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1 Now Izhar's son Korah, the grandson of Kohath, a descendant of Levi, along with Eliab's sons Dathan and Abiram, and Peleth's son On, a descendant of Reuben, took charge Now Korah the son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men. Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—became insolent
2 of a rebellion against Moses, along with 250 community leaders, Israelis who were famous men and representatives from the assembly. And they rose up before Moses, with a number of the people of Israel, 250 chiefs of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men. and rose up against Moses. With them were 250 Israelite men, well-known community leaders who had been appointed members of the council.
3 They gathered together against Moses and Aaron and told them, |You have appropriated too much for yourselves from the entire congregation, since all of them are holy, and the LORD is among them, too. Why do you exalt yourselves over the LORD's assembly?| They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! For all in the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?” They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the LORD’s assembly?”
4 When Moses heard this, he fell on his face. When Moses heard it, he fell on his face, When Moses heard this, he fell facedown.
5 Then he addressed Korah and his entire company, |In the morning, may the LORD reveal who belongs to him and who is holy. May he cause that person to approach him. May he cause to approach him the one whom he has chosen. and he said to Korah and all his company, “In the morning the LORD will show who is his, and who is holy, and will bring him near to him. The one whom he chooses he will bring near to him. Then he said to Korah and all his followers: “In the morning the LORD will show who belongs to him and who is holy, and he will have that person come near him. The man he chooses he will cause to come near him.
6 Korah, you and your entire company are to bring censers Do this: take censers, Korah and all his company; You, Korah, and all your followers are to do this: Take censers
7 and put fire and incense in them in the LORD's presence tomorrow. It will be that the man whom the LORD chooses will be holy. You're taking too much for yourselves, you descendants of Levi.| put fire in them and put incense on them before the LORD tomorrow, and the man whom the LORD chooses shall be the holy one. You have gone too far, sons of Levi!” and tomorrow put burning coals and incense in them before the LORD. The man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. You Levites have gone too far!”
8 Moses also told Korah, |Listen now, you descendants of Levi! And Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi: Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you Levites!
9 Is it such an insignificant thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the Israelis to draw you to himself, appointing you to do the work of the tent of the LORD and to stand before the community to minister to them? is it too small a thing for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do service in the tabernacle of the LORD and to stand before the congregation to minister to them, Isn’t it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the LORD’s tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them?
10 He brought you near, along with all of your relatives, the descendants of Levi. Are you also seeking the priesthood? and that he has brought you near him, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? And would you seek the priesthood also? He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too.
11 Therefore you and your group have conspired against the LORD and Aaron. What is it that causes you to complain against him?| Therefore it is against the LORD that you and all your company have gathered together. What is Aaron that you grumble against him?” It is against the LORD that you and all your followers have banded together. Who is Aaron that you should grumble against him?”
12 So Moses sent for Eliab's sons Dathan and Abiram, but they responded, |We're not coming. And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and they said, “We will not come up. Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab. But they said, “We will not come!
13 Is it such an insignificant thing that you brought us out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness? Now you're trying to make yourself be a prince and rule over us, aren't you? 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, that you must also make yourself a prince over us? Isn’t it enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? And now you also want to lord it over us!
14 You still haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you really think that you can make these men look the other way? We won't go up.| Moreover, you have not 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 will not come up.” Moreover, you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you want to treat these men like slaves? No, we will not come!”
15 Moses was very angry, so he told the LORD, |Please don't accept their offering. I haven't taken even one donkey from them nor have I hurt even one of them.| And Moses was very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed one of them.” Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not accept their offering. I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, nor have I wronged any of them.”
16 Then Moses told Korah, |You and your entire company are to present yourselves in the LORD's presence tomorrow—you, they, and Aaron. And Moses said to Korah, “Be present, you and all your company, before the LORD, you and they, and Aaron, tomorrow. Moses said to Korah, “You and all your followers are to appear before the LORD tomorrow—you and they and Aaron.
17 Each man is to take a censer, put incense on it, and bring it into the LORD's presence, each man with his censer, for a total of 250 censers. You and Aaron are each to bring his own censer.| And let every one of you take his censer and put incense on it, and every one of you bring before the LORD his censer, 250 censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer.” Each man is to take his censer and put incense in it—250 censers in all—and present it before the LORD. You and Aaron are to present your censers also.”
18 So each man took his censer, put fire coals inside of it, placed incense in it, and then stood at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, accompanied by Moses and Aaron. So every man took his censer and put fire in them and laid incense on them and stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron. So each of them took his censer, put burning coals and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
19 When Korah had assembled the entire community in opposition to Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the entire community. Then Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And the glory of the LORD appeared to all the congregation. When Korah had gathered all his followers in opposition to them at the entrance to the tent of meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the entire assembly.
20 Then the LORD told Moses and Aaron, And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
21 |Separate yourselves from among this community, and I'll destroy them in a moment.| “Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.” “Separate yourselves from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once.”
22 Then they fell on their faces and said, |God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, will you be angry at the entire congregation on account of one man's sin?| And they fell on their faces and said, “O 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 cried out, “O God, the God who gives breath to all living things, will you be angry with the entire assembly when only one man sins?”
23 Then the LORD instructed Moses, And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Then the LORD said to Moses,
24 |Tell the community to move away from where Korah, Dathan, and Abiram are living.| “Say to the congregation, Get away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.” “Say to the assembly, ‘Move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.’”
25 So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him. Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him. Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
26 Then he told the community, |Move away from the camps of these wicked men and don't touch anything that belongs to them. That way you won't be destroyed along with all their sins.| And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins.” He warned the assembly, “Move back from the tents of these wicked men! Do not touch anything belonging to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
27 So they all moved away from the entire area where Korah, Dathan, and Abiram were living. Now Korah, Dathan, and Abiram stood at the entrance to their tents with their wives, sons, and little children. So they got away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents, together with their wives, their sons, and their little ones. So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children and little ones at the entrances to their tents.
28 Then Moses said, |This is how you'll know that the LORD has sent me to do all these awesome works—they're not coming merely from me. And Moses said, “Hereby you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works, and that it has not been of my own accord. Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things and that it was not my idea:
29 If these people die a death similar to all other human beings, or if they are punished with a punishment common to other men, then the LORD didn't send me. If these men die as all men die, or if they are visited by the fate of all mankind, then the LORD has not sent me. If these men die a natural death and suffer the fate of all mankind, then the LORD has not sent me.
30 But if the LORD creates something new, so that the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and everything that belongs to them and they all descend directly to Sheol while still alive, then you'll know that these men have spurned the LORD.| But if the LORD creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the LORD.” But if the LORD brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
31 Just as he finished saying all these things, the ground under them split open. And as soon as he had finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split apart. As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart
32 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, all their households, everyone who was affiliated with Korah, and all of their property. And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods. and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, and all those associated with Korah, together with their possessions.
33 So they and all that belonged to them descended alive to Sheol. Then the earth closed over them. That's how they were annihilated from the assembly. So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol, and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly. They went down alive into the realm of the dead, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.
34 Then all of the Israelis who were around them ran away when they heard them crying, |...so the ground won't swallow us up, too.| And all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!” At their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting, “The earth is going to swallow us too!”
35 After this, fire came from the LORD and incinerated the 250 men who offered the incense. And fire came out from the LORD and consumed the 250 men offering the incense. And fire came out from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
36 Then the LORD instructed Moses, Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, The LORD said to Moses,
37 |Tell Aaron's son Eleazar the priest to take out the censers out of the flames and scatter the coals far away, since they are holy. “Tell Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers out of the blaze. Then scatter the fire far and wide, for they have become holy. “Tell Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, to remove the censers from the charred remains and scatter the coals some distance away, for the censers are holy—
38 As for the censers of those rebels who died, fasten them into beaten plates to line the altar. Since they brought them into the LORD's presence, they're holy. They are to become a reminder to the Israelis.| As for the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before the LORD, and they became holy. Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel.” the censers of the men who sinned at the cost of their lives. Hammer the censers into sheets to overlay the altar, for they were presented before the LORD and have become holy. Let them be a sign to the Israelites.”
39 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that had been burned and beat them into metal plates for the altar, So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered, and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar, So Eleazar the priest collected the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned to death, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,
40 to serve as a memorial to the Israelis, a reminder that no unauthorized person, who isn't a descendant of Aaron, is to attempt to burn incense in the LORD'S presence, so that he may not become like Korah and his group, just as the LORD had spoken by the authority of Moses. to be a reminder to the people of Israel, so that no outsider, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his company—as the LORD said to him through Moses. as the LORD directed him through Moses. This was to remind the Israelites that no one except a descendant of Aaron should come to burn incense before the LORD, or he would become like Korah and his followers.
41 Nevertheless, the very next day, the whole congregation of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, |You've killed the LORD'S people!| But on the next day all the congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the LORD.” The next day the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. “You have killed the LORD’s people,” they said.
42 When the community gathered together against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the Tent of Meeting. All of a sudden, a cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared. And when the congregation had assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting. And behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. But when the assembly gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron and turned toward the tent of meeting, suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.
43 Then Moses and Aaron entered the Tent of Meeting. And 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,
44 The LORD told Moses, and the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, and the LORD said to Moses,
45 |Leave this community, so I can annihilate them in a moment.| But they fell upon their faces. “Get away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.” And they fell on their faces. “Get away from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once.” And they fell facedown.
46 Then Moses told Aaron. |Take the censer, put fire on it from the altar, and burn some incense. Then walk quickly to the congregation and atone for them, because wrath has already come out from the LORD—the plague has begun.| And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, and put fire on it from off the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the LORD; the plague has begun.” Then Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put incense in it, along with burning coals from the altar, and hurry to the assembly to make atonement for them. Wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has started.”
47 So Aaron took the censer, just as Moses had spoken, and ran out to the center of the assembly, where a plague had begun among the people. He set the incense on fire and atoned for the people. So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had already begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people. So Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the midst of the assembly. The plague had already started among the people, but Aaron offered the incense and made atonement for them.
48 He stood between the dead and the living and restrained the plague. And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped. He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague stopped.
49 Those who died due to the plague numbered 14,700, not counting those who died due to the matter with Korah. Now those who died in the plague were 14,700, besides those who died in the affair of Korah. But 14,700 people died from the plague, in addition to those who had died because of Korah.
50 Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting after the slaughter had been restrained. And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped. Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the tent of meeting, for the plague had stopped.
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