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29 If these people die a death similar to all other human beings, or if they are punished with a punishment common to other men, then the Lord didn’t send me. 30 But if the Lord creates something new,[a] so that the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and everything that belongs to them and they all descend directly to Sheol[b] while still alive, then you’ll know that these men have spurned the Lord.”

God Executes Korah’s Families

31 Just as he finished saying all these things, the ground under them split open.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 16:30 Lit. creates a creation
  2. Numbers 16:30 I.e. the realm of the dead