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) 32} and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them^(F) and their households, and all those associated with Korah, together with their possessions. ³³ They went down alive into the realm of the dead,^(G) with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.