you are the God over the spirits of all people. Please don’t be angry with this whole group. Only one man has really sinned.”
23. Then the Lord said to Moses,
24. “Tell everyone to move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
25. Moses stood and went to Dathan and Abiram; the elders of Israel followed him.
26. Moses warned the people, “Move away from the tents of these evil men! Don’t touch anything of theirs, or you will be destroyed because of their sins.”
27. So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram were standing outside their tents with their wives, children, and little babies.
28. Then Moses said, “Now you will know that the Lord has sent me to do all these things; it was not my idea.
29. If these men die a normal death—the way men usually die—then the Lord did not really send me.
30. But if the Lord does something new, you will know they have insulted the Lord. The ground will open and swallow them. They will be buried alive and will go to the place of the dead, and everything that belongs to them will go with them.”