[1] Now Korah the son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, and Dathan and
Abi'ram the sons of Eli'ab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, [2]
took men; and they rose up before Moses, with a number of the people of
Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, chosen from the
assembly, well-known men; [3] and they assembled themselves together
against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, "You have gone too far!
For all 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?" [4]
When Moses heard it, he fell on his face; [5] 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 cause him to come near to him; him whom he will choose he
will cause to come near to him. [6] Do this: take censers, Korah and all
his company; [7] put fire in them and put incense upon 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!" [8] And Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you
sons of Levi: [9] 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; [10] and that he has brought you near
him, and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you? And would you seek
the priesthood also? [11] Therefore it is against the LORD that you and all
your company have gathered together; what is Aaron that you murmur against
him?" [12] And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abi'ram the sons of Eli'ab;
and they said, "We will not come up. [13] 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? [14]
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." [15] And Moses was very angry, and said
to the LORD, "Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one ass from
them, and I have not harmed one of them." [16] And Moses said to Korah, "Be
present, you and all your company, before the LORD, you and they, and
Aaron, tomorrow; [17] and let every one of you take his censer, and put
incense upon it, and every one of you bring before the LORD his censer, two
hundred and fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer." [18] So
every man took his censer, and they put fire in them and laid incense upon
them, and they stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and
Aaron. [19] 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. [20] And the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron, [21]
"Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them
in a moment." [22] And they fell on their faces, and said, "O God, the God
of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be angry with
all the congregation?" [23] And the LORD said to Moses, [24] "Say to the
congregation, Get away from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and
Abi'ram." [25] Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abi'ram; and the
elders of Israel followed him. [26] And he said to the congregation,
"Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing
of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins." [27] So they got
away from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abi'ram; and Dathan and
Abi'ram came out and stood at the door of their tents, together with their
wives, their sons, and their little ones. [28] 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. [29] If these men die the common death of all
men, or if they are visited by the fate of all men, then the LORD has not
sent me. [30] 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." [31] And as he finished speaking all these words, the ground under
them split asunder; [32] and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them
up, with their households and all the men that belonged to Korah and all
their goods. [33] 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. [34] And all Israel that were round about them fled
at their cry; for they said, "Lest the earth swallow us up!" [35] And fire
came forth from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men
offering the incense. [36] Then the LORD said to Moses, [37] "Tell Elea'zar
the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers out of the blaze; then
scatter the fire far and wide. For they are holy, [38] the censers of these
men who have sinned at the cost of their lives; so let them be made into
hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before
the LORD; therefore they are holy. Thus they shall be a sign to the people
of Israel." [39] So Elea'zar the priest took the bronze censers, which
those who were burned had offered; and they were hammered out as a covering
for the altar, [40] to be a reminder to the people of Israel, so that no
one who is not a priest, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should
draw near to burn incense before the LORD, lest he become as Korah and as
his company--as the LORD said to Elea'zar through Moses. [41] But on the
morrow all the congregation of the people of Israel murmured against Moses
and against Aaron, saying, "You have killed the people of the LORD." [42]
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. [43] And Moses and Aaron came to the
front of the tent of meeting, [44] and the LORD said to Moses, [45] "Get
away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a
moment." And they fell on their faces. [46] And Moses said to Aaron, "Take
your censer, and put fire therein 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 forth from the LORD, the plague has begun." [47] 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. [48] And he stood between the
dead and the living; and the plague was stopped. [49] Now those who died by
the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died in
the affair of Korah. [50] And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of
the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped.

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