Numbers 16

 

Numbers 16

 

1 Now Bald (Korah), the son of Shining Oil (Izhar), the son of Assembly (Korah), the son of Joined To (Levi), and Belonging to a Fountain (Dathan) and My Father is Exalted (Abiram), the sons of God is Father (Eliab), and Strength and Vigor (On), the son of Swiftness (Peleth), sons of Behold a Son (Reuben), took men

 

2 And they rose up before Drawn (Moses), with certain of the children of God Prevails (Israel), two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown’

 

3 They gathered themselves together against Drawn (Moses) and against Light Bringer (Aaron), saying to them: You take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) is among them: why then do lift you up yourselves above the congregation of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah)?

 

4 When Drawn (Moses) heard it, he fell upon his face:

 

5 He spoke to Bald (Korah) and to all his company, saying: Tomorrow I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) will show who are his, and who is holy; and will cause them to come near to Him: those whom he has chosen He will cause to come near to Him.

 

6 Do this; Take censers, Bald (Korah), you and all your company;

 

7 Put fire therein, and put incense in them before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) chooses, he shall be holy. You take too much upon you, you sons of Joined To (Levi).

 

8 Then Drawn (Moses) said to Bald (Korah): Hear, I pray you, you sons of Joined To (Levi):

 

9 It seems but a small thing to you, that the God ('Elohiym) of God Prevails (Israel) has separated you from the congregation of God Prevails (Israel), to bring you near to Himself to do the service of the tabernacle of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?

 

10 Here He has brought you near to Him, and all your brethren the sons of Joined To (Levi) with you: and you seek the priesthood also?

 

11 For which cause both you and all your company are gathered together against I AM (the LORD, Yehovah): and what is Light Bringer (Aaron), that you murmur against Him?

 

12 Drawn (Moses) called for Belonging to a Fountain (Dathan) and My Father is Exalted (Abiram), the sons of God is Father (Eliab) but they said: We will not come up.

 

13 Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness and you make yourself altogether a prince over us?

 

14 Moreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.

 

15 Drawn (Moses) was very angry, and said to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah): Respect not their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

 

16 Now Drawn (Moses) said to Bald (Korah): Come you and all your company before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), you, and they, and Light Bringer (Aaron), tomorrow:

 

17 Take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring yourselves before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; you also, and Light Bringer (Aaron), each of you his censer.

 

18 So they took every man his censer, put fire in them, laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Drawn (Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron).

 

19 Bald (Korah) gathered all the congregation against them at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. Then the glory of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) appeared to all the congregation.

 

20 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses) and to Light Bringer (Aaron), saying:

 

21 Separate yourselves from this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.

 

22 They fell upon their faces and said: O God ('El), the God ('Elohiym) of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will You be angry with all the congregation?

 

23 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses), saying:

 

24 Speak to the congregation, saying: Get away from the tents of Bald (Korah), Belonging to a Fountain (Dathan), and My Father is Exalted (Abiram).

 

25 Then Drawn (Moses) rose up and went to Belonging to a Fountain (Dathan) and My Father is Exalted (Abiram), and the elders of God Prevails (Israel) followed him.

 

26 He spoke to the congregation, saying: Please! Depart from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.

 

27 So they got up from the tabernacle of Bald (Korah), Belonging to a Fountain (Dathan), and My Father is Exalted (Abiram), on every side: and Belonging to a Fountain (Dathan) and My Father is Exalted (Abiram) came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.

 

28 Drawn (Moses) said: Hereby you shall know that I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) has sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of my own mind.

 

29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) has not sent me.

 

30 But if I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) makes a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallows them up, with all that appertain to them, and they go down alive into the pit; then you shall understand that these men have provoked I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

 

31 So it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them.

 

32 The earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and their houses, all the men that appertained to Bald (Korah), and all their goods.

 

33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

 

34 Then all God Prevails (Israel) that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said: Lest the earth swallow us up also!

 

35 There came out a fire from I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

 

36 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses), saying:

 

37 Speak to God Has Helped (Eleazar) the son of Light Bringer (Aaron) the priest. Have him take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.

 

38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), therefore they are hallowed. They shall be a sign to the children of God Prevails (Israel).

 

39 So God Has Helped (Eleazar), the priest, took the bronze censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered, and they were made into broad plates for a covering of the altar:

 

40 To be a memorial to the children of God Prevails (Israel), that no stranger, who is not of the seed of Light Bringer (Aaron), come near to offer incense before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah); that he be not as Bald (Korah), and as his company: as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) said to him by the hand of Drawn (Moses).

 

41 But on the morrow, all the congregation of the children of God Prevails (Israel) murmured against Drawn (Moses) and against Light Bringer (Aaron), saying: You have killed the people of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

 

42 It came to pass when the congregation was gathered against Drawn (Moses) and against Light Bringer (Aaron), that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) appeared.

 

43 Drawn (Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron) came before the tabernacle of the congregation.

 

44 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses), saying:

 

45 Get up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell on their faces.

 

46 Then Drawn (Moses) said to Light Bringer (Aaron), Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly to the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for anger has gone out from I AM (the LORD, Yehovah); the plague is begun.

 

47 Light Bringer (Aaron) took as Drawn (Moses) commanded and ran into the midst of the congregation; and the plague was beginning among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.

 

48 So he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.

 

49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Bald (Korah).

 

50 Then Light Bringer (Aaron) returned to Drawn (Moses) to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stopped.