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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.