And the Lord spake unto Moses When on his face in prayer, and bid him rise up, and told him he had granted his request, and then spoke to him: saying; as follows.
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"Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I can finish them off and be done with them."
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They threw themselves on their faces and said, "O God, God of everything living, when one man sins are you going to take it out on the whole community?"
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"Speak to the community. Tell them, Back off from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram."
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Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram. The leaders of Israel followed him.
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