1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi,
with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of
Reuben, took men: 2 and they rose up before Moses, with certain of
the children of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the congregation, called
to the assembly, men of renown; 3 and they assembled themselves together
against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take too much on
you, seeing all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is
among them: why then lift yourselves up above the assembly of Yahweh?
4 When Moses heard it, he fell on his face: 5 and he spoke to Korah and
to all his company, saying, In the morning Yahweh will show who are his, and
who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him: even him whom he shall
choose will he cause to come near to him. 6 This do: take you censers,
Korah, and all his company; 7 and put fire in them, and put incense on
them before Yahweh tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom Yahweh does
choose, he shall be holy: you take too much on you, you
sons of Levi. 8 Moses said to Korah, Hear now, you sons of Levi:
9 seems it but a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has
separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself,
to do the service of the tent of Yahweh, and to stand before the congregation
to minister to them; 10 and that he has brought you near, and all your
brothers the sons of Levi with you? and seek you the priesthood also?
11 Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against
Yahweh: and Aaron, what is he who you murmur against him? 12 Moses
sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, We won’t
come up: 13 is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land
flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but you must needs
make yourself also a prince over us? 14 Moreover you haven’t brought us
into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields
and vineyards: will you put out the eyes of these men? we won’t come up.
15 Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, “Don’t respect their
offering: I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of
them.” 16 Moses said to Korah, You and all your company go before Yahweh,
you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow: 17 and take every man his censer,
and put incense on them, and bring you before Yahweh every man his
censer, two hundred fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer.
18 They took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense
thereon, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
19 Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door of the
tent of meeting: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the congregation.
20 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 21 Separate yourselves
from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. 22 They
fell on their faces, and said, God, the God of the spirits of all flesh,
shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?
23 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 24 Speak to the congregation, saying,
Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 25 Moses rose
up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
26 He spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the
tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be
consumed in all their sins. 27 So they got them up from the tent of Korah,
Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood
at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little
ones. 28 Moses said, Hereby you shall know that Yahweh has sent me to
do all these works; for I have not done them of my own mind.
29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited
after the visitation of all men; then Yahweh hasn’t sent me. 30 But if
Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up,
with all that appertain to them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then
you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh. 31 It
happened, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground
split apart that was under them; 32 and the earth opened its mouth, and
swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who appertained to
Korah, and all their goods. 33 So they, and all that appertained to them,
went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed on them, and they perished
from among the assembly. 34 All Israel that were round about them fled at
the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up. 35 Fire came
forth from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the
incense. 36 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 37 Speak to Eleazar the son
of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and
scatter you the fire yonder; for they are holy, 38 even the censers of
these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for
a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Yahweh; therefore they
are holy; and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel. 39 Eleazar
the priest took the brazen censers, which those who were burnt had offered;
and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, 40 to be a memorial to
the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who isn’t of the seed of
Aaron, comes near to burn incense before Yahweh; that he not be as Korah, and
as his company: as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses. 41 But on the next day
all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and
against Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of Yahweh. 42 It
happened, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against
Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting: and, behold, the cloud
covered it, and the glory of Yahweh appeared. 43 Moses and Aaron came to
the front of the tent of meeting. 44 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
45 Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a
moment. They fell on their faces. 46 Moses said to Aaron, Take they
censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and
carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there
is wrath gone out from Yahweh; the plague is begun. 47 Aaron took as Moses
spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was
begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the
people. 48 He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was
stayed. 49 Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and
seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah. 50 Aaron
returned to Moses to the door of the tent of meeting: and the plague was
stayed.
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