^{19 Ref} And Korah assembled all the congregation against them unto the door of the tent of meeting: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto all the congregation.

²⁰ And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

^{21 Ref} Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.

^{22 Ref} And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

²³ And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

^{24 Ref} Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.

^{25 Ref} And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.

^{26 Ref} And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

^{27 Ref} So they gat them up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.

^{28 Ref} And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works; for `I have' not `done them' of mine own mind.

^{29 Ref} If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then Jehovah hath not sent me.

^{30 Ref} But if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah.

^{31 Ref} And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them;

^{32 Ref} and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

^{33 Ref} So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.

^{34 Ref} And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.

^{35 Ref} And fire came forth from Jehovah, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

³⁶ And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

^{37 Ref} Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are holy,

^{38 Ref} even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Jehovah; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

³⁹ And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,

^{40 Ref} to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, that is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before Jehovah; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as Jehovah spake unto him by Moses.

^{41 Ref} But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of Jehovah.