16:1 Now
Korah
the
son
of
Izhar,
son
of
Kohath,
son
of
Levi,
and
Dathan
and
Abiram
the
sons
of
Eliab,
and
On
the
son
of
Peleth,
sons
of
Reuben,
took
men.
16:2 And
they
rose
up
before
Moses,
with
a
number
of
the
people
of
Israel,
250
chiefs
of
the
congregation,
chosen
from
the
assembly,
well-known
men.
16:3 They
assembled
themselves
together
against
Moses
and
against
Aaron
and
said
to
them,
"You
have
gone
too
far!
For
all
in
the
congregation
are
holy,
every
one
of
them,
and
the
LORD
is
among
them.
Why
then
do
you
exalt
yourselves
above
the
assembly
of
the
LORD"
16:4 When
Moses
heard
it,
he
fell
on
his
face,
16:5 and
he
said
to
Korah
and
all
his
company,
"In
the
morning
the
LORD
will
show
who
is
his,
and
who
is
holy,
and
will
bring
him
near
to
him.
The
one
whom
he
chooses
he
will
bring
near
to
him.
16:6 Do
this:
take
censers,
Korah
and
all
his
company;
16:7 put
fire
in
them
and
put
incense
on
them
before
the
LORD
tomorrow,
and
the
man
whom
the
LORD
chooses
shall
be
the
holy
one.
You
have
gone
too
far,
sons
of
Levi!"
16:8 And
Moses
said
to
Korah,
"Hear
now,
you
sons
of
Levi:
16:9 is
it
too
small
a
thing
for
you
that
the
God
of
Israel
has
separated
you
from
the
congregation
of
Israel,
to
bring
you
near
to
himself,
to
do
service
in
the
tabernacle
of
the
LORD
and
to
stand
before
the
congregation
to
minister
to
them,
16:10 and
that
he
has
brought
you
near
him,
and
all
your
brothers
the
sons
of
Levi
with
you
And
would
you
seek
the
priesthood
also
16:11 Therefore
it
is
against
the
LORD
that
you
and
all
your
company
have
gathered
together.
What
is
Aaron
that
you
grumble
against
him"
16:12 And
Moses
sent
to
call
Dathan
and
Abiram
the
sons
of
Eliab,
and
they
said,
"We
will
not
come
up.
16:13 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,
that
you
must
also
make
yourself
a
prince
over
us
16:14 Moreover,
you
have
not
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
will
not
come
up."
16:15 And
Moses
was
very
angry
and
said
to
the
LORD,
"Do
not
respect
their
offering.
I
have
not
taken
one
donkey
from
them,
and
I
have
not
harmed
one
of
them."
16:16 And
Moses
said
to
Korah,
"Be
present,
you
and
all
your
company,
before
the
LORD,
you
and
they,
and
Aaron,
tomorrow.
16:17 And
let
every
one
of
you
take
his
censer
and
put
incense
on
it,
and
every
one
of
you
bring
before
the
LORD
his
censer,
250
censers;
you
also,
and
Aaron,
each
his
censer."
16:18 So
every
man
took
his
censer
and
put
fire
in
them
and
laid
incense
on
them
and
stood
at
the
entrance
of
the
tent
of
meeting
with
Moses
and
Aaron.
16:19 Then
Korah
assembled
all
the
congregation
against
them
at
the
entrance
of
the
tent
of
meeting.
And
the
glory
of
the
LORD
appeared
to
all
the
congregation.
16:20 And
the
LORD
spoke
to
Moses
and
to
Aaron,
saying,
16:21 "Separate
yourselves
from
among
this
congregation,
that
I
may
consume
them
in
a
moment."
16:22 And
they
fell
on
their
faces
and
said,
"O
God,
the
God
of
the
spirits
of
all
flesh,
shall
one
man
sin,
and
will
you
be
angry
with
all
the
congregation"
16:23 And
the
LORD
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
16:24 "Say
to
the
congregation,
Get
away
from
the
dwelling
of
Korah,
Dathan,
and
Abiram."
16:25 Then
Moses
rose
and
went
to
Dathan
and
Abiram,
and
the
elders
of
Israel
followed
him.
16:26 And
he
spoke
to
the
congregation,
saying,
"Depart,
please,
from
the
tents
of
these
wicked
men,
and
touch
nothing
of
theirs,
lest
you
be
swept
away
with
all
their
sins."
16:27 So
they
got
away
from
the
dwelling
of
Korah,
Dathan,
and
Abiram.
And
Dathan
and
Abiram
came
out
and
stood
at
the
door
of
their
tents,
together
with
their
wives,
their
sons,
and
their
little
ones.
16:28 And
Moses
said,
"Hereby
you
shall
know
that
the
LORD
has
sent
me
to
do
all
these
works,
and
that
it
has
not
been
of
my
own
accord.
16:29 If
these
men
die
as
all
men
die,
or
if
they
are
visited
by
the
fate
of
all
mankind,
then
the
LORD
has
not
sent
me.
16:30 But
if
the
LORD
creates
something
new,
and
the
ground
opens
its
mouth
and
swallows
them
up
with
all
that
belongs
to
them,
and
they
go
down
alive
into
Sheol,
then
you
shall
know
that
these
men
have
despised
the
LORD."
16:31 And
as
soon
as
he
had
finished
speaking
all
these
words,
the
ground
under
them
split
apart.
16:32 And
the
earth
opened
its
mouth
and
swallowed
them
up,
with
their
households
and
all
the
people
who
belonged
to
Korah
and
all
their
goods.
16:33 So
they
and
all
that
belonged
to
them
went
down
alive
into
Sheol,
and
the
earth
closed
over
them,
and
they
perished
from
the
midst
of
the
assembly.
16:34 And
all
Israel
who
were
around
them
fled
at
their
cry,
for
they
said,
"Lest
the
earth
swallow
us
up!"
16:35 And
fire
came
out
from
the
LORD
and
consumed
the
250
men
offering
the
incense.
16:36 Then
the
LORD
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
16:37 "Tell
Eleazar
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest
to
take
up
the
censers
out
of
the
blaze.
Then
scatter
the
fire
far
and
wide,
for
they
have
become
holy.
16:38 As
for
the
censers
of
these
men
who
have
sinned
at
the
cost
of
their
lives,
let
them
be
made
into
hammered
plates
as
a
covering
for
the
altar,
for
they
offered
them
before
the
LORD,
and
they
became
holy.
Thus
they
shall
be
a
sign
to
the
people
of
Israel."
16:39 So
Eleazar
the
priest
took
the
bronze
censers,
which
those
who
were
burned
had
offered,
and
they
were
hammered
out
as
a
covering
for
the
altar,
16:40 to
be
a
reminder
to
the
people
of
Israel,
so
that
no
outsider,
who
is
not
of
the
descendants
of
Aaron,
should
draw
near
to
burn
incense
before
the
LORD,
lest
he
become
like
Korah
and
his
company--as
the
LORD
said
to
him
through
Moses.
16:41 But
on
the
next
day
all
the
congregation
of
the
people
of
Israel
grumbled
against
Moses
and
against
Aaron,
saying,
"You
have
killed
the
people
of
the
LORD."
16:42 And
when
the
congregation
had
assembled
against
Moses
and
against
Aaron,
they
turned
toward
the
tent
of
meeting.
And
behold,
the
cloud
covered
it,
and
the
glory
of
the
LORD
appeared.
16:43 And
Moses
and
Aaron
came
to
the
front
of
the
tent
of
meeting,
16:44 and
the
LORD
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
16:45 "Get
away
from
the
midst
of
this
congregation,
that
I
may
consume
them
in
a
moment."
And
they
fell
on
their
faces.
16:46 And
Moses
said
to
Aaron,
"Take
your
censer,
and
put
fire
on
it
from
off
the
altar
and
lay
incense
on
it
and
carry
it
quickly
to
the
congregation
and
make
atonement
for
them,
for
wrath
has
gone
out
from
the
LORD;
the
plague
has
begun."
16:47 So
Aaron
took
it
as
Moses
said
and
ran
into
the
midst
of
the
assembly.
And
behold,
the
plague
had
already
begun
among
the
people.
And
he
put
on
the
incense
and
made
atonement
for
the
people.
16:48 And
he
stood
between
the
dead
and
the
living,
and
the
plague
was
stopped.
16:49 Now
those
who
died
in
the
plague
were
14,700,
besides
those
who
died
in
the
affair
of
Korah.
16:50 And
Aaron
returned
to
Moses
at
the
entrance
of
the
tent
of
meeting,
when
the
plague
was
stopped.