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| 1 | And Korah son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, will take, and Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab; and On, son of Peleth, sons of Reuben; | 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 | And they will rise up before Moses, and men from the sons of Israel, fifty and two hundred chiefs of the assembly, called by appointment, and men of name: | 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 | And they will gather together against Moses, and against Aaron, and they will say to them, Much to you for all the assembly, all of them are holy, and Jehovah in the midst of them: and wherefore shall be lifted up over the gathering of Jehovah? | 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 | And Moses will hear, and will fall upon his face: | When Moses heard it, he fell on his face, | When Moses heard this, he fell facedown. | |
| 5 | And he will speak to Korah and to all his assembly, saying, The morning Jehovah will make known who is to him, and the holy; and bring near to him: and whom he will choose for him he will bring near to himself. | 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 | This do ye: take to you censers, Korah and all his assembly: | Do this: take censers, Korah and all his company; | You, Korah, and all your followers are to do this: Take censers | |
| 7 | And ye shall give fire in them and put upon them incense, before Jehovah to-morrow: and it was the man whom Jehovah shall choose, he is holy: much to you, ye sons 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 | And Moses will say to Korah, Hear, now, ye sons of Levi: | And Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi: | Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you Levites! | |
| 9 | Is this small for you that the God of Israel separated you from the assembly of Israel to bring you near to him to serve the services of the dwelling of Jehovah, and to stand before the assembly to serve 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 will bring thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and did ye seek also 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 | For this thou and all thine assembly being collected together against Jehovah: and Aaron, what is he that ye shall murmur 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 | And Moses will send to call for Dathan and for Abiram, sons of Eliab and they will say, We will not come up. | 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 this small that thou broughtest us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the desert, that thou ruling also wilt rule over us? | 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 | But not to a land flowing with milk and honey didst thou bring us; and wilt thou give to us the inheritance of field and vineyard? the eyes of these men wilt thou bore out? we will not come 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 | And it will be kindled to Moses greatly, and he will say to Jehovah, Thou wilt not turn to their gift: not one ass did I take from them, and I did not evil to 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 | And Moses will say to Korah, Be thou and all thine assembly before Jehovah, thou and they, and Aaron, to-morrow: | 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 | And take each his censer and put incense upon them, and bring them near before Jehovah, each his censer and put incense upon them, and bring them near before Jehovah, each his censer, fifty and two hundred censers; and thou and Aaron, each his 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 | And they will take each his censer and will give upon them fire, and will put incense upon them, and they will stand at the door of the tent of appointment, and 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 | And Korah will gather against them all the assembly at the door of the tent of appointment; and the glory of Jehovah will be seen to all the assembly. | 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 | And Jehovah will speak to Moses, and to Aaron, saying, | And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, | The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, | |
| 21 | Separate yourselves from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them as 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 | And they shall fall upon their faces, and they will say, God, the God of the spirits for all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be angry against all the assembly. | 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 | And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, | And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, | Then the LORD said to Moses, | |
| 24 | Speak to all the assembly, saying, Go up from round about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. | “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 | And Moses will rise up and go to Dathan and Abiram; and the old men of Israel will go after 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 | And he will speak to the assembly, saying, Remove, now, from the tents of these guilty men, and ye shall not touch upon any thing which is to them lest ye shall he destroyed in all their sin. | 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 | And they will go up from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, from round about; and Dathan and Abiram will come forth, standing at the door of their tents, and their wives and their sons and their little ones. | 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 | And Moses will say, By this shall ye know that Jehovah sent me to do all these works; for not from my heart. | 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 according to the death of all men these shall die, if the providence of all men shall be reviewed upon them, Jehovah sent me not. | 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 | And if Jehovah shall create a creation, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and all which is to them, and they went down living to hades; and ye know that these men rejected Jehovah, | 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 | And it shall be as he finished to speak all these words, the earth shall cleave asunder which is under them: | 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 | And the earth shall open her mouth and shall swallow them and their houses, and all the men which to Korah, and all the possessions. | 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 | And they went down, and all which is to them, living, to hades, and the earth shall cover over them; and they shall perish from the midst of the gathering. | 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 | And all Israel which were round about them fled at their voice: for they said, Lest the earth shall swallow us. | 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 | And a fire will come forth from Jehovah and will consume the fifty and two hundred men bringing 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 | And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, | Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, | The LORD said to Moses, | |
| 37 | Say to Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, and he shall take up the censers from the midst of the burning, and scatter the fire afar off; for they were consecrated. | “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 | The censers of these sinners against their souls, and they made them beaten plates, a covering for the altar: for they brought them before Jehovah, and they will be consecrated: and they will be for a sign to the sons of Israel. | 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 | And Eleazar the priest will take the brazen censers, which they being burnt brought near; and they shall beat them out a covering 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 | A remembrance to the sons of Israel, so that a man, a stranger, shall not come near, he who is not from the seed of Aaron, to burn incense before Jehovah; and he shall not be as Korah and as his assembly: as Jehovah spake to him by the hand 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 | And all the assembly of the sons of Israel will murmur on the morrow against Moses, and against Aaron, saying, Ye killed the people of Jehovah. | 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 | And it shall be in the gathering together of the assembly against Moses and against Aaron, and they shall turn towards the tent of appointment; and behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Jehovah will be seen. | 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 | And Moses will go, and Aaron, before the tent of appointment. | 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 | And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, | and the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, | and the LORD said to Moses, | |
| 45 | Lift up yourselves from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them as in a moment. And they will fall 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 | And Moses will say to Aaron, Take a censer and give upon it fire from off the altar, and put incense, and go quickly to the assembly, and expiate for them: for anger went forth from before Jehovah; for it began smiting. | 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 | And Aaron will take as Moses spake, and he will run into the midst of the assembly; and behold, it began smiting among the people: and he will give incense and will expiate 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 | And he will stand between the dead and between the living; and the smiting will be withheld. | 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 | And they dying in the smiting will be fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides they dying for the words of 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 | And Aaron will turn back to Moses to the door of the tent of appointment: and the smiting was withheld. | 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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