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29 If these men die [a]the death of all men or [b]if they suffer the (A)fate of all men, then Yahweh has not sent me. 30 But (B)if Yahweh creates an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they (C)go down to Sheol alive, then you will know that these men have spurned Yahweh.”

31 And it happened that as he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open;

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 16:29 Lit like the death
  2. Numbers 16:29 Lit the visitation of all men be visited upon them

29 If these men die a natural death and suffer the fate of all mankind, then the Lord has not sent me.(A) 30 But if the Lord brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth(B) and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead,(C) then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt.(D)

31 As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart(E)

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