The Latin Vulgate VUL
English Standard Version ESV
1 ecce autem Core filius Isaar filii Caath filii Levi et Dathan atque Abiram filii Heliab Hon quoque filius Pheleth de filiis Ruben
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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.
2 surrexerunt contra Mosen aliique filiorum Israhel ducenti quinquaginta viri proceres synagogae et qui tempore concilii per nomina vocabantur
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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.
3 cumque stetissent adversum Mosen et Aaron dixerunt sufficiat vobis quia omnis multitudo sanctorum est et in ipsis est Dominus cur elevamini super populum Domini
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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?"
4 quod cum audisset Moses cecidit pronus in faciem
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When Moses heard it, he fell on his face,
5 locutusque ad Core et ad omnem multitudinem mane inquit notum faciet Dominus qui ad se pertineant et sanctos adplicabit sibi et quos elegerit adpropinquabunt ei
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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.
6 hoc igitur facite tollat unusquisque turibula sua tu Core et omne concilium tuum
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Do this: take censers, Korah and all his company;
7 et hausto cras igne ponite desuper thymiama coram Domino et quemcumque elegerit ipse erit sanctus multum erigimini filii Levi
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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!"
8 dixitque rursum ad Core audite filii Levi
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And Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi:
9 num parum vobis est quod separavit vos Deus Israhel ab omni populo et iunxit sibi ut serviretis ei in cultu tabernaculi et staretis coram frequentia populi et ministraretis ei
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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,
10 idcirco ad se fecit accedere te et omnes fratres tuos filios Levi ut vobis etiam sacerdotium vindicetis
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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?
11 et omnis globus tuus stet contra Dominum quid est enim Aaron ut murmuretis contra eum
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Therefore it is against the LORD that you and all your company have gathered together. What is Aaron that you grumble against him?"
12 misit ergo Moses ut vocaret Dathan et Abiram filios Heliab qui responderunt non venimus
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And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and they said, "We will not come up.
13 numquid parum est tibi quod eduxisti nos de terra quae lacte et melle manabat ut occideres in deserto nisi et dominatus fueris nostri
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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, that you must also make yourself a prince over us?
14 re vera induxisti nos in terram quae fluit rivis lactis et mellis et dedisti nobis possessiones agrorum et vinearum an et oculos nostros vis eruere non venimus
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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."
15 iratusque Moses valde ait ad Dominum ne respicias sacrificia eorum tu scis quod ne asellum quidem umquam acceperim ab eis nec adflixerim quempiam eorum
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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 dixitque ad Core tu et omnis congregatio tua state seorsum coram Domino et Aaron die crastino separatim
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And Moses said to Korah, "Be present, you and all your company, before the LORD, you and they, and Aaron, tomorrow.
17 tollite singuli turibula vestra et ponite super ea incensum offerentes Domino ducenta quinquaginta turibula Aaron quoque teneat turibulum suum
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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, censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer."
18 quod cum fecissent stantibus Mosen et Aaron
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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.
19 et coacervassent adversum eos omnem multitudinem ad ostium tabernaculi apparuit cunctis gloria Domini
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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.
20 locutusque Dominus ad Mosen et Aaron ait
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And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
21 separamini de medio congregationis huius ut eos repente disperdam
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"Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment."
22 qui ceciderunt proni in faciem atque dixerunt fortissime Deus spirituum universae carnis num uno peccante contra omnes tua ira desaeviet
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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?"
23 et ait Dominus ad Mosen
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
24 praecipe universo populo ut separetur a tabernaculis Core et Dathan et Abiram
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"Say to the congregation, Get away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram."
25 surrexitque Moses et abiit ad Dathan et Abiram et sequentibus eum senioribus Israhel
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Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
26 dixit ad turbam recedite a tabernaculis hominum impiorum et nolite tangere quae ad eos pertinent ne involvamini in peccatis eorum
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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."
27 cumque recessissent a tentoriis eorum per circuitum Dathan et Abiram egressi stabant in introitu papilionum suorum cum uxoribus et liberis omnique frequentia
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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.
28 et ait Moses in hoc scietis quod Dominus miserit me ut facerem universa quae cernitis et non ex proprio ea corde protulerim
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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.
29 si consueta hominum morte interierint et visitaverit eos plaga qua et ceteri visitari solent non misit me Dominus
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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.
30 sin autem novam rem fecerit Dominus ut aperiens terra os suum degluttiat eos et omnia quae ad illos pertinent descenderintque viventes in infernum scietis quod blasphemaverint Dominum
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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 confestim igitur ut cessavit loqui disrupta est terra sub pedibus eorum
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And as soon as he had finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split apart.
32 et aperiens os suum devoravit illos cum tabernaculis suis et universa substantia
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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.
33 descenderuntque vivi in infernum operti humo et perierunt de medio multitudinis
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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.
34 at vero omnis Israhel qui stabat per gyrum fugit ad clamorem pereuntium dicens ne forte et nos terra degluttiat
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And all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, "Lest the earth swallow us up!"
35 sed et ignis egressus a Domino interfecit ducentos quinquaginta viros qui offerebant incensum
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And fire came out from the LORD and consumed the 250 men offering the incense.
36 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
37 praecipe Eleazaro filio Aaron sacerdotis ut tollat turibula quae iacent in incendio et ignem huc illucque dispergat quoniam sanctificata sunt
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"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.
38 in mortibus peccatorum producatque ea in lamminas et adfigat altari eo quod oblatum sit in eis incensum Domino et sanctificata sint ut cernant ea pro signo et monumento filii Israhel
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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."
39 tulit ergo Eleazar sacerdos turibula aenea in quibus obtulerant hii quos incendium devoravit et produxit ea in lamminas adfigens altari
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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,
40 ut haberent postea filii Israhel 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 Mosen
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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.
41 murmuravit autem omnis multitudo filiorum Israhel sequenti die contra Mosen et Aaron dicens vos interfecistis populum Domini
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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."
42 cumque oreretur seditio et tumultus incresceret
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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.
43 Moses et Aaron fugerunt ad tabernaculum foederis quod postquam ingressi sunt operuit nubes et apparuit gloria Domini
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And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting,
44 dixitque Dominus ad Mosen
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and the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
45 recedite de medio huius multitudinis etiam nunc delebo eos cumque iacerent in terra
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"Get away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment."And they fell on their faces.
46 dixit Moses ad Aaron tolle turibulum 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 desaevit
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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."
47 quod cum fecisset Aaron et cucurrisset ad mediam multitudinem quam iam vastabat incendium obtulit thymiama
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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.
48 et stans inter mortuos ac viventes pro populo deprecatus est et plaga cessavit
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And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.
49 fuerunt autem qui percussi sunt quattuordecim milia hominum et septingenti absque his qui perierant in seditione Core
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Now those who died in the plague were 14,700, besides those who died in the affair of Korah.
50 reversusque est Aaron ad Mosen ad ostium tabernaculi foederis postquam quievit interitus
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And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped.
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