32 The earth opened and swallowed them and all their families. All Korah’s men and everything they owned went down.
33 They were buried alive, going to the place of the dead, and everything they owned went with them. Then the earth covered them. They died and were gone from the community.
34 The people of Israel around them heard their screams and ran away, saying, “The earth will swallow us, too!”
35 Then a fire came down from the Lord and destroyed the two hundred fifty men who had presented the incense.
36 The Lord said to Moses,
37 “Tell Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, to take all the incense pans out of the fire. Have him scatter the coals a long distance away. But the incense pans are still holy.
38 Take the pans of these men who sinned and lost their lives, and hammer them into flat sheets that will be used to cover the altar. They are holy, because they were presented to the Lord, and they will be a sign to the Israelites.”