1Now
Korah, the
son of Izhar,
the son of
Kohath, the
son of Levi,
and Dathan
and Abiram,
the sons of
Eliab, and
On, the son
of Peleth,
sons of
Reuben,
took men:
2And
they rose up
before
Moses, with
certain of
the children
of Israel,
two hundred
and fifty
princes of
the
assembly,
famous in
the
congregation,
men of
renown:
3And
they
gathered
themselves
together
against
Moses and
against
Aaron, and
said unto
them, Ye
take too
much upon
you, seeing
all the
congregation are holy,
every one of
them, and
the LORD is among
them:
wherefore
then lift ye
up
yourselves
above the
congregation
of the LORD?
4And
when Moses
heard it,
he fell upon
his face:
5And
he spake
unto Korah
and unto all
his company,
saying, Even
to morrow
the LORD
will shew
who are his,
and who
is holy;
and will
cause him to
come near
unto him:
even him whom
he hath
chosen will
he cause to
come near
unto him.
6This
do; Take you
censers,
Korah, and
all his
company;
7And
put fire
therein, and
put incense
in them
before the
LORD to
morrow: and
it shall be that the
man whom the
LORD doth
choose, he shall
be holy: ye
take too
much upon
you, ye sons
of Levi.
8And
Moses said
unto Korah,
Hear, I pray
you, ye sons
of Levi:
9Seemeth
it but a
small thing
unto you,
that the God
of Israel
hath
separated
you from the
congregation
of Israel,
to bring you
near to
himself to
do the
service of
the
tabernacle
of the LORD,
and to stand
before the
congregation
to minister
unto them?
10And
he hath
brought thee
near to
him,
and all thy
brethren the
sons of Levi
with thee:
and seek ye
the
priesthood
also?
11For
which cause both thou
and all thy
company are gathered
together
against the
LORD: and
what is Aaron,
that ye
murmur
against him?
12And
Moses sent
to call
Dathan and
Abiram, the
sons of
Eliab: which
said, We
will not
come up:
13Is
it a
small thing
that thou
hast brought
us up out of
a land that
floweth with
milk and
honey, to
kill us in
the
wilderness,
except thou
make thyself
altogether a
prince over
us?
14Moreover
thou hast
not brought
us into a
land that
floweth with
milk and
honey, or
given us
inheritance
of fields
and
vineyards:
wilt thou
put out the
eyes of
these men?
we will not
come up.
15And
Moses was
very wroth,
and said
unto the
LORD,
Respect not
thou their
offering: I
have not
taken one
ass from
them,
neither have
I hurt one
of them.
16And
Moses said
unto Korah,
Be thou and
all thy
company
before the
LORD, thou,
and they,
and Aaron,
to morrow:
17And
take every
man his
censer, and
put incense
in them, and
bring ye
before the
LORD every
man his
censer, two
hundred and
fifty
censers;
thou also,
and Aaron,
each of
you his
censer.
18And
they took
every man
his censer,
and put fire
in them, and
laid incense
thereon, and
stood in the
door of the
tabernacle
of the
congregation
with Moses
and Aaron.
19And
Korah
gathered all
the
congregation
against them
unto the
door of the
tabernacle
of the
congregation:
and the
glory of the
LORD
appeared
unto all the
congregation.
20And
the LORD
spake unto
Moses and
unto Aaron,
saying,
21Separate
yourselves
from among
this
congregation,
that I may
consume them
in a moment.
22And
they fell
upon their
faces, and
said, O God,
the God of
the spirits
of all
flesh, shall
one man sin,
and wilt
thou be
wroth with
all the
congregation?
23And
the LORD
spake unto
Moses,
saying,
24Speak
unto the
congregation,
saying, Get
you up from
about the
tabernacle
of Korah,
Dathan, and
Abiram.
25And
Moses rose
up and went
unto Dathan
and Abiram;
and the
elders of
Israel
followed
him.
26And
he spake
unto the
congregation,
saying,
Depart, I
pray you,
from the
tents of
these wicked
men, and
touch
nothing of
theirs, lest
ye be
consumed in
all their
sins.
27So
they gat up
from the
tabernacle
of Korah,
Dathan, and
Abiram, on
every side:
and Dathan
and Abiram
came out,
and stood in
the door of
their tents,
and their
wives, and
their sons,
and their
little
children.
28And
Moses said,
Hereby ye
shall know
that the
LORD hath
sent me to
do all these
works; for I
have not done
them of
mine own
mind.
29If
these men
die the
common death
of all men,
or if they
be visited
after the
visitation
of all men; then the
LORD hath
not sent me.
30But
if the LORD
make a new
thing, and
the earth
open her
mouth, and
swallow them
up, with all
that appertain unto
them, and
they go down
quick into
the pit;
then ye
shall
understand
that these
men have
provoked the
LORD.
31And
it came to
pass, as he
had made an
end of
speaking all
these words,
that the
ground clave
asunder
that was under
them:
32And
the earth
opened her
mouth, and
swallowed
them up, and
their
houses, and
all the men
that appertained unto
Korah, and
all their goods.
33They,
and all
that appertained to
them, went
down alive
into the
pit, and the
earth closed
upon them:
and they
perished
from among
the
congregation.
34And
all Israel
that were round
about them
fled at the
cry of them:
for they
said, Lest
the earth
swallow us
up also.
35And
there came
out a fire
from the
LORD, and
consumed the
two hundred
and fifty
men that
offered
incense.
36And
the LORD
spake unto
Moses,
saying,
37Speak
unto Eleazar
the son of
Aaron the
priest, that
he take up
the censers
out of the
burning, and
scatter thou
the fire
yonder; for
they are
hallowed.
38The
censers of
these
sinners
against
their own
souls, let
them make
them broad
plates for a
covering of
the altar:
for they
offered them
before the
LORD,
therefore
they are
hallowed:
and they
shall be a
sign unto
the children
of Israel.
39And
Eleazar the
priest took
the brasen
censers,
wherewith
they that
were burnt
had offered;
and they
were made
broad plates
for a
covering of
the altar:
40To
be a
memorial
unto the
children of
Israel, that
no stranger,
which is not
of the seed
of Aaron,
come near to
offer
incense
before the
LORD; that
he be not as
Korah, and
as his
company: as
the LORD
said to him
by the hand
of Moses.
41But
on the
morrow all
the
congregation
of the
children of
Israel
murmured
against
Moses and
against
Aaron,
saying, Ye
have killed
the people
of the LORD.
42And
it came to
pass, when
the
congregation
was gathered
against
Moses and
against
Aaron, that
they looked
toward the
tabernacle
of the
congregation:
and, behold,
the cloud
covered it,
and the
glory of the
LORD
appeared.
43And
Moses and
Aaron came
before the
tabernacle
of the
congregation.
44And
the LORD
spake unto
Moses,
saying,
45Get
you up from
among this
congregation,
that I may
consume them
as in a
moment. And
they fell
upon their
faces.
46And
Moses said
unto Aaron,
Take a
censer, and
put fire
therein from
off the
altar, and
put on
incense, and
go quickly
unto the
congregation,
and make an
atonement
for them:
for there is
wrath gone
out from the
LORD; the
plague is
begun.
47And
Aaron took
as Moses
commanded,
and ran into
the midst of
the
congregation;
and, behold,
the plague
was begun
among the
people: and
he put on
incense, and
made an
atonement
for the
people.
48And
he stood
between the
dead and the
living; and
the plague
was stayed.
49Now
they that
died in the
plague were
fourteen
thousand and
seven
hundred,
beside them
that died
about the
matter of
Korah.
50And
Aaron
returned
unto Moses
unto the
door of the
tabernacle
of the
congregation:
and the
plague was
stayed.
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