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16 And Moses said to Korah, You and all your company be before Jehovah, you and they and Aaron, tomorrow.
17 And take you* every man his censer and put incense upon them and bring you* before Jehovah every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers, you also and Aaron, each his censer.
18 And they took every man his censer and put fire in them and laid incense on it and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
19 And Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door of the tent of meeting. And the glory of Jehovah appeared to all the congregation.
20 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. 22 And they fell upon their faces and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, will one man sin and will you be angry with all the congregation?
23 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 24 Speak to the congregation, saying, You* get up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.
25 And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israel followed him. 26 And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I beseech you*, from the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs, lest you* are consumed in all their sins. 27 So they got up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, on every side. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents and their wives and their sons and their little ones.
28 And Moses said, Hereby you* will know that Jehovah has sent me to do all these works, for it is not of my own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they are visited after the visitation of all men, then Jehovah has not sent me. 30 But if Jehovah makes a new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up, with all that pertains to them and they go down alive into Sheol, then you* will understand that these men have despised Jehovah.
31 And it happened, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split asunder that was under them, 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up and their households and all the men that pertained to Korah and all their goods. 33 So they and all that pertained to them, went down alive into Sheol. And the earth closed upon them and they perished from among the assembly.
34 And all Israel that were all around them fled at the cry of them, for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up. 35 And fire came out from Jehovah and devoured the two hundred and fifty men who offered the incense.
36 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 37 Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning and scatter you the fire yonder, for they are holy, 38 even the censers of these sinners against their own lives and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before Jehovah, therefore they are holy and they will be a sign to the sons of Israel.
39 And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which those who were burnt had offered and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, 40 to be a memorial to the sons of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before Jehovah, that he not be as Korah and as his company, as Jehovah spoke to him by Moses.
41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You* have killed the people of Jehovah.
42 And it happened, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting, and behold, the cloud covered it and the glory of Jehovah appeared. 43 And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.
44 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 45 You* get up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. 46 And Moses said to Aaron, Take your censer and put fire in it from the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah. The plague has begun.
47 And Aaron took as Moses spoke and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living and the plague was stopped.
49 Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah. 50 And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tent of meeting and the plague was stopped.
17 1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Speak to the sons of Israel and take rods from them, one for each father's house, from all their rulers according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods. Write every man's name upon his rod. 3 And you will write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi, for there will be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses. 4 And you will lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you*. 5 And it will happen, that the rod of the man whom I will choose will bud. And I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they murmur against you*.
6 And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel. And all their rulers gave him rods, for each ruler one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. 7 And Moses laid up the rods before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.
8 And it happened on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded and put forth buds and produced blossoms and bore ripe almonds. 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before Jehovah to all the sons of Israel. And they looked and took every man his rod. 10 And Jehovah said to Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a sign against the sons of rebellion, that you may make an end of their murmurings against me, that they not die. 11 Thus Moses did. As Jehovah commanded him, so he did.
12 And the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. 13 Every man who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of Jehovah, dies. Shall we all of us perish?
20 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. 22 And they fell upon their faces and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, will one man sin and will you be angry with all the congregation?
23 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 24 Speak to the congregation, saying, You* get up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.
25 And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israel followed him. 26 And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I beseech you*, from the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs, lest you* are consumed in all their sins. 27 So they got up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, on every side. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents and their wives and their sons and their little ones.
28 And Moses said, Hereby you* will know that Jehovah has sent me to do all these works, for it is not of my own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they are visited after the visitation of all men, then Jehovah has not sent me. 30 But if Jehovah makes a new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up, with all that pertains to them and they go down alive into Sheol, then you* will understand that these men have despised Jehovah.
31 And it happened, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split asunder that was under them, 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up and their households and all the men that pertained to Korah and all their goods. 33 So they and all that pertained to them, went down alive into Sheol. And the earth closed upon them and they perished from among the assembly.
34 And all Israel that were all around them fled at the cry of them, for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up. 35 And fire came out from Jehovah and devoured the two hundred and fifty men who offered the incense.
36 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 37 Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning and scatter you the fire yonder, for they are holy, 38 even the censers of these sinners against their own lives and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before Jehovah, therefore they are holy and they will be a sign to the sons of Israel.
39 And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which those who were burnt had offered and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, 40 to be a memorial to the sons of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before Jehovah, that he not be as Korah and as his company, as Jehovah spoke to him by Moses.
41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You* have killed the people of Jehovah.
42 And it happened, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting, and behold, the cloud covered it and the glory of Jehovah appeared. 43 And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.
44 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 45 You* get up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. 46 And Moses said to Aaron, Take your censer and put fire in it from the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah. The plague has begun.
47 And Aaron took as Moses spoke and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living and the plague was stopped.
49 Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah. 50 And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tent of meeting and the plague was stopped.
17 1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Speak to the sons of Israel and take rods from them, one for each father's house, from all their rulers according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods. Write every man's name upon his rod. 3 And you will write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi, for there will be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses. 4 And you will lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you*. 5 And it will happen, that the rod of the man whom I will choose will bud. And I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they murmur against you*.
6 And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel. And all their rulers gave him rods, for each ruler one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. 7 And Moses laid up the rods before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.
8 And it happened on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded and put forth buds and produced blossoms and bore ripe almonds. 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before Jehovah to all the sons of Israel. And they looked and took every man his rod. 10 And Jehovah said to Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a sign against the sons of rebellion, that you may make an end of their murmurings against me, that they not die. 11 Thus Moses did. As Jehovah commanded him, so he did.
12 And the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. 13 Every man who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of Jehovah, dies. Shall we all of us perish?