19. Meanwhile, Korah had stirred up the entire community against Moses and Aaron, and they all gathered at the Tabernacle entrance. Then the glorious presence of the lord appeared to the whole community,
20. and the lord said to Moses and Aaron,
21. “Get away from all these people so that I may instantly destroy them!”
22. But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground. “O God,” they pleaded, “you are the God who gives breath to all creatures. Must you be angry with all the people when only one man sins?”
23. And the lord said to Moses,
24. “Then tell all the people to get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
25. So Moses got up and rushed over to the tents of Dathan and Abiram, followed by the elders of Israel.
26. “Quick!” he told the people. “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and don’t touch anything that belongs to them. If you do, you will be destroyed for their sins.”
27. So all the people stood back from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Then Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrances of their tents, together with their wives and children and little ones.
28. And Moses said, “This is how you will know that the lord has sent me to do all these things that I have done—for I have not done them on my own.
29. If these men die a natural death, or if nothing unusual happens, then the lord has not sent me.