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16 Moses said to Korah:You and your whole congregation, come before Yahweh, you and they and Aaron tomorrow.
17 Take each man his fire-pan, put incense on them and bring each man his fire-pan near before Yahweh, two hundred fifty fire-pans, and you and Aaron, each man his fire-pan.
18 So they took each man his fire-pan, put fire on them, placed incense on them, and they stood at the opening of the tent of appointment, also Moses and Aaron.
19 Korah had assembled the whole congregation against them at the opening of the tent of appointment. Then the glory of Yahweh appeared to the whole congregation,
20 and Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying.
21 Separate yourselves from the midst of this congregation so that I may finish them in a moment.
22 Then they fell on their faces and said:El, Elohim of the spirits for all flesh, as for the one man, he is sinning; but shall You be wrathful over the whole congregation?
23 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying.
24 Speak to the congregation, saying:Move away from around the tabernacles of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.
25 So Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel went after him.
26 He spoke to the congregation, saying:Withdraw, I pray, from the tents of these wicked men! Do not touch anything which belongs to them lest you be swept up in all their sins.
27 They moved away from the tabernacles of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, away from around them. As for Dathan and Abiram, they went forth, standing up at the opening of their tents with their wives, their sons and their little ones.
28 Moses said:By this shall you know that Yahweh has sent me to perform all these deeds, that they are not from my own heart.
29 Should these die the common death of all humanity, and should the visitation of all humanity be visited on them, then Yahweh has not sent me.
30 Yet should Yahweh create an unprecedented creation so that the ground opens wide its mouth, swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they descend alive to the unseen, then you will know that these mortals have spurned Yahweh.
31 It came to be as he finished speaking all these words that the ground which was under them was rent,
32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their households and all the humans who were with Korah and all the goods.
33 So they descended, they and all who belonged to them, alive to the unseen; and the earth covered over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
34 Yet all Israel who were around them fled at their voice, for they said:Lest the earth swallow us up.
35 Then fire came forth from Yahweh and devoured the two hundred fifty men who were bringing near the incense.
36 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying.
37 Speak to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest that he should raise up the fire-pans from between the burning place; as for the fire, toss it yonder, for holy ar.
38 the fire-pans of these sinners against their own souls. And they will make of them stamped foils into an overlay for the altar; for since they brought them near before Yahweh, they shall be holy and shall become as a sign to the sons of Israel.
39 Eleazar the priest took the copper fire-pans which those burned had brought near, and they stamped them into an overlay for the altar,
40 a reminder for the sons of Israel so that no alien man who is not of the seed of Aaron might come near to try to fume incense before Yahweh so that he does not become as Korah and his congregation, just as Yahweh had spoken to him by means of Moses.
41 The whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled on the morrow against Moses and against Aaron, saying:You yourselves put the people of Yahweh to death.
42 It came to be, when the congregation assembled against Moses and against Aaron and they turned around toward the tent of appointment, that, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Yahweh appeared.
43 When Moses and Aaron came before the tent of appointment,
44 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying.
45 Get away from the midst of this congregation so that I may finish them in a moment. Then they fell on their faces.
46 Moses said to Aaron:Take the fire-pan and put fire from the altar on it and place incense on it and go quickly to the congregation and make a propitiatory shelter over them, for wrath goes forth from before Yahweh! The stroke has started!"
47 So Aaron took it, just as Moses had spoken, and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the stroke had started among the people. He put the incense on and make a propitiatory shelter over the people.
48 He stood between the dead and the living, and the stroke was restrained.
49 Now those dead by the stroke were fourteen thousand seven hundred, aside from those dead over the matter of Korah.
50 Then Aaron returned to Moses at the opening of the tent of appointment; as for the stroke, it was restrained.
17 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying.
2 Speak to the sons of Israel and take from them a rod, a rod for the father's house from all their princes by their fathers' house, twelve rods. For each man you shall write his name on his rod.
3 And the name of Aaron shall you write on the rod of Levi, for one rod is for the head of their fathers' house.
4 Then you will leave them in the tent of appointment before the testimony where I keep appointment with you.
5 So it will come to be that the man whom I choose, his rod shall bud. Thus I will cause the grumblings of the sons of Israel to subside from over Me which they were grumbling against you.
6 So Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their princes gave a rod to him, a rod for each prince, for each prince, by their fathers' house, twelve rods in all. And the rod of Aaron was in the midst of their rods.
7 Moses left the rods before Yahweh in the tent of the testimony.
8 It came to be on the morrow that Moses came into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the rod of Aaron of the house of Levi had budded. It brought forth buds and blossomed blossoms and requited with almonds.
9 Moses brought forth all the rods from before Yahweh to all the sons of Israel. They saw, and each man took his rod.
10 Then Yahweh said to Moses:Restore the rod of Aaron before the testimony for safekeeping as a sign for the sons of rebellion so that you may end their grumblings against Me so that they may not die.
11 Moses did just as Yahweh had instructed him. So did he.
12 The sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying:Behold, we expire! We perish! All of us perish!"
13 Everyone who comes near, yea near to the tabernacle of Yahweh shall die! Should we all come to end by expiring?