Numbers 16

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==numbers 16:23-33:

​And the Lord said to Moses, 
24 “Then tell all the people to get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
25 So Moses got up and rushed over to the tents of Dathan and Abiram, followed by the elders of Israel. 26 “Quick!” he told the people. “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and don’t touch anything that belongs to them. If you do, you will be destroyed for their sins.” 
27 So all the people stood back from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Then Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrances of their tents, together with their wives and children and little ones.
28 And Moses said, “This is how you will know that the Lord has sent me to do all these things that I have done—for I have not done them on my own.
 29 If these men die a natural death, or if nothing unusual happens, then the Lord has not sent me. 
30 But if the Lord does something entirely new and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and all their belongings, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have shown contempt for the Lord.”
31 He had hardly finished speaking the words when the ground suddenly split open beneath them. 
32 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the men, along with their households and all their followers who were standing with them, and everything they owned. 
​33 So they went down alive into the grave, along with all their belongings. The earth closed over them, and they all vanished from among the people of Israel.

October 8, 2024: ​Bola Adeyemo wrote: If bitterness is left unchecked, otherwise good people will face the wrath of God. Both Absalom and Ahithophel died in a dishonorable manner. When the punishment for bitterness manifests, innocent bystanders may also suffer.
Many innocent people died because Koran, Dothan and Abiram were bitter against Moses. These three men spread the poison of their bitterness to 250 other leaders in the nation. When the punishment came, the ringleaders, the other leaders who joined them, and seemingly innocent people such as their wives, children, servants, and everyone associated with them were buried alive! (Numbers 16:23–33)