Verse
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World English Bible
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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]:
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
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;
a
rebellion
against
Moses, along
with 250
men
of Israel renowned
as
leaders
of the congregation and
representatives
in
the assembly .
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
?
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
? ”
When Moses heard it
, he fell on
his
face:
When Moses heard this
, he fell facedown.
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
.
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
.
This
do:
take
you censers
, Korah, and all his
company;
You, Korah, and all your
followers
are
to
do
as
follows:
Take
censers,
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 .
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!”
Moses said to Korah, Hear
now, you sons of Levi :
Moses also
said to Korah, “
Now listen
, you sons of Levi !
[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 ;
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 ?
and
that
he has brought you near, and all your brothers
the
sons
of
Levi
with
you?
and
seek
you the priesthood also?
He has brought you near, you
and all your fellow
Levites,
but
you are
seeking
the priesthood as
well.
Therefore you and all your company
are
gathered
together
against Yahweh:
and
Aaron, what
is he who
you murmur
against him?
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? ”
Moses sent
to
call
Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab ;
and
they said, We won't
come up:
Then
Moses summoned
Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab ,
but
they said, “
We will
not
come !
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?
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?
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.
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 !”
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. "
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. ”
Moses said to Korah, You and all your company
go
before Yahweh,
you ,
and they ,
and Aaron ,
tomorrow:
And
Moses said to Korah, “
You and all your followers
are
to
appear
before the
LORD
tomorrow—
you and they and Aaron .
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
.
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
. ”
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
.
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.
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.
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.
Yahweh
spoke
to Moses and to
Aaron, saying,
And
the
LORD
said
to Moses and Aaron,
Separate yourselves from among
this congregation ,
that I may consume them in a
moment
.
“
Separate yourselves from this congregation so
that I may consume them in an
instant
. ”
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?
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? ”
Yahweh
spoke
to Moses, saying,
Then
the
LORD
said
to Moses,
Speak
to
the congregation ,
saying,
Get
away from around
the tent
of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
“Tell
the congregation to
move
away from the dwellings
of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. ”
Moses rose
up and went to Dathan and Abiram ;
and the elders of Israel followed him.
So
Moses got
up and went to Dathan and Abiram ,
and the elders of Israel followed him.
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.
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. ”
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
.
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
.
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.
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:
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.
If these men die a
natural
death, or if they suffer
the fate
of all men ,
then the
LORD
has
not
sent me.
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
.
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
. ”
It
happened,
as he
made
an
end
of
speaking
all these
words
, that
the ground split
apart
that
was
under
them ;
As soon
as
Moses
had
finished
saying
all this
, the ground beneath
them split
open,
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
.
and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households —
all Korah’s
men and all their possessions
.
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.
They went down alive into Sheol with
all
they
owned.
The earth closed over
them, and they vanished
from the assembly.
All Israel that
were round
about
them fled at
the
cry
of
them;
for
they
said
, Lest
the earth swallow us up.
At
their
cries,
all the
people
of
Israel who
were around
them fled, saying,
“
The earth may
swallow us too!”
Fire came forth from Yahweh,
and devoured
the two
hundred
fifty
men who offered
the incense.
And
fire came forth from the
LORD
and consumed
the 250
men who were
offering
the incense.
Yahweh
spoke
to Moses, saying,
Then
the
LORD
said
to Moses,
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 ,
“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 .
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
.
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
. ”
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,
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,
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
.
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
.
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.
The next day the whole
congregation of Israel grumbled
against Moses and Aaron, saying, “
You have killed the LORD’s
people !”
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.
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.
Moses and Aaron came
to the front of the tent of meeting .
Then
Moses and Aaron went
to the front of the Tent of Meeting ,
Yahweh
spoke
to Moses, saying,
and
the
LORD
said
to Moses,
Get away from among
this congregation ,
that I may consume them in a
moment
. They
fell on
their
faces
.
“
Get away from this congregation so
that I may consume them in an
instant
. ”
And
Moses
and
Aaron
fell facedown
.
Moses said to Aaron, Take your 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.
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. ”
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.
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.
He stood between the dead
and the living;
and the plague was stayed
.
He stood between the living
and the dead,
and the plague was halted
.
Now
those who died by
the plague were
fourteen
thousand
and
seven
hundred
, besides
those who died about
the
matter
of Korah.
But
those who died from
the plague numbered
14
, 700,
in
addition
to
those who had
died on
account
of Korah.
Aaron returned to Moses to
the door
of
the tent of meeting :
and
the plague was
stayed
.
Then
Aaron returned to Moses at
the entrance
to
the Tent of Meeting ,
since
the plague had
been
halted
.
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