⁶ And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.^(A)

⁹ Another reason I wrote you^(A) was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.^(B)

¹⁵ And his affection for you is all the greater when he remembers that you were all obedient,^(A) receiving him with fear and trembling.^(B)

²⁶ He warned the assembly, “Move back from the tents of these wicked men!^(A) Do not touch anything belonging to them, or you will be swept away^(B) because of all their sins.^(C)” ²⁷ So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.^(D) Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children^(E) and little ones at the entrances to their tents.^(F)

²⁸ Then Moses said, “This is how you will know^(G) that the Lord has sent me^(H) to do all these things and that it was not my idea: ²⁹ If these men die a natural death and suffer the fate of all mankind, then the Lord has not sent me.^{(I) 30} But if the Lord brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth^(J) and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead,^(K) then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt.^(L)”

² I already gave you a warning when I was with you the second time. I now repeat it while absent:^(A) On my return I will not spare^(B) those who sinned earlier^(C) or any of the others,