Numbers 16:23-27

That is really interesting that Dathan and Abiram came out and stood in the door of their tents, because apparently they did not even come outside of their tents up till this time. This shows what an attitude they had.

Now God acceded to part of Moses' and Aaron's request about sparing those who were innocent of what was going on there by sending Moses to instruct those not directly involved in the rebellion to get away from the living quarters of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, thus assuring Moses that God was not going to kill innocent bystanders even though the judgment was going to be very severe.

There is a very interesting play on the word "tabernacle" that appears in verse 24, in that the word that is used there is normally used for God's tabernacle rather than the word that would normally be translated "tent." Is there a bit of dark humor from God that He is about to destroy their tabernacle, which was their tent? He is saying, "The tabernacle you are serving is not My tabernacle. It's your tabernacle."