Numbers 16
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1Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took some men.
KJVNow KorahH7141, the sonH1121 of IzharH3324, the sonH1121 of KohathH6955, the sonH1121 of LeviH3878, and DathanH1885 and AbiramH48, the sonsH1121 of EliabH446, and OnH203, the sonH1121 of PelethH6431, sonsH1121 of ReubenH7205, tookH3947(H8799) men:
2 They rose up before Moses, with some of the children of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown.
KJVAnd they rose upH6965(H8799) beforeH6440 MosesH4872, with certainH582 of the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, two hundredH3967 and fiftyH2572 princesH5387 of the assemblyH5712, famousH7148 in the congregationH4150, menH582 of renownH8034:
3 They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them! Why do you lift yourselves up above Yahweh’s assembly?”
KJVAnd they gathered themselves togetherH6950(H8735) against MosesH4872 and against AaronH175, and saidH559(H8799) unto them, Ye take too muchH7227 upon you, seeing all the congregationH5712 are holyH6918, every one of them, and the LORDH3068 is amongH8432 them: wherefore then lift ye upH5375(H8691) yourselves above the congregationH6951 of the LORDH3068?
4 When Moses heard it, he fell on his face.
KJVAnd when MosesH4872 heardH8085(H8799) it, he fellH5307(H8799) upon his faceH6440:
5 He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.
KJVAnd he spakeH1696(H8762) unto KorahH7141 and unto all his companyH5712, sayingH559(H8800), Even to morrowH1242 the LORDH3068 will shewH3045(H8686) who are his, and who is holyH6918; and will cause him to come nearH7126(H8689) unto him: even him whom he hath chosenH977(H8799) will he cause to come nearH7126(H8686) unto him.
6 Do this: have Korah and all his company take censers,
KJVThis doH6213(H8798); TakeH3947(H8798) you censersH4289, KorahH7141, and all his companyH5712;
7 put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!”
KJVAnd putH5414(H8798) fireH784 thereinH2004, and putH7760(H8798) incenseH7004 in them beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 to morrowH4279: and it shall be that the manH376 whom the LORDH3068 doth chooseH977(H8799), he shall be holyH6918: ye take too muchH7227 upon you, ye sonsH1121 of LeviH3878.
8 Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi!
KJVAnd MosesH4872 saidH559(H8799) unto KorahH7141, HearH8085(H8798), I pray you, ye sonsH1121 of LeviH3878:
9 Is it a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of Yahweh’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;
KJVSeemeth it but a small thingH4592 unto you, that the GodH430 of IsraelH3478 hath separatedH914(H8689) you from the congregationH5712 of IsraelH3478, to bring you nearH7126(H8687) to himself to doH5647(H8800) the serviceH5656 of the tabernacleH4908 of the LORDH3068, and to standH5975(H8800) beforeH6440 the congregationH5712 to ministerH8334(H8763) unto them?
10 and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? Do you seek the priesthood also?
KJVAnd he hath brought thee nearH7126(H8686) to him, and all thy brethrenH251 the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878 with thee: and seekH1245(H8765) ye the priesthoodH3550 also?
11 Therefore you and all your company have gathered together against Yahweh! What is Aaron that you complain against him?”
KJVFor which causeH3651 both thou and all thy companyH5712 are gathered togetherH3259(H8737) against the LORDH3068: and what is AaronH175, that ye murmurH3885(H8686)(H8675)H3885(H8735) against him?
12 Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, “We won’t come up!
KJVAnd MosesH4872 sentH7971(H8799) to callH7121(H8800) DathanH1885 and AbiramH48, the sonsH1121 of EliabH446: which saidH559(H8799), We will not come upH5927(H8799):
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, but you must also make yourself a prince over us?
KJVIs it a small thingH4592 thatH3588 thou hast brought us upH5927(H8689) out of a landH776 that flowethH2100(H8802) with milkH2461 and honeyH1706, to killH4191(H8687) us in the wildernessH4057, except thou makeH8323 thyself altogetherH8323(H8692) a princeH8323(H8691) over us?
14 Moreover you haven’t 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 won’t come up.”
KJVMoreoverH637 thou hast not broughtH935(H8689) us into a landH776 that flowethH2100(H8802) with milkH2461 and honeyH1706, or givenH5414(H8799) us inheritanceH5159 of fieldsH7704 and vineyardsH3754: wilt thou put outH5365(H8762) the eyesH5869 of these menH582? we will not come upH5927(H8799).
15 Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, “Don’t respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them.”
KJVAnd MosesH4872 was veryH3966 wrothH2734(H8799), and saidH559(H8799) unto the LORDH3068, RespectH6437(H8799) not thou their offeringH4503: I have not takenH5375(H8804) oneH259 assH2543 from them, neither have I hurtH7489(H8689) oneH259 of them.
16 Moses said to Korah, “You and all your company go before Yahweh, you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow.
KJVAnd MosesH4872 saidH559(H8799) unto KorahH7141, Be thou and all thy companyH5712 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068, thou, and they, and AaronH175, to morrowH4279:
17 Each man take his censer and put incense on it, and each man bring before Yahweh his censer, two hundred fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each with his censer.”
KJVAnd takeH3947(H8798) every manH376 his censerH4289, and putH5414(H8804) incenseH7004 in them, and bringH7126(H8689) ye beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 every manH376 his censerH4289, two hundredH3967 and fiftyH2572 censersH4289; thou also, and AaronH175, eachH376 of you his censerH4289.
18 They each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and stood at the door of the Tent of Meeting with Moses and Aaron.
KJVAnd they tookH3947(H8799) every manH376 his censerH4289, and putH5414(H8799) fireH784 in them, and laidH7760(H8799) incenseH7004 thereon, and stoodH5975(H8799) in the doorH6607 of the tabernacleH168 of the congregationH4150 with MosesH4872 and AaronH175.
19 Korah assembled all the congregation opposite them to the door of the Tent of Meeting. Yahweh’s glory appeared to all the congregation.
KJVAnd KorahH7141 gatheredH6950(H8686) all the congregationH5712 against them unto the doorH6607 of the tabernacleH168 of the congregationH4150: and the gloryH3519 of the LORDH3068 appearedH7200(H8735) unto all the congregationH5712.
20 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 spakeH1696(H8762) unto MosesH4872 and unto AaronH175, sayingH559(H8800),
21 “Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!”
KJVSeparateH914(H8734) yourselves from amongH8432 this congregationH5712, that I may consumeH3615(H8762) them in a momentH7281.
22 They fell on their faces, and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?”
KJVAnd they fellH5307(H8799) upon their facesH6440, and saidH559(H8799), O GodH410, the GodH430 of the spiritsH7307 of all fleshH1320, shall oneH259 manH376 sinH2398(H8799), and wilt thou be wrothH7107(H8799) with all the congregationH5712?
23 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 spakeH1696(H8762) unto MosesH4872, sayingH559(H8800),
24 “Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram!’”
KJVSpeakH1696(H8761) unto the congregationH5712, sayingH559(H8800), Get you upH5927(H8734) from aboutH5439 the tabernacleH4908 of KorahH7141, DathanH1885, and AbiramH48.
25 Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
KJVAnd MosesH4872 rose upH6965(H8799) and wentH3212(H8799) unto DathanH1885 and AbiramH48; and the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478 followedH3212(H8799) himH310.
26 He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!”
KJVAnd he spakeH1696(H8762) unto the congregationH5712, sayingH559(H8800), DepartH5493(H8798), I pray you, from the tentsH168 of these wickedH7563 menH582, and touchH5060(H8799) nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumedH5595(H8735) in all their sinsH2403.
27 So they went away from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.
KJVSo they gat upH5927(H8735) from the tabernacleH4908 of KorahH7141, DathanH1885, and AbiramH48, on every sideH5439: and DathanH1885 and AbiramH48 came outH3318(H8804), and stoodH5324(H8737) in the doorH6607 of their tentsH168, and their wivesH802, and their sonsH1121, and their little childrenH2945.
28 Moses said, “Hereby you shall know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; for they are not from my own mind.
KJVAnd MosesH4872 saidH559(H8799), Hereby ye shall knowH3045(H8799) that the LORDH3068 hath sentH7971(H8804) me to doH6213(H8800) all these worksH4639; for I have not done them of mine own mindH3820.
29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they experience what all men experience, then Yahweh hasn’t sent me.
KJVIf these men dieH4191(H8799) the common deathH4194 of all menH120, or if they be visitedH6485(H8735) after the visitationH6486 of all menH120; then the LORDH3068 hath not sentH7971(H8804) me.
30 But if Yahweh makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up with all that belong to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh.”
KJVBut if the LORDH3068 makeH1254(H8799) a new thingH1278, and the earthH127 openH6475(H8804) her mouthH6310, and swallow them upH1104(H8804), with all that appertain unto them, and they go downH3381(H8804) quickH2416 into the pitH7585; then ye shall understandH3045(H8804) that these menH582 have provokedH5006(H8765) the LORDH3068.
31 As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split apart.
KJVAnd it came to pass, as he had made an endH3615(H8763) of speakingH1696(H8763) all these wordsH1697, that the groundH127 clave asunderH1234(H8735) that was under them:
32 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their households, all of Korah’s men, and all their goods.
KJVAnd the earthH776 openedH6605(H8799) her mouthH6310, and swallowed them upH1104(H8799), and their housesH1004, and all the menH120 that appertained unto KorahH7141, and all their goodsH7399.
33 So they, and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol. The earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.
KJVThey, and all that appertained to them, went downH3381(H8799) aliveH2416 into the pitH7585, and the earthH776 closedH3680(H8762) upon them: and they perishedH6(H8799) from amongH8432 the congregationH6951.
34 All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”
KJVAnd all IsraelH3478 that were round aboutH5439 them fledH5127(H8804) at the cryH6963 of them: for they saidH559(H8804), Lest the earthH776 swallow us upH1104(H8799) also.
35 Fire came out from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.
KJVAnd there came outH3318(H8804) a fireH784 from the LORDH3068, and consumedH398(H8799) the two hundredH3967 and fiftyH2572 menH376 that offeredH7126(H8688) incenseH7004.
36 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 spakeH1696(H8762) unto MosesH4872, sayingH559(H8800),
37 “Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire away from the camp; for they are holy,
KJVSpeakH559(H8798) unto EleazarH499 the sonH1121 of AaronH175 the priestH3548, that he take upH7311(H8686) the censersH4289 outH996 of the burningH8316, and scatterH2219(H8798) thou the fireH784 yonderH1973; for they are hallowedH6942(H8804).
38 even the censers of those who sinned against their own lives. Let them be beaten into plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before Yahweh. Therefore they are holy. They shall be a sign to the children of Israel.”
KJVThe censersH4289 of these sinnersH2400 against their own soulsH5315, let them makeH6213(H8804) them broadH7555 platesH6341 for a coveringH6826 of the altarH4196: for they offeredH7126(H8689) them beforeH6440 the LORDH3068, therefore they are hallowedH6942(H8799): and they shall be a signH226 unto the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478.
39 Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which those who were burned had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,
KJVAnd EleazarH499 the priestH3548 tookH3947(H8799) the brasenH5178 censersH4289, wherewith they that were burntH8313(H8803) had offeredH7126(H8689); and they were made broadH7554(H8762) plates for a coveringH6826 of the altarH4196:
40 to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger who isn’t of the offspring of Aaron, would come near to burn incense before Yahweh, that he not be as Korah and as his company; as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.
KJVTo be a memorialH2146 unto the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, thatH834H4616 no strangerH376H2114(H8801), which is not of the seedH2233 of AaronH175, come nearH7126(H8799) to offerH6999(H8687) incenseH7004 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068; that he be not as KorahH7141, and as his companyH5712: as the LORDH3068 saidH1696(H8765) to him by the handH3027 of MosesH4872.
41 But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed Yahweh’s people!”
KJVBut on the morrowH4283 all the congregationH5712 of the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 murmuredH3885(H8735) against MosesH4872 and against AaronH175, sayingH559(H8800), Ye have killedH4191(H8689) the peopleH5971 of the LORDH3068.
42 When the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they looked toward the Tent of Meeting. Behold, the cloud covered it, and Yahweh’s glory appeared.
KJVAnd it came to pass, when the congregationH5712 was gatheredH6950(H8736) against MosesH4872 and against AaronH175, that they lookedH6437(H8799) toward the tabernacleH168 of the congregationH4150: and, behold, the cloudH6051 coveredH3680(H8765) it, and the gloryH3519 of the LORDH3068 appearedH7200(H8735).
43 Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting.
KJVAnd MosesH4872 and AaronH175 cameH935(H8799) beforeH6440 the tabernacleH168 of the congregationH4150.
44 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 spakeH1696(H8762) unto MosesH4872, sayingH559(H8800),
45 “Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces.
KJVGet you upH7426(H8734) from amongH8432 this congregationH5712, that I may consumeH3615(H8762) them as in a momentH7281. And they fellH5307(H8799) upon their facesH6440.
46 Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, put fire from the altar in it, lay incense on it, carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from Yahweh! The plague has begun.”
KJVAnd MosesH4872 saidH559(H8799) unto AaronH175, TakeH3947(H8798) a censerH4289, and putH5414(H8798) fireH784 therein from offH6440 the altarH4196, and putH7760(H8798) on incenseH7004, and goH3212(H8685) quicklyH4120 unto the congregationH5712, and make an atonementH3722(H8761) for them: for there is wrathH7110 gone outH3318(H8804) from the LORDH3068; the plagueH5063 is begunH2490(H8689).
47 Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the middle of the assembly. The plague had already begun among the people. He put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
KJVAnd AaronH175 tookH3947(H8799) as MosesH4872 commandedH1696(H8765), and ranH7323(H8799) into the midstH8432 of the congregationH6951; and, behold, the plagueH5063 was begunH2490(H8689) among the peopleH5971: and he putH5414(H8799) on incenseH7004, and made an atonementH3722(H8762) for the peopleH5971.
48 He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
KJVAnd he stoodH5975(H8799) between the deadH4191(H8801) and the livingH2416; and the plagueH4046 was stayedH6113(H8735).
49 Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, in addition to those who died about the matter of Korah.
KJVNow they that diedH4191(H8801) in the plagueH4046 were fourteenH702H6240 thousandH505 and sevenH7651 hundredH3967, beside them that diedH4191(H8801) about the matterH1697 of KorahH7141.
50 Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and the plague was stopped.
KJVAnd AaronH175 returnedH7725(H8799) unto MosesH4872 unto the doorH6607 of the tabernacleH168 of the congregationH4150: and the plagueH4046 was stayedH6113(H8738).
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