Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Now
Korah son of Izhar, the
son of Kohath son of Levi, along
with
some
Reubenites—
Dathan and Abiram ,
sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth —conducted
And
Korah ,
son of Izhar, son of Kohath ,
son of Levi, taketh
both
Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth ,
sons
of
Reuben,
a
rebellion
against
Moses, along
with 250
men of Israel renowned
as
leaders
of the congregation
and
representatives
in
the assembly.
and
they
rise
up
before
Moses, with men of the
sons
of
Israel ,
two
hundred
and
fifty,
princes
of the company,
called
of
the convention,
men
of
name,
They came
together
against Moses and Aaron and told
them, “
You have
taken
too
much
upon
yourselves
! For everyone
in
the entire
congregation
is
holy, and the
LORD
is
in their midst .
Why
then
do you
exalt
yourselves above the assembly of the
LORD
? ”
and
they are
assembled
against Moses and against
Aaron ,
and say
unto
them, `Enough
of
you! for all
the company
--
all
of
them
`are'
holy, and in their midst `is'
Jehovah;
and
wherefore
do ye
lift
yourselves up
above the assembly of Jehovah
? '
When
Moses heard
this
, he
fell
facedown.
And
Moses heareth
, and
falleth
on
his
face,
Then
he said
to
Korah and all his followers
, “Tomorrow
morning the
LORD
will
reveal
who belongs
to
Him
and who is holy, and He
will
bring
that
person
near to
Himself.
The
one
He chooses,
He will
bring
near to
Himself
.
and
he speaketh
unto
Korah ,
and unto
all his company
, saying,
`
Morning !
--
and
Jehovah
is
knowing
those
who are
his,
and him
who is holy, and hath
brought
near unto
Him;
even
him
whom
He doth
fix
on
He bringeth
near unto
Him
.
You
, Korah, and all your
followers
are
to
do
as
follows:
Take
censers
,
This
do:
take
to
yourselves
censers
, Korah, and all his
company
,
and tomorrow
you
are
to
place
fire and incense
in
them in
the
presence
of
the
LORD.
Then
the man the
LORD
chooses
will
be
the
one
who
is holy .
It
is
you sons of Levi who
have
taken
too
much
upon
yourselves!”
and put
in
them
fire ,
and put
on
them perfume,
before
Jehovah
to-morrow,
and
it
hath
been,
the man whom
Jehovah
chooseth,
he
`
is '
the
holy one;
--
enough
of
you ,
sons of Levi .'
Moses also
said
to
Korah, “Now
listen
, you sons of Levi !
And
Moses saith
unto
Korah, `Hear
ye
, I
pray
you ,
sons of Levi ;
Is it not
enough
for
you that the God of Israel has
separated you from the congregation
of Israel and
brought
you near to
Himself to perform
the work
at
the LORD’s
tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation
to
minister
to them?
is it little
to
you that the God of Israel hath
separated you from the company
of Israel to
bring
you near unto
Himself ,
to do
the service
of
the tabernacle of
Jehovah
, and to stand before the company
to serve
them? --
He has
brought
you
near, you
and all your
fellow
Levites,
but
you
are
seeking
the priesthood as
well.
yea,
He doth
bring
thee
near, and all thy
brethren
the sons
of
Levi
with
thee
--
and
ye
have
sought
also
the
priesthood !
Therefore, it
is
you
and all your
followers
who have
conspired
against the
LORD!
As
for
Aaron, who
is he that you
should
grumble
against him? ”
Therefore, thou
and all thy
company
who are
met
`are'
against Jehovah;
and
Aaron, what
`
is '
he ,
that ye
murmur
against him? '
Then
Moses summoned
Dathan and Abiram ,
the
sons of Eliab, but
they said
, “
We will
not come !
And
Moses sendeth
to
call
for
Dathan and for
Abiram sons of Eliab, and
they say
, `
We do
not come up;
Is it not
enough
that you
have
brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill
us in the
wilderness ?
Must
you
also appoint
yourself
as
ruler
over us?
is it little
that thou
hast
brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to put
us to
death
in a
wilderness that
thou
also certainly
makest
thyself
prince
over us?
Moreover
, you
have
not
brought
us
into
a land flowing with milk and honey or
given
us an inheritance of fields
and vineyards.
Will
you
gouge
out
the eyes of these men? No,
we will
not come !”
Yea
, unto
a land flowing with milk and honey thou
hast
not
brought
us in,
nor
dost
thou
give
to
us
an inheritance of field
and vineyard;
the eyes of these men dost
thou
pick
out
? we do
not come up.'
Then
Moses
became
very
angry
and said
to the
LORD
, “Do
not regard
their offering.
I
have
not taken
one donkey
from them or
mistreated
a
single
one of them. ”
And it
is
very
displeasing
to Moses
, and
he
saith
unto
Jehovah,
`Turn
not Thou
unto
their present;
not one ass
from them have
I
taken,
nor
have
I
afflicted
one of them. '
And Moses said
to
Korah, “You
and all your
followers
are
to
appear
before the
LORD
tomorrow—you
and they and Aaron .
And Moses saith
unto
Korah, `Thou
and all thy
company,
be
ye
before Jehovah,
thou,
and they ,
and Aaron ,
to-morrow;
Each
man
is
to
take his censer, place
incense
in
it
, and present
it
before the
LORD—250
censers .
You
and Aaron are
to
present
your
censers
as
well
. ”
and
take ye
each
his censer, and
ye
have
put
on
them
perfume
, and brought
near
before Jehovah,
each
his
censer,
two
hundred
and
fifty
censers ;
and thou
and
Aaron ,
each
his
censer
. '
So
each man
took
his censer, put fire and
incense
in
it
, and stood
with
Moses
and Aaron
at the entrance
to
the Tent of Meeting.
And
they
take
each his censer, and
put on
them
fire, and lay
on
them
perfume,
and they
stand
at the opening
of
the tent of meeting ,
with
Moses
and
Aaron
.
When
Korah had
gathered
his
whole
assembly
against them at
the entrance
to
the Tent of Meeting, the glory
of the
LORD
appeared
to
the whole
congregation
.
And
Korah assembleth
against them all
the company
unto
the opening
of
the
tent of meeting, and
the honour
of Jehovah
is
seen
by
all
the company
.
And the
LORD
said
to
Moses and Aaron,
And Jehovah
speaketh
unto
Moses and unto
Aaron, saying,
“Separate
yourselves
from this congregation
so
that
I may
consume them in an
instant.”
`Be
ye
separated
from the
midst
of
this company,
and
I consume them in a
moment;'
But
Moses
and Aaron
fell
facedown
and said
, “O
God, the
God of the spirits of all flesh ,
when
one man sins
, will
You
be
angry
with
the whole
congregation?”
and they
fall
on
their
faces,
and say
, `
God, God of the spirits of all flesh --
the
one man sinneth
, and
against
all
the company
Thou
art
wroth!'
Then
the
LORD
said
to
Moses,
And
Jehovah
speaketh
unto
Moses, saying,
“Tell
the congregation
to
move
away
from the dwellings
of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. ”
`Speak
unto
the company,
saying,
Go
ye
up
from round
about
the tabernacle
of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. '
So
Moses got
up
and went
to
Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed
him .
And
Moses riseth,
and goeth
unto
Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel go
after
him ,
And he warned
the congregation
, “Move
away
now
from the tents of these wicked men .
Do
not touch
anything that belongs
to
them
, or
you
will
be swept
away
because
of
all their sins. ”
and he speaketh
unto
the company
, saying,
`Turn
aside,
I
pray
you,
from the tents of these wicked men ,
and
come
not against
anything that they
have
, lest
ye
be consumed
in
all their sins. '
So
they moved
away
from the dwellings
of Korah, Dathan ,
and Abiram .
Meanwhile
, Dathan and Abiram had
come out and
stood
at the entrances
to
their tents with
their wives and children
and infants.
And
they go
up
from the tabernacle
of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, from
round
about,
and
Dathan ,
and Abiram have
come out ,
standing
at the opening
of
their tents ,
and
their wives ,
and their
sons,
and their
infants.
Then
Moses said
, “
This is
how
you
will
know that the
LORD
has
sent me to do all these things
, for
it
was
not my own doing:
And
Moses saith
, `By
this ye
do
know that Jehovah
hath
sent me to do all these works
, that
`they
are'
not from
my own heart;
If these
men die a
natural
death,
or if
they
suffer
the fate
of all men ,
then
the
LORD
has
not sent me .
if according
to
the
death
of
all
men these
die --
or the charge
of all men is
charged
upon
them
--
Jehovah
hath
not sent me ;
But
if the
LORD
brings
about
something
unprecedented
, and the earth
opens
its
mouth and swallows
them and all that belongs
to
them
so
that
they go
down alive into
Sheol ,
then you
will
know
that these men have treated
the
LORD
with
contempt
. ”
and
if a
strange
thing
Jehovah
do
, and the ground
hath
opened
her
mouth and swallowed
them ,
and all that they have,
and
they
have
gone
down alive to
Sheol --
then ye
have
known
that these men have despised
Jehovah
. '
As
soon
as
Moses
had
finished
saying
all this
, the ground beneath
them split
open
,
And
it
cometh
to
pass
at
his
finishing
speaking
all these
words
, that
the ground which
`is'
under
them cleaveth
,
and the earth opened
its
mouth and swallowed
them and their households—
all Korah’s
men and all their
possessions.
and the earth openeth
her
mouth ,
and swalloweth
them ,
and their houses,
and
all the
men who
`are'
for
Korah,
and all the
goods,
They went
down alive
into
Sheol
with
all they owned.
The earth closed
over them, and they vanished
from the assembly .
and
they go
down ,
they,
and
all that
they have,
alive
to
Sheol,
and
the earth closeth
over them, and they perish
from the midst
of
the
assembly ;
At
their
cries,
all the
people
of
Israel who were
around
them fled, saying
, “
The earth may
swallow us too!”
and
all Israel who `are'
round
about
them have
fled at
their
voice
, for
they
said
, `Lest
the earth swallow us ;'
And fire came
forth
from the
LORD
and consumed
the 250
men who
were
offering
the incense
.
and fire hath
come
out
from Jehovah,
and consumeth
the two
hundred
and
fifty
men bringing
near
the perfume
.
Then
the
LORD
said
to
Moses,
And
Jehovah
speaketh
unto
Moses, saying,
“Tell
Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to
remove
the censers from the flames
and
to
scatter
the coals
far
away
, because
the censers
are
holy.
`Say
unto
Eleazar son of Aaron the priest ,
and
he
lifteth
up
the censers from the midst
of
the burning
, and
the fire
scatter
thou
yonder,
for
they
have
been
hallowed,
As
for
the censers of those
who
sinned
at
the
cost
of
their own lives,
hammer
them into
sheets
to
overlay
the altar, for these
were
presented
before the
LORD
, and so
have
become
holy.
They will
serve
as
a sign to the Israelites
. ”
`even'
the censers of these
sinners
against
their own souls;
and
they
have
made
them spread-out
plates,
a
covering
for
the altar, for they
have
brought
them
near
before Jehovah
, and they are
hallowed;
and
they
are
become
a sign to the sons
of
Israel
. '
So
Eleazar the priest took
the bronze
censers brought
by
those
who had been
burned
up
, and he
had
them hammered
out to
overlay
the altar ,
And
Eleazar the priest taketh
the brazen
censers which
they
who are
burnt
had brought
near
, and they
spread
them out ,
a
covering
for
the altar --
just
as
the
LORD
commanded
him
through
Moses.
This
was
to
be
a reminder
to the Israelites
that no
outsider
who is not a
descendant
of Aaron should
approach
to offer
incense
before the
LORD
, lest
he
become
like
Korah and his followers
.
a memorial
to the sons
of
Israel,
so
that a
stranger
who is not of the
seed
of
Aaron doth
not
draw
near
to make
a
perfume
before Jehovah
, and
is
not
as
Korah ,
and as
his company,
--
as
Jehovah
hath
spoken
by
the
hand
of
Moses
to
him
.
The next
day
the whole
congregation
of Israel grumbled
against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You
have killed
the LORD’s
people !”
And
all
the company
of
the sons
of Israel murmur,
on
the
morrow,
against Moses and against
Aaron, saying, `Ye
--
ye
have put
to
death
the people of
Jehovah.'
But
when
the congregation
gathered
against them,
Moses and Aaron turned
toward
the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly
the cloud covered it and the glory
of the
LORD
appeared.
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
in
the company
being
assembled
against Moses and against
Aaron ,
that
they
turn
towards
the tent of meeting, and lo,
the cloud hath
covered it ,
and the honour
of Jehovah
is
seen;
Then
Moses
and Aaron went
to
the front of the Tent of Meeting ,
and Moses
cometh
--
Aaron also
--
unto
the front of the tent of meeting .
and the
LORD
said
to
Moses,
And Jehovah
speaketh
unto
Moses, saying,
“
Get away
from this congregation
so
that
I may
consume them in an
instant.”
And
Moses
and Aaron
fell
facedown.
`
Get you
up
from the
midst
of
this company,
and
I consume them in a
moment;'
and they
fall
on
their
faces,
Moses said
to
Aaron, “
Take your
censer, place
fire from the altar in
it
, and add
incense.
Go quickly
to
the congregation
and make atonement for them, because
wrath has
come
out from the LORD;
the plague has
begun. ”
and
Moses saith
unto
Aaron, `
Take the
censer, and
put
on
it
fire from off
the altar, and place
perfume,
and
go ,
hasten
unto
the company,
and make atonement for them, for
the
wrath hath
gone
out from the presence
of
Jehovah
--
the plague hath
begun. '
So
Aaron took
the
censer
as Moses had
ordered
and ran
into
the midst of the assembly .
And seeing
that
the plague had
begun among the people ,
he offered
the incense
and made
atonement for the people .
And
Aaron taketh
as Moses hath
spoken,
and runneth
unto
the midst of the assembly ,
and lo,
the plague hath
begun among the people ;
and
he giveth
the perfume,
and maketh
atonement for the people ,
He
stood
between the living
and the dead
, and the plague was
halted.
and
standeth
between the dead
and the living
, and the plague is
restrained;
But
those who died
from
the plague numbered
14,700
, in
addition
to
those who had
died
on
account
of Korah .
and
those who die
by
the plague are
fourteen
thousand
and
seven
hundred
, apart
from
those who die
for
the
matter
of Korah ;
Then
Aaron returned
to
Moses at
the entrance
to
the Tent of Meeting, since
the plague had
been halted
.
and
Aaron turneth
back
unto
Moses ,
unto
the opening
of
the tent of meeting, and
the plague hath
been restrained
.
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