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

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

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

^{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 also.

^{35 Ref} And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.