16Numbers 16

1And Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, taketh both Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben,Select Numbers 16:1

2and they rise up before Moses, with men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty, princes of the company, called of the convention, men of name,Select Numbers 16:2

3and they are assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and say unto them, `Enough of you! for all the company--all of them are holy, and in their midst is Jehovah; and wherefore do ye lift yourselves up above the assembly of Jehovah?'Select Numbers 16:3

4And Moses heareth, and falleth on his face,Select Numbers 16:4

5and he speaketh unto Korah, and unto all his company, saying, `Morning! --and Jehovah is knowing those who are his, and him who is holy, and hath brought near unto Him; even him whom He doth fix on He bringeth near unto Him.Select Numbers 16:5

6This do: take to yourselves censers, Korah, and all his company,Select Numbers 16:6

7and put in them fire, and put on them perfume, before Jehovah to-morrow, and it hath been, the man whom Jehovah chooseth, he is the holy one; --enough of you, sons of Levi.'Select Numbers 16:7

8And Moses saith unto Korah, `Hear ye, I pray you, sons of Levi;Select Numbers 16:8

9is it little to you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the company of Israel to bring you near unto Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the company to serve them? --Select Numbers 16:9

10yea, He doth bring thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee--and ye have sought also the priesthood!Select Numbers 16:10

11Therefore, thou and all thy company who are met are against Jehovah; and Aaron, what is he, that ye murmur against him?'Select Numbers 16:11

12And Moses sendeth to call for Dathan and for Abiram sons of Eliab, and they say, `We do not come up;Select Numbers 16:12

13is it little that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to put us to death in a wilderness that thou also certainly makest thyself prince over us?Select Numbers 16:13

14Yea, unto a land flowing with milk and honey thou hast not brought us in, nor dost thou give to us an inheritance of field and vineyard; the eyes of these men dost thou pick out? we do not come up.'Select Numbers 16:14

15And it is very displeasing to Moses, and he saith unto Jehovah, `Turn not Thou unto their present; not one ass from them have I taken, nor have I afflicted one of them.'Select Numbers 16:15

16And Moses saith unto Korah, `Thou and all thy company, be ye before Jehovah, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow;Select Numbers 16:16

17and take ye each his censer, and ye have put on them perfume, and brought near before Jehovah, each his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; and thou and Aaron, each his censer.'Select Numbers 16:17

18And they take each his censer, and put on them fire, and lay on them perfume, and they stand at the opening of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron.Select Numbers 16:18

19And Korah assembleth against them all the company unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and the honour of Jehovah is seen by all the company.Select Numbers 16:19

20And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,Select Numbers 16:20

21`Be ye separated from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;'Select Numbers 16:21

22and they fall on their faces, and say, `God, God of the spirits of all flesh--the one man sinneth, and against all the company Thou art wroth!'Select Numbers 16:22

23And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,Select Numbers 16:23

24`Speak unto the company, saying, Go ye up from round about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.'Select Numbers 16:24

25And Moses riseth, and goeth unto Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel go after him,Select Numbers 16:25

26and he speaketh unto the company, saying, `Turn aside, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and come not against anything that they have, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.'Select Numbers 16:26

27And they go up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, from round about, and Dathan, and Abiram have come out, standing at the opening of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their infants.Select Numbers 16:27

28And Moses saith, `By this ye do know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works, that they are not from my own heart;Select Numbers 16:28

29if according to the death of all men these die--or the charge of all men is charged upon them--Jehovah hath not sent me;Select Numbers 16:29

30and if a strange thing Jehovah do, and the ground hath opened her mouth and swallowed them, and all that they have, and they have gone down alive to Sheol--then ye have known that these men have despised Jehovah.'Select Numbers 16:30

31And it cometh to pass at his finishing speaking all these words, that the ground which is under them cleaveth,Select Numbers 16:31

32and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them, and their houses, and all the men who are for Korah, and all the goods,Select Numbers 16:32

33and they go down, they, and all that they have, alive to Sheol, and the earth closeth over them, and they perish from the midst of the assembly;Select Numbers 16:33

34and all Israel who are round about them have fled at their voice, for they said, `Lest the earth swallow us;'Select Numbers 16:34

35and fire hath come out from Jehovah, and consumeth the two hundred and fifty men bringing near the perfume.Select Numbers 16:35

36And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,Select Numbers 16:36

37`Say unto Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, and he lifteth up the censers from the midst of the burning, and the fire scatter thou yonder, for they have been hallowed,Select Numbers 16:37

38even the censers of these sinners against their own souls; and they have made them spread-out plates, a covering for the altar, for they have brought them near before Jehovah, and they are hallowed; and they are become a sign to the sons of Israel.'Select Numbers 16:38

39And Eleazar the priest taketh the brazen censers which they who are burnt had brought near, and they spread them out, a covering for the altar--Select Numbers 16:39

40a memorial to the sons of Israel, so that a stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron doth not draw near to make a perfume before Jehovah, and is not as Korah, and as his company, --as Jehovah hath spoken by the hand of Moses to him.Select Numbers 16:40

41And all the company of the sons of Israel murmur, on the morrow, against Moses and against Aaron, saying, `Ye--ye have put to death the people of Jehovah.'Select Numbers 16:41

42And it cometh to pass, in the company being assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they turn towards the tent of meeting, and lo, the cloud hath covered it, and the honour of Jehovah is seen;Select Numbers 16:42

43and Moses cometh--Aaron also--unto the front of the tent of meeting.Select Numbers 16:43

44And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,Select Numbers 16:44

45`Get you up from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;' and they fall on their faces,Select Numbers 16:45

46and Moses saith unto Aaron, `Take the censer, and put on it fire from off the altar, and place perfume, and go, hasten unto the company, and make atonement for them, for the wrath hath gone out from the presence of Jehovah--the plague hath begun.'Select Numbers 16:46

47And Aaron taketh as Moses hath spoken, and runneth unto the midst of the assembly, and lo, the plague hath begun among the people; and he giveth the perfume, and maketh atonement for the people,Select Numbers 16:47

48and standeth between the dead and the living, and the plague is restrained;Select Numbers 16:48

49and those who die by the plague are fourteen thousand and seven hundred, apart from those who die for the matter of Korah;Select Numbers 16:49

50and Aaron turneth back unto Moses, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and the plague hath been restrained.Select Numbers 16:50