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The Book of Numbers 16

16 And 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, the sons of Reuben, took men, 2 and they rose up before the face of Moses with men from the sons of Israel, 250 leaders of the congregation, the called ones of the appointed meeting, men of name, 3 and they assembled against Moses and against Aaron. And they said to them, “It is much for you! For all of the congregation, all of them, are holy and Yahweh is in their midst. And why do you lift up yourselves above the assembly of Yahweh?”

4 And Moses heard and fell upon his face. 5 And he spoke to Korah and to all his congregation, saying, “And in the morning Yahweh will make known who belongs to him and is the holy one and whom he will bring near to him. And him whom he chooses he will bring near to him. 6 Do this: Korah and all his congregation, take for yourselves censers, 7 and put fire in them, and set incense on them before the face of Yahweh tomorrow. And it will happen that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he will be the holy one. It is much for you, sons of Levi!” 8 And Moses said to Korah, “Now listen, sons of Levi: 9 Is it a small thing for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel to bring you near to him to serve the service of the dwelling of Yahweh and to stand before the face of the congregation to minister to them? 10 And he has brought you near, and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, with you. And you are seeking the priesthood also! 11 Therefore, you and all your congregation are the ones congregating against Yahweh, and Aaron, what is he that you grumble against him?”

12 And Moses sent to call for Dathan and for Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and they said, “We will not go up. 13 Is it a small thing that you have brought us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to make us die in the wilderness? But you have made yourself ruler over us, even to make yourself ruler! 14 Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given to us an inheritance of field or vineyard. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? We will not go up.”

15 And it burned exceedingly for Moses, and he said to Yahweh, “Do not turn to their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them. And I have not harmed one of them.” 16 And Moses said to Korah, “You and all your congregation be before the face of Yahweh, you and they and Aaron, tomorrow, 17 and take a man his censer, and put incense on them, and bring before the face of Yahweh, a man his censer, 250 censers, and you and Aaron, a man his censer.” 18 And they took a man his censer, and they put fire on it and set incense on it, and they stood at the opening of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron. 19 And Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the opening of the tent of meeting, and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the congregation.

20 And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 21 “Separate yourselves from the midst of this congregation, and I shall finish them in a moment.” 22 And they fell on their faces and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, will one man sin and you become furious against all the congregation?” 23 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get yourselves up from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’ ”

25 And Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel went after him. 26 And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Now turn from beside the tents of these wicked men and do not touch anything that belongs to them, lest you be swept away by all their sins.” 27 And they got themselves up from beside the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, from all around, and Dathan and Abiram went out, standing at the opening of their tents with their wives and their sons and their little children. 28 And Moses said, “By this you will know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these deeds, that they are not from my heart: 29 If these ones die like the death of every man and the appointment of every man is appointed to them, Yahweh has not sent me. 30 But if Yahweh creates a creation and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them and they go down alive to Sheol, then you will know that these men have spurned Yahweh.”

31 And it happened when he finished speaking all these words that the ground that was under them split open. 32 And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their houses and every man who belonged to Korah and all the property. 33 And they went down to Sheol alive, they and all that belonged to them, and the earth covered over them and they perished from the midst of the assembly. 34 And all Israel who was surrounding them fled from their sound, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us!” 35 And fire went out from with Yahweh, and it ate the 250 men offering the incense.

36 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 37 “Say to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, and he shall lift up the censers from between the burning and scatter the fire abroad, for they are holy. 38 And the censers of these sinners against their lives, make them hammered sheets of thin metal, plating for the altar. For they offered them before the face of Yahweh, and they are holy, and they shall be for a sign for the sons of Israel.”

39 And Eleazar the priest took the censers of bronze that the burned ones had offered, and they hammered them as a plating for the altar, 40 a reminder for the sons of Israel, so that an unfamiliar man, he who is not from the seed of Aaron, shall not come near to burn incense before the face of Yahweh, and he shall not be like Korah and his congregation, just as Yahweh spoke by the hand of Moses to him.

41 And all the congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron from the next day, saying, “You yourselves killed the people of Yahweh!” 42 And it happened when the congregation assembled against Moses and against Aaron that they turned to the tent of meeting, and behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Yahweh was seen. 43 And Moses and Aaron came to the face of the tent of meeting, 44 and Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 45 “Get yourselves up from the midst of this congregation, and I shall finish them in a moment,” and they fell on their faces. 46 And Moses said to Aaron, “Take the censer, and put fire on it from on the altar, and set incense, and go quickly into the congregation, and make atonement for them, because the wrath has gone out from before the face of Yahweh. The plague has begun.” 47 And Aaron took just as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had begun among the people. And he put the incense and made atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the ones who died and the ones who lived. And the plague was stopped. 49 And the ones who died by the plague were 14, 700, apart from the ones who died on account of the matter of Korah. 50 And Aaron returned to Moses, to the opening of the tent of meeting, and the plague was stopped.

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