Numbers 16:30 meaning and explanation

But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”

Numbers 16:30, Berean Standard Bible

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Moses is speaking to the assembled Israelites after Korah, Dathan and Abiram have challenged his authority and the priesthood of Aaron (verses 1 to 11). He proposes a test: if these men die an ordinary death, then the LORD has not sent him.

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