Numbers 16

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The rising against rule of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram Korah contends for the priesthood

Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Pallu, the son of Reuben, made themselves ready, Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
And came before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty chiefs of the people, men of good name who had a place in the meeting of the people. and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown;
They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord? and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them: why then lift yourselves up above the assembly of Yahweh?”
And Moses, hearing this, went down on his face; When Moses heard it, he fell on his face:
And he said to Korah and his band, In the morning the Lord will make clear who are his, and who is holy, and who may come near him: the man of his selection will be caused to come near him. and he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, “In the morning Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him: even him whom he shall choose he will cause to come near to him.
So do this: let Korah and all his band take vessels for burning perfumes; Do this: take censers, Korah, and all his company;
And put spices on the fire in them before the Lord tomorrow; then the man marked out by the Lord will be holy: you take overmuch on yourselves, you sons of Levi. and put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!”
And Moses said to Korah, Give ear now, you sons of Levi: Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi!
Does it seem only a small thing to you that the God of Israel has made you separate from the rest of Israel, letting you come near himself to do the work of the House of the Lord, and to take your place before the people to do what has to be done for them; Is it a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Yahweh, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;
Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests? and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? and do you seek the priesthood also?
So you and all your band have come together against the Lord; and Aaron, who is he, that you are crying out against him? Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against Yahweh: and Aaron, what is he that you murmur against him?”

Disobedience of Dathan and Abiram

Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: and they said, We will not come up: Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, “We won’t come up:
Is it not enough that you have taken us from a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the waste land, but now you are desiring to make yourself a chief over us? is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but you must also make yourself a prince over us?
And more than this, you have not taken us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us a heritage of fields and vine-gardens: will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up. Moreover you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: will you put out the eyes of these men? We won’t come up.”
Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them. Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, “Don’t respect their offering: I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them.”

The glory of the Lord is seen The prayer for others of Moses and Aaron

And Moses said to Korah, You and all your band are to come before the Lord tomorrow, you and they and Aaron: Moses said to Korah, “You and all your company go before Yahweh, you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow:
And let every man take a vessel for burning perfumes, and put sweet spices in them; let every man take his vessel before the Lord, two hundred and fifty vessels; you and Aaron and everyone with his vessel. and each man take his censer, and put incense on them, and each man bring before Yahweh his censer, two hundred fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer.”
So every man took his vessel and they put fire in them, with spices, and came to the door of the Tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron. They each took his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the Tent of Meeting with Moses and Aaron.
And Korah made all the people come together against them to the door of the Tent of meeting: and the glory of the Lord was seen by all the people. Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door of the Tent of Meeting: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the congregation.
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them. “Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!”
Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people? They fell on their faces, and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?”

The earth swallows up Dathan and Abiram

And the Lord said to Moses, Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Say to the people, Come away from the tent of Korah Dathan, and Abiram. “Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram!’”
So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the responsible men of Israel went with him. Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
And he said to the people, Come away now from the tents of these evil men, without touching anything of theirs, or you may be taken in the punishment of their sins. He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!”
So on every side they went away from the tent of Korah Dathan, and Abiram: and Dathan and Abiram came out to the door of their tents, with their wives and their sons and their little ones. So they went away from the tent 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.
And Moses said, Now you will see that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and I have not done them of myself. Moses said, “Hereby you shall know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; for they are not from my own mind.
If these men have the common death of men, or if the natural fate of all men overtakes them, then the Lord has not sent me. If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then Yahweh hasn’t sent me.
But if the Lord does something new, opening the earth to take them in, with everything which is theirs, and they go down living into the underworld, then it will be clear to you that the Lord has not been honoured by these men. But if Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain to them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh.”
And while these words were on his lips, the earth under them was parted in two; It happened, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split apart that was under them;
Death of Korah , Dathan , and Abiram (Numbers 16:32)
And the earth, opening her mouth, took them in, with their families, and all the men who were joined to Korah, and their goods.		 and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who appertained to Korah, and all their goods.
So they and all theirs went down living into the underworld, and the earth was shut over them, and they were cut off from among the meeting of the people. So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.
And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down into the heart of the earth. All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”

The company of Korah consumed

Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume. Fire came forth from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.
And the Lord said to Moses, Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Say to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he is to take out of the flames the vessels with the perfumes in them, turning the fire out of them, for they are holy; “Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire yonder; for they are holy,
And let the vessels of those men, who with their lives have made payment for their sin, be hammered out into plates as a cover for the altar; for they have been offered before the Lord and are holy; so that they may be a sign to the children of Israel. 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 Yahweh; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.”
So Eleazar the priest took the brass vessels which had been offered by those who were burned up, and they were hammered out to make a cover for the altar: Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,
To be a sign, kept in memory for ever by the children of Israel, that no man who is not of the seed of Aaron has the right of burning spices before the Lord, so that he may not be like Korah and his band: as the Lord said to him by the mouth of Moses. to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who isn’t of the seed of Aaron, comes near to burn incense before Yahweh; that he not be as Korah, and as his company: as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.

The people make angry complaints A disease sent

But on the day after, all the children of Israel made an outcry against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have put to death the Lord's people. But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed Yahweh’s people!”
Now when the people had come together against Moses and Aaron, looking in the direction of the Tent of meeting, they saw the cloud covering it, and the glory of the Lord came before their eyes. 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 Yahweh appeared.
Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting.
And the Lord said to Moses, Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them. And they went down on their faces. “Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces.
And Moses said to Aaron, Take your vessel and put in it fire from the altar, and sweet spices, and take it quickly into the meeting of the people, and make them free from sin: for wrath has gone out from the Lord, and the disease is starting. Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, and put fire from off the altar in it, and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from Yahweh! The plague has begun.”
And at the words of Moses, Aaron took his vessel, and went running among the people; and even then the disease had made a start among them; and he put spices in his vessel to take away the sin of the people. Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and behold, the plague has begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
And he took his place between the dead and the living: and the disease was stopped. He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
Now fourteen thousand, seven hundred deaths were caused by that disease, in addition to those who came to their end because of what Korah had done. Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah.
Then Aaron went back to Moses to the door of the Tent of meeting: and the disease came to a stop. Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the Tent of Meeting: and the plague was stayed.
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