²⁸ Then Moses said, “This is how you will know^(A) that the Lord has sent me^(B) 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.^{(C) 30} But if the Lord brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth^(D) and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead,^(E) then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt.^(F)”