Numbers Chapter 16
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After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my alienation.
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I, Jehovah, have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
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And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,
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even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah.
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But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land.
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And Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
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And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which Jehovah hath promised: for we have sinned.
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And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?
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Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies.
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For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned back from following Jehovah, therefore Jehovah will not be with you.
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But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
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Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.
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And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
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and will make an offering by fire unto Jehovah, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill-offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet savor unto Jehovah, of the herd, or of the flock;
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then shall he that offereth his oblation offer unto Jehovah a meal-offering of a tenth part
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of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of oil:
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and wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, shalt thou prepare with the burnt-offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.
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Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meal-offering two tenth parts
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of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the third part of a hin of oil:
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and for the drink-offering thou shalt offer the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.
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And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt-offering, or for a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or for peace-offerings unto Jehovah;
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then shall he offer with the bullock a meal-offering of three tenth parts
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of an ephah of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil:
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and thou shalt offer for the drink-offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.
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Thus shall it be done for each bullock, or for each ram, or for each of the he-lambs, or of the kids.
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According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.
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All that are home-born shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.
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And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever may be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah; as ye do, so he shall do.
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For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth
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with you, a statute for ever throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the sojourner be before Jehovah.
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One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
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And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,
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then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up a heave-offering unto Jehovah.
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Of the first of your dough ye shall offer up a cake for a heave-offering: as the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye heave it.
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Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto Jehovah a heave-offering throughout your generations.
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And when ye shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,
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even all that Jehovah hath commanded you by Moses, from the day that Jehovah gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations;
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then it shall be, if it be done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savor unto Jehovah, with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof, according to the ordinance, and one he-goat for a sin-offering.
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And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their oblation, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, and their sin-offering before Jehovah, for their error:
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and all the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; for in respect of all the people it was done unwittingly.
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And if one person sin unwittingly, then he shall offer a she-goat a year old for a sin-offering.
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And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that erreth, when he sinneth unwittingly, before Jehovah, to make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven.
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Ye shall have one law for him that doeth aught unwittingly, for him that is home-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
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But the soul that doeth aught with a high hand, whether he be home-born or a sojourner, the same blasphemeth Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
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Because he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
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And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day.
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And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
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And they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
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And Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, made bold, and [with him] Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, the sons of Reuben;
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and they rose up against Moses, with two hundred and fifty men of the children of Israel, princes of the assembly, summoned to the council, men of renown;
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and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, It is enough; for all the assembly, all of them are holy, and Jehovah is among them; and why do ye lift up yourselves above the congregation of Jehovah?
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When Moses heard this, he fell on his face.
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And he spoke to Korah and to all his band, saying, Even to-morrow will Jehovah make known who is his, and who is holy; and he will cause him to come near to him; and him whom he has chosen, him will he cause to come near to him.
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This do: take you censers, Korah, and all his band,
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and put fire therein, and lay incense thereon before Jehovah to-morrow; and it shall be that the man whom Jehovah doth choose, he shall be holy. It is enough, ye sons of Levi!
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And Moses said to Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi!
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Is it too little for you, that theGod of Israel has separated you from the assembly of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the work of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the assembly to minister to them?
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— that he has brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee; and seek ye now the priesthood also?
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For which cause thou and all thy band are banded together against Jehovah; and Aaron, who is he that ye murmur against him?
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And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said, We will not come up!
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Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that thou must make thyself altogether a ruler over us?
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Moreover, thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up!
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Then Moses was very wroth, and said to Jehovah, Have no regard to their oblation: not one ass have I taken from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
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And Moses said to Korah, Be thou and all thy band before Jehovah, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow.
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And take each his censer, and put incense thereon, and present before Jehovah every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; and thou, and Aaron, each his censer.
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And they took each his censer, and put fire on them, and laid incense thereon, and stood before the entrance to the tent of meeting, as well as Moses and Aaron.
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And Korah gathered the whole assembly against them to the entrance of the tent of meeting. And the glory of Jehovah appeared to all the assembly.
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
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Separate yourselves from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them in a moment.
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And they fell on their faces, and said, OGod, theGod of the spirits of all flesh! shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with the whole assembly?
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak unto the assembly, saying, Get you up from about the habitation of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
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And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
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And he spoke to the assembly, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye perish in all their sins.
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And they got up from the habitation of Koran, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. And Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the entrance of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.
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And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah has sent me to do all these deeds, for they are not out of my own heart:
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if these men die as all men die, and are visited with the visitation of all men, Jehovah has not sent me;
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but if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, and all that they have, and they go down alive into Sheol, then ye shall know that these men have despised Jehovah.
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And it came to pass when he had ended speaking all these words, that the ground clave apart that was under them.
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And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that belonged to Korah, and all their property.
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And they went down, they and all that they had, alive into Sheol, and the earth covered them; and they perished from among the congregation.
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And all Israel that were round about them fled at their cry; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up!
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And there came out a fire from Jehovah, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that had presented incense.
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning; and scatter the fire afar; for they are hallowed,
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the censers of these sinners who have forfeited their life; and they shall make them into broad plates for the covering of the altar; for they presented them before Jehovah, therefore they are hallowed; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
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And Eleazar the priest took the copper censers, which they that were burnt had presented; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
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as a memorial to the children of Israel, that no stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron come near to burn incense before Jehovah, that he be not as Korah, and as his band, — as Jehovah had said to him through Moses.
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And the whole assembly of the children of Israel murmured on the morrow against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of Jehovah.
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And it came to pass, when the assembly was gathered together 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.
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And Moses and Aaron went before the tent of meeting.
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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Get you up from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them in a moment. And they fell on their faces.
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And Moses said to Aaron, Take the censer, and put fire thereon from off the altar, and lay on incense, and carry it quickly to the assembly, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah: the plague is begun.
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And Aaron took as Moses had said, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and behold, the plague had begun among the people; and he put on incense, and made atonement for the people.
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And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
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Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides them that had died because of the matter of Korah.
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And Aaron returned to Moses to the entrance of the tent of meeting; and the plague was stayed.
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And Core the son of Isaar the son of Caath the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiron, sons of Eliab, and Aun the son of Phaleth the son of Ruben, spoke;
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and rose up before Moses, and two hundred and fifty men of the sons of Israel, chiefs of the assembly, chosen councillors, and men of renown.
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They rose up against Moses and Aaron, and said, Let it be enough for you that all the congregation [are] holy, and the Lord [is] among them; and why do ye set up yourselves against the congregation of the Lord?
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And when Moses heard it, he fell on his face.
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And he spoke to Core and all his assembly, saying, God has visited and known those that are his and who are holy, and has brought them to himself; and whom he has chosen for himself, he has brought to himself.
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This do ye: take to yourselves censers, Core and all his company;
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and put fire on them, and put incense on them before the Lord to-morrow; and it shall come to pass that the man whom the Lord has chosen, he shall be holy: let it be enough for you, ye sons of Levi.
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And Moses said to Core, Hearken to me, ye sons of Levi.
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Is it a little thing for you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, and brought you near to himself to minister in the services of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the tabernacle to minister for them?
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and he has brought thee near and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, and do ye seek to be priests also?
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Thus [it is with] thee and all thy congregation which is gathered together against God: and who is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
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And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiron sons of Eliab; and they said, We will not go up.
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Is it a little thing that thou hast brought us up to a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, [and] that thou altogether rulest over us?
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Thou art a prince, and hast thou brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, and hast thou given us an inheritance of land and vineyards? wouldest thou have put out the eyes of those men? we will not go up.
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And Moses was exceedingly indignant, and said to the Lord, Do thou take no heed to their sacrifice: I have not taken away the desire of any one of them, neither have I hurt any one of them.
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And Moses said to Core, Sanctify thy company, and be ready before the Lord, thou and Aaron and they, to-morrow.
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And take each man his censer, and ye shall put incense upon them, and shall bring each one his censer before the Lord, two hundred and fifty censers, and thou and Aaron shall bring each his censer.
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And each man took his censer, and they put on them fire, and laid incense on them; and Moses and Aaron stood by the doors of the tabernacle of witness.
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And Core raised up against them all his company by the door of the tabernacle of witness; and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
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Separate yourselves from the midst of this congregation, and I will consume them at once.
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And they fell on their faces, and said, O God, the God of spirits and of all flesh, if one man has sinned, [shall] the wrath of the Lord [be] upon the whole congregation?
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to the congregation, saying, Depart from the company of Core round about.
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And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiron, and all the elders of Israel went with him.
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And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Separate yourselves from the tents of these stubborn men, and touch nothing that belongs to them, lest ye be consumed with them in all their sin.
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And they stood aloof from the tent of Core round about; and Dathan and Abiron went forth and stood by the doors of their tents, and their wives and their children and their store.
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And Moses said, Hereby shall ye know that the Lord has sent me to perform all these works, that [I have] not [done them] of myself.
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If these men shall die according to the death of all men, if also their visitation shall be according to the visitation of all men, then the Lord has not sent me.
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But if the Lord shall shew by a wonder, and the earth shall open her mouth and swallow them up, and their houses, and their tents, and all that belongs to them, and they shall go down alive into Hades, then ye shall know that these men have provoked the Lord.
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And when he ceased speaking all these words, the ground clave asunder beneath them.
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And the ground opened, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that were with Core, and their cattle.
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And they went down and all that they had, alive into Hades; and the ground covered them, and they perished from the midst of the congregation.
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And all Israel round about them fled from the sound of them, for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up [also].
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And fire went forth from the Lord, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
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Ecce autem Core filius Isaar, filii Caath, filii Levi, et Dathan atque Abiron filii Eliab, Hon quoque filius Pheleth de filiis Ruben,
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surrexerunt contra Moysen, aliique filiorum Israel ducenti quinquaginta viri proceres synagogæ, et qui tempore concilii per nomina vocabantur.
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Cumque stetissent adversum Moysen et Aaron, dixerunt: Sufficiat vobis, quia omnis multitudo sanctorum est, et in ipsis est Dominus: Cur elevamini super populum Domini?
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Quod cum audisset Moyses, cecidit pronus in faciem:
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locutusque ad Core et ad omnem multitudinem: Mane, inquit, notum faciet Dominus qui ad se pertineant, et sanctos applicabit sibi: et quos elegerit, appropinquabunt ei.
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Hoc igitur facite: Tollat unusquisque thuribula sua, tu Core, et omne concilium tuum:
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et hausto cras igne, ponite desuper thymiama coram Domino: et quemcumque elegerit, ipse erit sanctus: multum erigimini filii Levi.
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Dixitque rursum ad Core: Audite filii Levi:
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Num parum vobis est quod separavit vos Deus Israel ab omni populo, et iunxit sibi, ut serviretis ei in cultu tabernaculi, et staretis coram frequentia populi, et ministraretis ei?
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idcirco ad se fecit accedere te et omnes fratres tuos filios Levi, ut vobis etiam sacerdotium vindicetis,
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et omnis globus tuus stet contra Dominum? quid est enim Aaron ut murmuretis contra eum?
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Misit ergo Moyses ut vocaret Dathan et Abiron filios Eliab. Qui responderunt: Non venimus.
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numquid parum est tibi quod eduxisti nos de terra, quæ lacte et melle manabat, ut occideres in deserto, nisi et dominatus fueris nostri?
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Revera induxisti nos in terram, quæ fluit rivis lactis et mellis, et dedisti nobis possessiones agrorum et vinearum. an et oculos nostros vis eruere? non venimus.
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Iratusque Moyses valde, ait ad Dominum: Ne respicias sacrificia eorum: tu scis quod ne asellum quidem umquam acceperim ab eis, nec afflixerim quempiam eorum.
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Dixitque ad Core: Tu, et omnis congregatio tua, state seorsum coram Domino, et Aaron die crastino separatim.
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Tollite singuli thuribula vestra, et ponite super ea incensum, offerentes Domino ducenta quinquaginta thuribula: Aaron quoque teneat thuribulum suum.
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Quod cum fecissent, stantibus Moyses et Aaron,
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et coacervassent adversum eos omnem multitudinem ad ostium tabernaculi, apparuit cunctis gloria Domini.
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Locutusque Dominus ad Moysen et Aaron, ait:
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Separamini de medio congregationis huius, ut eos repente disperdam.
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Qui ceciderunt proni in faciem, atque dixerunt: Fortissime Deus spirituum universæ carnis, num uno peccante, contra omnes ira tua desæviet?
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Et ait Dominus ad Moysen:
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Præcipe universo populo ut separetur a tabernaculis Core, et Dathan et Abiron.
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Surrexitque Moyses, et abiit ad Dathan et Abiron: et sequentibus eum senioribus Israel,
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dixit ad turbam: Recedite a tabernaculis hominum impiorum, et nolite tangere quæ ad eos pertinent, ne involvamini in peccatis eorum.
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Cumque recessissent a tentoriis eorum per circuitum, Dathan et Abiron egressi stabant in introitu papilionum suorum cum uxoribus et liberis, omnique frequentia.
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Et ait Moyses: In hoc scietis, quod Dominus miserit me ut facerem universa quæ cernitis, et non ex proprio ea corde protulerim:
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Si consueta hominum morte interierint, et visitaverit eos plaga, qua et ceteri visitari solent, non misit me Dominus:
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sin autem novam rem fecerit Dominus, ut aperiens terra os suum deglutiat eos et omnia quæ ad illos pertinent, descenderintque viventes in infernum, scietis quod blasphemaverint Dominum.
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Confestim igitur ut cessavit loqui, dirupta est terra sub pedibus eorum:
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et aperiens os suum, devoravit illos cum tabernaculis suis et universa substantia eorum.
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descenderuntque vivi in infernum operti humo, et perierunt de medio multitudinis.
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At vero omnis Israel, qui stabat per gyrum, fugit ad clamorem pereuntium, dicens: Ne forte et nos terra deglutiat.
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Sed et ignis egressus a Domino, interfecit ducentos quinquaginta viros, qui offerebant incensum.
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Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
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Præcipe Eleazaro filio Aaron sacerdoti ut tollat thuribula quæ iacent in incendio, et ignem huc illucque dispergat: quoniam sanctificata sunt
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in mortibus peccatorum: producatque ea in laminas, et affigat altari, eo quod oblatum sit in eis incensum Domino, et sanctificata sint, ut cernant ea pro signo et monimento filii Israel.
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Tulit ergo Eleazar sacerdos thuribula ænea, in quibus obtulerant hi quos incendium devoravit, et produxit ea in laminas, affigens altari:
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ut haberent postea filii Israel, quibus commonerentur ne quis accedat alienigena, et qui non est de semine Aaron ad offerendum incensum Domino, ne patiatur sicut passus est Core, et omnis congregatio eius, loquente Domino ad Moysen.
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Murmuravit autem omnis multitudo filiorum Israel sequenti die contra Moysen et Aaron, dicens: Vos interfecistis populum Domini.
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Cumque oriretur seditio, et tumultus incresceret,
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Moyses et Aaron fugerunt ad tabernaculum fœderis. Quod, postquam ingressi sunt, operuit nubes, et apparuit gloria Domini.
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Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen:
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Recedite de medio huius multitudinis, etiam nunc delebo eos. Cumque iacerent in terra,
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dixit Moyses ad Aaron: Tolle thuribulum, et hausto igne de altari, mitte incensum desuper, pergens cito ad populum ut roges pro eis: iam enim egressa est ira a Domino, et plaga desævit.
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Quod cum fecisset Aaron, et cucurrisset ad mediam multitudinem, quam iam vastabat incendium, obtulit thymiama:
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et stans inter mortuos ac viventes, pro populo deprecatus est, et plaga cessavit.
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Fuerunt autem qui percussi sunt, quattuordecim millia hominum, et septingenti, absque his qui perierant in seditione Core.
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Reversusque est Aaron ad Moysen ad ostium tabernaculi fœderis postquam quievit interitus.
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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 some men.
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They rose up before Moses, with some of the children of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown.
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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 the LORD is among them! Why do you lift yourselves up above the LORD’s assembly?”
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When Moses heard it, he fell on his face.
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He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, the LORD 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.
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Do this: have Korah and all his company take censers,
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put fire in them, and put incense on them before the LORD tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom the LORD chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!”
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Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi!
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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 LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;
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and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? Do you seek the priesthood also?
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Therefore you and all your company have gathered together against the LORD! What is Aaron that you complain against him?”
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Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, “We won’t come up!
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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?
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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.”
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Moses was very angry, and said to the LORD, “Don’t respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them.”
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Moses said to Korah, “You and all your company go before the LORD, you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow.
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Each man take his censer and put incense on it, and each man bring before the LORD his censer, two hundred fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each with his censer.”
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They each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and stood at the door of the Tent of Meeting with Moses and Aaron.
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Korah assembled all the congregation opposite them to the door of the Tent of Meeting. The LORD’s glory appeared to all the congregation.
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The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
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“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!”
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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?”
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram!’”
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Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
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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!”
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So they went away from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.
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Moses said, “Hereby you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works; for they are not from my own mind.
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If these men die the common death of all men, or if they experience what all men experience, then the LORD hasn’t sent me.
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But if the LORD makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up with all that belong to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall understand that these men have despised the LORD.”
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As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split apart.
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The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their households, all of Korah’s men, and all their goods.
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So they, and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol. The earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.
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All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”
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Fire came out from the LORD, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire away from the camp; for they are holy,
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even the censers of those who sinned against their own lives. Let them be beaten into plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before the LORD. Therefore they are holy. They shall be a sign to the children of Israel.”
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Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which those who were burned had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,
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to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger who isn’t of the offspring of Aaron, would come near to burn incense before the LORD, that he not be as Korah and as his company; as the LORD spoke to him by Moses.
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But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”
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When the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they looked toward the Tent of Meeting. Behold, the cloud covered it, and the LORD’s glory appeared.
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Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting.
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces.
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Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, put fire from the altar in it, lay incense on it, carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from the LORD! The plague has begun.”
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Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the middle of the assembly. The plague had already begun among the people. He put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
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He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
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Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, in addition to those who died about the matter of Korah.
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Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and the plague was stopped.
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And Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, taketh both Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben,
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and they rise up before Moses, with men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty, princes of the company, called of the convention, men of name,
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and they are assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and say unto them, `Enough of you! for all the company--all of them <FI>are<Fi> holy, and in their midst <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah; and wherefore do ye lift yourselves up above the assembly of Jehovah?'
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And Moses heareth, and falleth on his face,
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and he speaketh unto Korah, and unto all his company, saying, `Morning! --and Jehovah is knowing those who are his, and him who is holy, and hath brought near unto Him; even him whom He doth fix on He bringeth near unto Him.
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This do: take to yourselves censers, Korah, and all his company,
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and put in them fire, and put on them perfume, before Jehovah to-morrow, and it hath been, the man whom Jehovah chooseth, he <FI>is<Fi> the holy one; --enough of you, sons of Levi.'
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And Moses saith unto Korah, `Hear ye, I pray you, sons of Levi;
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is it little to you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the company of Israel to bring you near unto Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the company to serve them? --
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yea, He doth bring thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee--and ye have sought also the priesthood!
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Therefore, thou and all thy company who are met <FI>are<Fi> against Jehovah; and Aaron, what <FI>is<Fi> he, that ye murmur against him?'
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And Moses sendeth to call for Dathan and for Abiram sons of Eliab, and they say, `We do not come up;
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is it little that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to put us to death in a wilderness that thou also certainly makest thyself prince over us?
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Yea, unto a land flowing with milk and honey thou hast not brought us in, nor dost thou give to us an inheritance of field and vineyard; the eyes of these men dost thou pick out? we do not come up.'
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And it is very displeasing to Moses, and he saith unto Jehovah, `Turn not Thou unto their present; not one ass from them have I taken, nor have I afflicted one of them.'
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And Moses saith unto Korah, `Thou and all thy company, be ye before Jehovah, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow;
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and take ye each his censer, and ye have put on them perfume, and brought near before Jehovah, each his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; and thou and Aaron, each his censer.'
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And they take each his censer, and put on them fire, and lay on them perfume, and they stand at the opening of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron.
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And Korah assembleth against them all the company unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and the honour of Jehovah is seen by all the company.
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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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`Be ye separated from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;'
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and they fall on their faces, and say, `God, God of the spirits of all flesh--the one man sinneth, and against all the company Thou art wroth!'
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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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`Speak unto the company, saying, Go ye up from round about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.'
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And Moses riseth, and goeth unto Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel go after him,
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and he speaketh unto the company, saying, `Turn aside, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and come not against anything that they have, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.'
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And they go up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, from round about, and Dathan, and Abiram have come out, standing at the opening of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their infants.
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And Moses saith, `By this ye do know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works, that <FI>they are<Fi> not from my own heart;
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if according to the death of all men these die--or the charge of all men is charged upon them--Jehovah hath not sent me;
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and if a strange thing Jehovah do, and the ground hath opened her mouth and swallowed them, and all that they have, and they have gone down alive to Sheol--then ye have known that these men have despised Jehovah.'
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And it cometh to pass at his finishing speaking all these words, that the ground which <FI>is<Fi> under them cleaveth,
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and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them, and their houses, and all the men who <FI>are<Fi> for Korah, and all the goods,
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and they go down, they, and all that they have, alive to Sheol, and the earth closeth over them, and they perish from the midst of the assembly;
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and all Israel who <FI>are<Fi> round about them have fled at their voice, for they said, `Lest the earth swallow us;'
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and fire hath come out from Jehovah, and consumeth the two hundred and fifty men bringing near the perfume.
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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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`Say unto Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, and he lifteth up the censers from the midst of the burning, and the fire scatter thou yonder, for they have been hallowed,
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<FI> even<Fi> the censers of these sinners against their own souls; and they have made them spread-out plates, a covering for the altar, for they have brought them near before Jehovah, and they are hallowed; and they are become a sign to the sons of Israel.'
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And Eleazar the priest taketh the brazen censers which they who are burnt had brought near, and they spread them out, a covering for the altar--
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a memorial to the sons of Israel, so that a stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron doth not draw near to make a perfume before Jehovah, and is not as Korah, and as his company, --as Jehovah hath spoken by the hand of Moses to him.
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And all the company of the sons of Israel murmur, on the morrow, against Moses and against Aaron, saying, `Ye--ye have put to death the people of Jehovah.'
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And it cometh to pass, in the company being assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they turn towards the tent of meeting, and lo, the cloud hath covered it, and the honour of Jehovah is seen;
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and Moses cometh--Aaron also--unto the front of the tent of meeting.
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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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`Get you up from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;' and they fall on their faces,
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and Moses saith unto Aaron, `Take the censer, and put on it fire from off the altar, and place perfume, and go, hasten unto the company, and make atonement for them, for the wrath hath gone out from the presence of Jehovah--the plague hath begun.'
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And Aaron taketh as Moses hath spoken, and runneth unto the midst of the assembly, and lo, the plague hath begun among the people; and he giveth the perfume, and maketh atonement for the people,
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and standeth between the dead and the living, and the plague is restrained;
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and those who die by the plague are fourteen thousand and seven hundred, apart from those who die for the matter of Korah;
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and Aaron turneth back unto Moses, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and the plague hath been restrained.
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A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).