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Now 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:
02 And 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:
03 And 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?
04 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon
his face:
05 And 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.
06 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and
all his company;
07 And 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.
08 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray
you, ye sons of Levi:
09 Seemeth 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?
10 And he hath brought thee near to him,
and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee:
and seek ye the priesthood also?
11 For which cause both thou and all thy
company are gathered together against the Lord:
and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and
Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will
not come up:
13 Is 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?
14 Moreover 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.
15 And 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.
16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and
all thy company before the Lord, thou, and they,
and Aaron, to morrow:
17 And 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.
18 And 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.
19 And 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.
20 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto
Aaron, saying,
21 Separate yourselves from among this
congregation, that I may consume them in a
moment.
22 And 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?
23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get
you up from about the tabernacle of Korah,
Dathan, and Abiram.
25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan
and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed
him.
26 And he spake unto the congregation,
saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of
these wicked men, and touch nothing of their's,
lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
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27 So 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.
28 And 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.
29 If 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.
30 But 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.
31 And it came to pass, as he had made an
end of speaking all these words, that the ground
clave asunder that was under them:
32 And the earth opened her mouth, and
swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the
men that appertained unto Korah, and all their
goods.
33 They, 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.
34 And all Israel that were round about
them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest
the earth swallow us up also.
35 And there came out a fire from the Lord,
and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that
offered incense.
36 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
37 Speak 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.
38 The 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.
39 And 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:
40 To 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.
41 But 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.
42 And 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.
43 And Moses and Aaron came before the
tabernacle of the congregation.
44 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
45 Get you up from among this congregation,
that I may consume them as in a moment. And they
fell upon their faces.
46 And 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.
47 And 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.
48 And he stood between the dead and the
living; and the plague was stayed.
49 Now they that died in the plague were
fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them
that died about the matter of Korah.
50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and
the plague was stayed.
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