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1 And behold Core the son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab, and Hon the son of Pheleth of the children of Ruben,
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Now Korah son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi, along with Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—descendants of Reuben—took
2 Rose up against Moses, and with them two hundred and fifty others of the children of Israel, leading men of the synagogue, and who in the time of assembly were called by name.
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two hundred fifty Israelite men, leaders of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men, and they confronted Moses.
3 And when they had stood up against Moses and Aaron, they said: Let it be enough for you, that all the multitude consisteth of holy ones, and the Lord is among them: Why lift you up yourselves above the people of the Lord?
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They assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, "You have gone too far! All the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. So why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?"
4 When Moses heard this, he fell flat on his face:
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When Moses heard it, he fell on his face.
5 And speaking to Core and all the multitude, he said: In the morning the Lord will make known who belong to him, and the holy he will join to himself: and whom he shall choose, they shall approach to him.
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Then he said to Korah and all his company, "In the morning the Lord will make known who is his, and who is holy, and who will be allowed to approach him; the one whom he will choose he will allow to approach him.
6 Do this therefore: Take every man of you your censers, thou Core, and all thy company.
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Do this: take censers, Korah and all your company,
7 And putting fire in them to morrow, put incense upon it before the Lord: and whomsoever he shall choose, the same shall be holy: you take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
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and tomorrow put fire in them, and lay incense on them before the Lord; and the man whom the Lord chooses shall be the holy one. You Levites have gone too far!"
8 And he said again to Core: Hear ye sons of Levi.
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Then Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you Levites!
9 Is it a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath spared you from all the people, and joined you to himself, that you should serve him in the service of the tabernacle, and should stand before the congregation of the people, and should minister to him?
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Is it too little for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to allow you to approach him in order to perform the duties of the Lord's tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation and serve them?
10 Did he therefore make thee and all thy brethren the sons of Levi to approach unto him, that you should challenge to yourselves the priesthood also,
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He has allowed you to approach him, and all your brother Levites with you; yet you seek the priesthood as well!
11 And that all thy company should stand against the Lord? for what is Aaron that you murmur against him?
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Therefore you and all your company have gathered together against the Lord. What is Aaron that you rail against him?"
12 Then Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab. But they answered: We will not come.
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Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab; but they said, "We will not come!
13 Is it a small matter to thee, that thou hast brought us out of a land that flowed with milk and honey, to kill us in the desert, except thou rule also like a lord over us?
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Is it too little 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 lord it over us?
14 Thou hast brought us indeed into a land that floweth with rivers of milk and honey, and hast given us possessions of fields and vineyards; wilt thou also pull out our eyes? We will not come.
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It is clear you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Would you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come!"
15 Moses therefore being very angry, said to the Lord: Respect not their sacrifices: thou knowest that I have not taken of them so much as a young ass at any time, nor have injured any of them.
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Moses was very angry and said to the Lord, "Pay no attention to their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed any one of them."
16 And he said to Core: Do thou and thy congregation stand apart before the Lord to morrow, and Aaron apart.
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And Moses said to Korah, "As for you and all your company, be present tomorrow before the Lord, you and they and Aaron;
17 Take every one of you censers, and put incense upon them, offering to the Lord two hundred and fifty censers: let Aaron also hold his censer.
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and let each one of you take his censer, and put incense on it, and each one of you present his censer before the Lord, two hundred fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer."
18 When they had done this, Moses and Aaron standing,
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So each man took his censer, and they put fire in the censers and laid incense on them, and they stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
19 And had drawn up all the multitude against them to the door of the tabernacle, the glory of the Lord appeared to them all.
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Then Korah assembled the whole congregation against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole congregation.
20 And the Lord speaking to Moses and Aaron, said:
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Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:
21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may presently destroy them.
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Separate yourselves from this congregation, so that I may consume them in a moment.
22 They fell flat on their face, and said: O most mighty, the God of the spirits of all flesh, for one man’s sin shall thy wrath rage against all?
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They fell on their faces, and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one person sin and you become angry with the whole congregation?"
23 And the Lord said to Moses:
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
24 Command the whole people to separate themselves from the tents of Core and Dathan and Abiron.
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Say to the congregation: Get away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
25 And Moses arose, and went to Dathan and Abiron: and the ancients of Israel following him,
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So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram; the elders of Israel followed him.
26 He said to the multitude: Depart from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be involved in their sins.
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He said to the congregation, "Turn away from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, or you will be swept away for all their sins."
27 And when they were departed from their tents round about, Dathan and Abiron coming out stood in the entry of their pavilions with their wives and children, and all the people.
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So they got away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrance of their tents, together with their wives, their children, and their little ones.
28 And Moses said: By this you shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all things that you see, and that I have not forged them of my own head:
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And Moses said, "This is how you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works; it has not been of my own accord:
29 If these men die the common death of men, and if they be visited with a plague, wherewith others also are wont to be visited, the Lord did not send me.
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If these people die a natural death, or if a natural fate comes on them, then the Lord has not sent me.
30 But if the Lord do a new thing, and the earth opening her mouth swallow them down, and all things that belong to them, and they go down alive into hell, you shall know that they have blasphemed the Lord.
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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."
31 And immediately as he had made an end of speaking, the earth broke asunder under their feet:
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As soon as he finished speaking all these words, the ground under them was split apart.
32 And opening her mouth, devoured them with their tents and all their substance.
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The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, along with their households—everyone who belonged to Korah and all their goods.
33 And they went down alive into hell, the ground closing upon them, and they perished from among the people.
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So they with all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol; the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
34 But all Israel, that was standing round about, fled at the cry of them that were perishing: saying: Lest perhaps the earth swallow us up also.
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All Israel around them fled at their outcry, for they said, "The earth will swallow us too!"
35 And a fire coming out from the Lord, destroyed the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.
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And fire came out from the Lord and consumed the two hundred fifty men offering the incense.
36 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
37 Command Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers that lie in the burning, and to scatter the fire of one side and the other: because they are sanctified
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Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to take the censers out of the blaze; then scatter the fire far and wide.
38 In the deaths of the sinners: and let him beat them into plates, and fasten them to the altar, because incense hath been offered in them to the Lord, and they are sanctified, that the children of Israel may see them for a sign and a memorial.
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For the censers of these sinners have become holy at the cost of their lives. Make them into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they presented them before the Lord and they became holy. Thus they shall be a sign to the Israelites.
39 Then Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherein they had offered, whom the burning fire had devoured, and beat them into plates, fastening them to the altar:
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So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that had been presented by those who were burned; and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar—
40 That the children of Israel might have for the time to come wherewith they should be admonished, that no stranger or any one that is not of the seed of Aaron should come near to offer incense to the Lord, lest he should suffer as Core suffered, and all his congregation, according as the Lord spoke to Moses.
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a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, shall approach to offer incense before the Lord, so as not to become like Korah and his company—just as the Lord had said to him through Moses.
41 The following day all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying: You have killed the people of the Lord.
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On the next day, however, the whole congregation of the Israelites rebelled against Moses and against Aaron, saying, "You have killed the people of the Lord."
42 And when there arose a sedition, and the tumult increased,
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And when the congregation had assembled against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the tent of meeting; the cloud had covered it and the glory of the Lord appeared.
43 Moses and Aaron fled to the tabernacle of the covenant. And when they were gone into it, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
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Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting,
44 And the Lord said to Moses:
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and the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
45 Get you out from the midst of this multitude, this moment will I destroy them. And as they were lying on the ground,
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"Get away from this congregation, so that I may consume them in a moment." And they fell on their faces.
46 Moses said to Aaron: Take the censer, and putting fire in it from the altar, put incense upon it, and go quickly to the people to pray for them: for already wrath is gone out from the Lord, and the plague rageth.
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Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer, put fire on it from 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."
47 When Aaron had done this, and had run to the midst of the multitude which the burning fire was now destroying, he offered the incense:
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So Aaron took it as Moses had ordered, and ran into the middle of the assembly, where the plague had already begun among the people. He put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
48 And standing between the dead and the living, he prayed for the people, and the plague ceased.
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He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stopped.
49 And the number of them that were slain was fourteen thousand and seven hundred men, besides them that had perished in the sedition of Core.
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Those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died in the affair of Korah.
50 And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant after the destruction was over.
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When the plague was stopped, Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
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