1 Now Korah * h7141, the son * h1121 of Izhar * h3324, the son * h1121 of Kohath * h6955, the son * h1121 of Levi * h3878, and Dathan * h1885 and Abiram * h48, the sons * h1121 of Eliab * h446, and On * h203, the son * h1121 of Peleth * h6431, sons * h1121 of Reuben * h7205, took * h3947 h8799 men :
2 And they rose up * h6965 h8799 before * h6440 Moses * h4872, with certain * h582 of the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478, two hundred * h3967 and fifty * h2572 princes * h5387 of the assembly * h5712, famous * h7148 in the congregation * h4150, men * h582 of renown * h8034:
3 And they gathered themselves together * h6950 h8735 against Moses * h4872 and against Aaron * h175, and said * h559 h8799 unto them, Ye take too much * h7227 upon you, seeing all the congregation * h5712 are holy * h6918, every one of them, and the LORD * h3068 is among * h8432 them: wherefore then lift ye up * h5375 h8691 yourselves above the congregation * h6951 of the LORD * h3068? Ye take...: Heb. It is much for you
4 And when Moses * h4872 heard * h8085 h8799 it , he fell * h5307 h8799 upon his face * h6440:
5 And he spake * h1696 h8762 unto Korah * h7141 and unto all his company * h5712, saying * h559 h8800, Even to morrow * h1242 the LORD * h3068 will shew * h3045 h8686 who are his, and who is holy * h6918; and will cause him to come near * h7126 h8689 unto him: even him whom he hath chosen * h977 h8799 will he cause to come near * h7126 h8686 unto him.
6 This do * h6213 h8798; Take * h3947 h8798 you censers * h4289, Korah * h7141, and all his company * h5712;
7 And put * h5414 h8798 fire * h784 therein * h2004, and put * h7760 h8798 incense * h7004 in them before * h6440 the LORD * h3068 to morrow * h4279: and it shall be that the man * h376 whom the LORD * h3068 doth choose * h977 h8799, he shall be holy * h6918: ye take too much * h7227 upon you, ye sons * h1121 of Levi * h3878.
8 And Moses * h4872 said * h559 h8799 unto Korah * h7141, Hear * h8085 h8798, I pray you, ye sons * h1121 of Levi * h3878:
9 Seemeth it but a small thing * h4592 unto you, that the God * h430 of Israel * h3478 hath separated * h914 h8689 you from the congregation * h5712 of Israel * h3478, to bring you near * h7126 h8687 to himself to do * h5647 h8800 the service * h5656 of the tabernacle * h4908 of the LORD * h3068, and to stand * h5975 h8800 before * h6440 the congregation * h5712 to minister * h8334 h8763 unto them?
10 And he hath brought thee near * h7126 h8686 to him , and all thy brethren * h251 the sons * h1121 of Levi * h3878 with thee: and seek * h1245 h8765 ye the priesthood * h3550 also?
11 For which cause * h3651 both thou and all thy company * h5712 are gathered together * h3259 h8737 against the LORD * h3068: and what is Aaron * h175, that ye murmur * h3885 h8686 h8675 * h3885 h8735 against him?
12 And Moses * h4872 sent * h7971 h8799 to call * h7121 h8800 Dathan * h1885 and Abiram * h48, the sons * h1121 of Eliab * h446: which said * h559 h8799, We will not come up * h5927 h8799:
13 Is it a small thing * h4592 that * h3588 thou hast brought us up * h5927 h8689 out of a land * h776 that floweth * h2100 h8802 with milk * h2461 and honey * h1706, to kill * h4191 h8687 us in the wilderness * h4057, except thou make * h8323 thyself altogether * h8323 h8692 a prince * h8323 h8691 over us?
14 Moreover * h637 thou hast not brought * h935 h8689 us into a land * h776 that floweth * h2100 h8802 with milk * h2461 and honey * h1706, or given * h5414 h8799 us inheritance * h5159 of fields * h7704 and vineyards * h3754: wilt thou put out * h5365 h8762 the eyes * h5869 of these men * h582? we will not come up * h5927 h8799. put...: Heb. bore out
15 And Moses * h4872 was very * h3966 wroth * h2734 h8799, and said * h559 h8799 unto the LORD * h3068, Respect * h6437 h8799 not thou their offering * h4503: I have not taken * h5375 h8804 one * h259 ass * h2543 from them, neither have I hurt * h7489 h8689 one * h259 of them.
16 And Moses * h4872 said * h559 h8799 unto Korah * h7141, Be thou and all thy company * h5712 before * h6440 the LORD * h3068, thou, and they, and Aaron * h175, to morrow * h4279:
17 And take * h3947 h8798 every man * h376 his censer * h4289, and put * h5414 h8804 incense * h7004 in them, and bring * h7126 h8689 ye before * h6440 the LORD * h3068 every man * h376 his censer * h4289, two hundred * h3967 and fifty * h2572 censers * h4289; thou also, and Aaron * h175, each * h376 of you his censer * h4289.
18 And they took * h3947 h8799 every man * h376 his censer * h4289, and put * h5414 h8799 fire * h784 in them, and laid * h7760 h8799 incense * h7004 thereon, and stood * h5975 h8799 in the door * h6607 of the tabernacle * h168 of the congregation * h4150 with Moses * h4872 and Aaron * h175.
19 And Korah * h7141 gathered * h6950 h8686 all the congregation * h5712 against them unto the door * h6607 of the tabernacle * h168 of the congregation * h4150: and the glory * h3519 of the LORD * h3068 appeared * h7200 h8735 unto all the congregation * h5712.
20 And the LORD * h3068 spake * h1696 h8762 unto Moses * h4872 and unto Aaron * h175, saying * h559 h8800,
21 Separate * h914 h8734 yourselves from among * h8432 this congregation * h5712, that I may consume * h3615 h8762 them in a moment * h7281.
22 And they fell * h5307 h8799 upon their faces * h6440, and said * h559 h8799, O God * h410, the God * h430 of the spirits * h7307 of all flesh * h1320, shall one * h259 man * h376 sin * h2398 h8799, and wilt thou be wroth * h7107 h8799 with all the congregation * h5712?
23 And the LORD * h3068 spake * h1696 h8762 unto Moses * h4872, saying * h559 h8800,
24 Speak * h1696 h8761 unto the congregation * h5712, saying * h559 h8800, Get you up * h5927 h8734 from about * h5439 the tabernacle * h4908 of Korah * h7141, Dathan * h1885, and Abiram * h48.
25 And Moses * h4872 rose up * h6965 h8799 and went * h3212 h8799 unto Dathan * h1885 and Abiram * h48; and the elders * h2205 of Israel * h3478 followed * h3212 h8799 him * h310.
26 And he spake * h1696 h8762 unto the congregation * h5712, saying * h559 h8800, Depart * h5493 h8798, I pray you, from the tents * h168 of these wicked * h7563 men * h582, and touch * h5060 h8799 nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed * h5595 h8735 in all their sins * h2403.
27 So they gat up * h5927 h8735 from the tabernacle * h4908 of Korah * h7141, Dathan * h1885, and Abiram * h48, on every side * h5439: and Dathan * h1885 and Abiram * h48 came out * h3318 h8804, and stood * h5324 h8737 in the door * h6607 of their tents * h168, and their wives * h802, and their sons * h1121, and their little children * h2945.
28 And Moses * h4872 said * h559 h8799, Hereby ye shall know * h3045 h8799 that the LORD * h3068 hath sent * h7971 h8804 me to do * h6213 h8800 all these works * h4639; for I have not done them of mine own mind * h3820.
29 If these men die * h4191 h8799 the common death * h4194 of all men * h120, or if they be visited * h6485 h8735 after the visitation * h6486 of all men * h120; then the LORD * h3068 hath not sent * h7971 h8804 me. the common...: Heb. as every man dieth
30 But if the LORD * h3068 make * h1254 h8799 a new thing * h1278, and the earth * h127 open * h6475 h8804 her mouth * h6310, and swallow them up * h1104 h8804, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down * h3381 h8804 quick * h2416 into the pit * h7585; then ye shall understand * h3045 h8804 that these men * h582 have provoked * h5006 h8765 the LORD * h3068. make...: Heb. create a creature
31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end * h3615 h8763 of speaking * h1696 h8763 all these words * h1697, that the ground * h127 clave asunder * h1234 h8735 that was under them:
32 And the earth * h776 opened * h6605 h8799 her mouth * h6310, and swallowed them up * h1104 h8799, and their houses * h1004, and all the men * h120 that appertained unto Korah * h7141, and all their goods * h7399.
33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down * h3381 h8799 alive * h2416 into the pit * h7585, and the earth * h776 closed * h3680 h8762 upon them: and they perished * h6 h8799 from among * h8432 the congregation * h6951.
34 And all Israel * h3478 that were round about * h5439 them fled * h5127 h8804 at the cry * h6963 of them: for they said * h559 h8804, Lest the earth * h776 swallow us up * h1104 h8799 also .
35 And there came out * h3318 h8804 a fire * h784 from the LORD * h3068, and consumed * h398 h8799 the two hundred * h3967 and fifty * h2572 men * h376 that offered * h7126 h8688 incense * h7004.
36 And the LORD * h3068 spake * h1696 h8762 unto Moses * h4872, saying * h559 h8800,
37 Speak * h559 h8798 unto Eleazar * h499 the son * h1121 of Aaron * h175 the priest * h3548, that he take up * h7311 h8686 the censers * h4289 out * h996 of the burning * h8316, and scatter * h2219 h8798 thou the fire * h784 yonder * h1973; for they are hallowed * h6942 h8804.
38 The censers * h4289 of these sinners * h2400 against their own souls * h5315, let them make * h6213 h8804 them broad * h7555 plates * h6341 for a covering * h6826 of the altar * h4196: for they offered * h7126 h8689 them before * h6440 the LORD * h3068, therefore they are hallowed * h6942 h8799: and they shall be a sign * h226 unto the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478.
39 And Eleazar * h499 the priest * h3548 took * h3947 h8799 the brasen * h5178 censers * h4289, wherewith they that were burnt * h8313 h8803 had offered * h7126 h8689; and they were made broad * h7554 h8762 plates for a covering * h6826 of the altar * h4196:
40 To be a memorial * h2146 unto the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478, that * h834 * h4616 no stranger * h376 * h2114 h8801, which is not of the seed * h2233 of Aaron * h175, come near * h7126 h8799 to offer * h6999 h8687 incense * h7004 before * h6440 the LORD * h3068; that he be not as Korah * h7141, and as his company * h5712: as the LORD * h3068 said * h1696 h8765 to him by the hand * h3027 of Moses * h4872.
41 But on the morrow * h4283 all the congregation * h5712 of the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478 murmured * h3885 h8735 against Moses * h4872 and against Aaron * h175, saying * h559 h8800, Ye have killed * h4191 h8689 the people * h5971 of the LORD * h3068.
42 And it came to pass, when the congregation * h5712 was gathered * h6950 h8736 against Moses * h4872 and against Aaron * h175, that they looked * h6437 h8799 toward the tabernacle * h168 of the congregation * h4150: and, behold, the cloud * h6051 covered * h3680 h8765 it, and the glory * h3519 of the LORD * h3068 appeared * h7200 h8735.
43 And Moses * h4872 and Aaron * h175 came * h935 h8799 before * h6440 the tabernacle * h168 of the congregation * h4150.
44 And the LORD * h3068 spake * h1696 h8762 unto Moses * h4872, saying * h559 h8800,
45 Get you up * h7426 h8734 from among * h8432 this congregation * h5712, that I may consume * h3615 h8762 them as in a moment * h7281. And they fell * h5307 h8799 upon their faces * h6440.
46 And Moses * h4872 said * h559 h8799 unto Aaron * h175, Take * h3947 h8798 a censer * h4289, and put * h5414 h8798 fire * h784 therein from off * h6440 the altar * h4196, and put * h7760 h8798 on incense * h7004, and go * h3212 h8685 quickly * h4120 unto the congregation * h5712, and make an atonement * h3722 h8761 for them: for there is wrath * h7110 gone out * h3318 h8804 from the LORD * h3068; the plague * h5063 is begun * h2490 h8689.
47 And Aaron * h175 took * h3947 h8799 as Moses * h4872 commanded * h1696 h8765, and ran * h7323 h8799 into the midst * h8432 of the congregation * h6951; and, behold, the plague * h5063 was begun * h2490 h8689 among the people * h5971: and he put * h5414 h8799 on incense * h7004, and made an atonement * h3722 h8762 for the people * h5971.
48 And he stood * h5975 h8799 between the dead * h4191 h8801 and the living * h2416; and the plague * h4046 was stayed * h6113 h8735.
49 Now they that died * h4191 h8801 in the plague * h4046 were fourteen * h702 * h6240 thousand * h505 and seven * h7651 hundred * h3967, beside them that died * h4191 h8801 about the matter * h1697 of Korah * h7141.
50 And Aaron * h175 returned * h7725 h8799 unto Moses * h4872 unto the door * h6607 of the tabernacle * h168 of the congregation * h4150: and the plague * h4046 was stayed * h6113 h8738.