Thomson(i)
19 and Kore had collected against them all his company, at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony, the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole congregation.
20 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron saying,
21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, and I will consume them all at once.
22 At this they fell on their faces and said, God, the God of the spirits even of all flesh! If one man hath sinned, is the wrath of the Lord against the whole congregation?
23 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
24 Speak to the congregation, and say, Withdraw all around from the congregation of Kore.
25 Accordingly Moses, arose, and went to Dathan and Abiron; and all the elders of Israel accompanied him.
26 And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Separate yourselves from the tents of these wicked men, and touch not any of the things which belong to them, lest you be consumed with them in their sins.
27 And when they had drawn back, all around, from the tent of Kore, Dathan and Abiron came out, and stood at the doors of their tents, with their wives and their children, and their attendants.
28 And Moses said, By this you shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works, and that they are not of myself;
29 If these men die the common death of all men; or if their visitation be according to the visitation of all men, the Lord hath not sent me:
30 but if the Lord demonstrate by a miracle, and the earth opening its mouth, shall swallow up them and their households, and their tents, and all that belong to them; and they go down alive to the mansion of the dead; then you will know that these men have provoked the Lord.
31 And when he had made an end of speaking all these words, the earth was rent under them;
32 and the earth opened; and it swallowed up them, and their households, and all the men who were with Kore, and all their cattle.
33 And they, and all that belonged to them, went down alive to the mansions of the dead, and the earth covered them. And they were destroyed from among the congregation.
34 And all the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry; for they said, Perhaps the earth may swallow us up.
35 And there went forth a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, who were offering incense!
36 Then the Lord said to Moses,
37 and to Eleazar the priest, the son of Aaron, Gather up the brasen censers from among them who were burned; but as for the strange fire, scatter it there
38 Because they have hallowed the censers of these sinful men with their lives, therefore make them up into thin plates, as a cover for the altar. Because they were presented before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed, and made a sign for the children of Israel.
39 So Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, took the brasen censers which they who were burned up had presented; and of them made a cover for the altar,
40 a memorial to the children of Israel, that none of another family, who is not of the seed of Aaron, should come near to present incense before the Lord, lest he be like Kore, and his confederacy, as the Lord spoke to him by the ministry of Moses.
41 On the next day, when the people murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, You have slain the people of the Lord;