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Numbers 16:15 (NLT) New Living Translation

1 One day Korah son of Izhar, a descendant of Kohath son of Levi, conspired with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, from the tribe of Reuben.
2 They incited a rebellion against Moses, along with 250 other leaders of the community, all prominent members of the assembly.
3 They united against Moses and Aaron and said, "You have gone too far! The whole community of Israel has been set apart by the LORD, and he is with all of us. What right do you have to act as though you are greater than the rest of the LORD's people?"
4 When Moses heard what they were saying, he fell face down on the ground.
5 Then he said to Korah and his followers, "Tomorrow morning the LORD will show us who belongs to him and who is holy. The LORD will allow only those whom he selects to enter his own presence.
6 Korah, you and all your followers must prepare your incense burners.
7 Light fires in them tomorrow, and burn incense before the LORD. Then we will see whom the LORD chooses as his holy one. You Levites are the ones who have gone too far!"
8 Then Moses spoke again to Korah: "Now listen, you Levites!
9 Does it seem insignificant to you that the God of Israel has chosen you from among all the community of Israel to be near him so you can serve in the LORD's Tabernacle and stand before the people to minister to them?
10 Korah, he has already given this special ministry to you and your fellow Levites. Are you now demanding the priesthood as well?
11 The LORD is the one you and your followers are really revolting against! For who is Aaron that you are complaining about him?"
12 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they replied, "We refuse to come before you!
13 Isn't it enough that you brought us out of Egypt, a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us here in this wilderness, and that you now treat us like your subjects?
14 What's more, you haven't brought us into another land flowing with milk and honey. You haven't given us a new homeland with fields and vineyards. Are you trying to fool these men? We will not come."
15 Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, "Do not accept their grain offerings! I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, and I have never hurt a single one of them."
16 And Moses said to Korah, "You and all your followers must come here tomorrow and present yourselves before the LORD. Aaron will also be here.
17 You and each of your 250 followers must prepare an incense burner and put incense on it, so you can all present them before the LORD. Aaron will also bring his incense burner."
18 So each of these men prepared an incense burner, lit the fire, and placed incense on it. Then they all stood at the entrance of the Tabernacle with Moses and Aaron.
19 Meanwhile, Korah had stirred up the entire community against Moses and Aaron, and they all gathered at the Tabernacle entrance. Then the glorious presence of the LORD appeared to the whole community,
20 and the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
21 "Get away from all these people so that I may instantly destroy them!"
22 But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground. "O God," they pleaded, "you are the God who gives breath to all creatures. Must you be angry with all the people when only one man sins?"
23 And the LORD said to Moses,
24 "Then tell all the people to get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram."
25 So Moses got up and rushed over to the tents of Dathan and Abiram, followed by the elders of Israel.
26 "Quick!" he told the people. "Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and don't touch anything that belongs to them. If you do, you will be destroyed for their sins."
27 So all the people stood back from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Then Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrances of their tents, together with their wives and children and little ones.
28 And Moses said, "This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things that I have done-- for I have not done them on my own.
29 If these men die a natural death, or if nothing unusual happens, then the LORD has not sent me.
30 But if the LORD does something entirely new and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and all their belongings, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have shown contempt for the LORD."
31 He had hardly finished speaking the words when the ground suddenly split open beneath them.
32 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the men, along with their households and all their followers who were standing with them, and everything they owned.
33 So they went down alive into the grave, along with all their belongings. The earth closed over them, and they all vanished from among the people of Israel.
34 All the people around them fled when they heard their screams. "The earth will swallow us, too!" they cried.
35 Then fire blazed forth from the LORD and burned up the 250 men who were offering incense.
36 And the LORD said to Moses,
37 "Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to pull all the incense burners from the fire, for they are holy. Also tell him to scatter the burning coals.
38 Take the incense burners of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and hammer the metal into a thin sheet to overlay the altar. Since these burners were used in the LORD's presence, they have become holy. Let them serve as a warning to the people of Israel."
39 So Eleazar the priest collected the 250 bronze incense burners that had been used by the men who died in the fire, and he hammered them into a thin sheet to overlay the altar.
40 This would warn the Israelites that no unauthorized person-- no one who was not a descendant of Aaron-- should ever enter the LORD's presence to burn incense. If anyone did, the same thing would happen to him as happened to Korah and his followers. So the LORD's instructions to Moses were carried out.
41 But the very next morning the whole community of Israel began muttering again against Moses and Aaron, saying, "You have killed the LORD's people!"
42 As the community gathered to protest against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the Tabernacle and saw that the cloud had covered it, and the glorious presence of the LORD appeared.
43 Moses and Aaron came and stood in front of the Tabernacle,
44 and the LORD said to Moses,
45 "Get away from all these people so that I can instantly destroy them!" But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground.
46 And Moses said to Aaron, "Quick, take an incense burner and place burning coals on it from the altar. Lay incense on it, and carry it out among the people to purify them and make them right with the LORD. The LORD's anger is blazing against them-- the plague has already begun."
47 Aaron did as Moses told him and ran out among the people. The plague had already begun to strike down the people, but Aaron burned the incense and purified the people.
48 He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague stopped.
49 But 14,700 people died in that plague, in addition to those who had died in the affair involving Korah.
50 Then because the plague had stopped, Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
1 Now Korah H7141 , the son H1121 of Izhar H3324 , the son H1121 of Kohath H6955 , the son H1121 of Levi H3878 , and Dathan H1885 and Abiram H48 , the sons H1121 of Eliab H446 , and On H203 , the son H1121 of Peleth H6431 , sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 , took H3947 W-VQY3MS men :
2 And they rose up H6965 before H6440 L-CMP Moses H4872 , with certain H376 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , two hundred H3967 and fifty H2572 MMP princes H5387 of the assembly H5712 , famous H7148 in the congregation H4150 NMS , men H376 of renown H8034 :
3 And they gathered themselves together H6950 against H5921 PREP Moses H4872 and against H5921 PREP Aaron H175 , and said H559 W-VQY3MP unto H413 PREP-3MS them , Ye take too much H7227 AMS upon you , seeing H3588 CONJ all H3605 CMS the congregation H5712 are holy H6918 , every one H3605 CMS-3MP of them , and the LORD H3068 EDS is among H8432 them : wherefore H4069 then lift ye up yourselves H5375 above H5921 PREP the congregation H6951 of the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS ?
4 And when Moses H4872 heard H8085 it , he fell H5307 W-VQY3MS upon H5921 PREP his face H6440 CMS-3MS :
5 And he spoke H1696 W-VPY3MS unto H413 PREP Korah H7141 and unto H413 PREP all H3605 NMS his company H5712 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Even tomorrow H1242 NMS the LORD H3068 EDS will show H3045 who H834 RPRO are his , and who is holy H6918 ; and will cause him to come near H7126 unto H413 PREP-3MS him : even him whom H834 RPRO he hath chosen H977 will he cause to come near H7126 unto H413 PREP him .
6 This H2063 DPRO do H6213 ; Take H3947 you censers H4289 , Korah H7141 , and all H3605 W-CMS his company H5712 ;
7 And put H5414 fire H784 CMS therein , and put H7760 W-VQI2MP incense H7004 in H5921 them before H6440 L-CMP the LORD H3068 EDS tomorrow H4279 NMS : and it shall be H1961 W-VQQ3MS that the man H376 D-NMS whom H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS doth choose H977 , he H1931 PPRO-3MS shall be holy H6918 : ye take too much H7227 AMS upon you , ye sons H1121 of Levi H3878 .
8 And Moses H4872 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Korah H7141 , Hear H8085 VQI2MP , I pray you H4994 IJEC , ye sons H1121 of Levi H3878 :
9 Seemeth it but a small thing H4592 D-AMS unto H4480 M-PPRO-2MS you , that H3588 CONJ the God H430 CDP of Israel H3478 hath separated H914 you from the congregation H5712 of Israel H3478 , to bring you near H7126 to H413 PREP-3MS himself to do H5647 the service H5656 of the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD H3068 EDS , and to stand H5975 before H6440 L-CMP the congregation H5712 to minister H8334 unto them ?
10 And he hath brought thee near H7126 to him , and all H3605 NMS thy brethren H251 CMP-2MS the sons H1121 CMP of Levi H3878 with H854 PART-2MS thee : and seek H1245 ye the priesthood H3550 also H1571 CONJ ?
11 For which cause H3651 L-ADV both thou H859 PPRO-2MS and all H3605 W-CMS thy company H5712 are gathered together H3259 against H5921 PREP the LORD H3068 EDS : and what H4100 IPRO is Aaron H175 , that H3588 CONJ ye murmur H3885 against H5921 PREP him ?
12 And Moses H4872 sent H7971 W-VQY3MS to call H7121 Dathan H1885 and Abiram H48 , the sons H1121 of Eliab H446 : which said H559 W-VQY3MP , We will not H3808 NADV come up H5927 :
13 Is it a small thing H4592 D-AMS that H3588 CONJ thou hast brought us up H5927 out of a land H776 M-NFS that floweth H2100 with milk H2461 NMS and honey H1706 , to kill H4191 us in the wilderness H4057 , except H3588 CONJ thou make thyself altogether a prince H8323 over H5921 PREP-1MP us ?
14 Moreover H637 CONJ thou hast not H3808 NADV brought H935 us into H413 PREP a land H776 GFS that floweth H2100 with milk H2461 NMS and honey H1706 , or given H5414 us inheritance H5159 of fields H7704 and vineyards H3754 : wilt thou put out H5365 the eyes H5869 I-CMD of these H1992 D-PPRO-3MP men H376 D-NMP ? we will not H3808 NADV come up H5927 .
15 And Moses H4872 was very wroth H2734 W-VQY3MS , and said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP the LORD H3068 EDS , Respect H6437 VQI3MS not H408 NPAR thou their offering H4503 : I have not H3808 NADV taken H5375 VQQ1MS one H259 MMS ass H2543 CMS from H4480 them , neither H3808 W-NADV have I hurt H7489 one H259 of H4480 them .
16 And Moses H4872 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Korah H7141 , Be H1961 thou H859 PPRO-2MS and all H3605 W-CMS thy company H5712 before H6440 L-CMP the LORD H3068 EDS , thou H859 PPRO-2MS , and they H1992 , and Aaron H175 , tomorrow H4279 :
17 And take H3947 every man H376 NMS his censer H4289 , and put H5414 incense H7004 in H5921 PREP-3MP them , and bring H7126 ye before H6440 L-CMP the LORD H3068 EDS every man H376 NMS his censer H4289 , two hundred H3967 W-MFD and fifty H2572 MMP censers H4289 ; thou H859 W-PPRO-2MS also , and Aaron H175 , each H376 NMS of you his censer H4289 .
18 And they took H3947 W-VQY3MP every man H376 NMS his censer H4289 , and put H5414 W-VQY3MP fire H784 CMS in H413 them , and laid H7760 W-VQY3MP incense H7004 thereon H413 , and stood H5975 in the door H6607 CMS of the tabernacle H168 NMS of the congregation H4150 NMS with Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 .
19 And Korah H7141 gathered H6950 all H3605 NMS the congregation H5712 against H5921 PREP-3MP them unto H413 PREP the door H6607 CMS of the tabernacle H168 NMS of the congregation H4150 NMS : and the glory H3519 of the LORD H3068 EDS appeared H7200 W-VNY3MS unto H413 PREP all H3605 NMS the congregation H5712 .
20 And the LORD H3068 EDS spoke H1696 W-VPY3MS unto H413 PREP Moses H4872 and unto H413 PREP Aaron H175 , saying H559 L-VQFC ,
21 Separate yourselves H914 from among H8432 this H2063 D-DFS congregation H5712 , that I may consume H3615 them in a moment H7281 .
22 And they fell H5307 W-VQY3MP upon H5921 PREP their faces H6440 CMP-3MP , and said H559 W-VQY3MP , O God H410 EDS , the God H430 CDP of the spirits H7307 of all H3605 NMS flesh H1320 NMS , shall one H259 MMS man H376 D-NMS sin H2398 , and wilt thou be wroth H7107 with H5921 PREP all H3605 NMS the congregation H5712 ?
23 And the LORD H3068 EDS spoke H1696 W-VPY3MS unto H413 PREP Moses H4872 , saying H559 ,
24 Speak H1696 VPFC unto H413 PREP the congregation H5712 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Get you up H5927 from about H5439 M-ADV the tabernacle H4908 of Korah H7141 , Dathan H1885 , and Abiram H48 .
25 And Moses H4872 rose up H6965 W-VQY3MS and went H1980 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Dathan H1885 and Abiram H48 ; and the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 LMS followed H1980 W-VQY3MP him .
26 And he spoke H1696 W-VPY3MS unto H413 PREP the congregation H5712 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Depart H5493 , I pray you H4994 IJEC , from M-PREP the tents H168 of these H428 D-DPRO-3MP wicked H7563 men H376 D-NMP , and touch H5060 nothing H408 of theirs , lest H6435 CONJ ye be consumed H5595 in all H3605 B-CMS their sins H2403 .
27 So they got up H5927 from M-PREP the tabernacle H4908 of Korah H7141 , Dathan H1885 , and Abiram H48 , on every side H5439 M-ADV : and Dathan H1885 and Abiram H48 came out H3318 VQQ3MP , and stood H5324 in the door H6607 CMS of their tents H168 , and their wives H802 , and their sons H1121 , and their little children H2945 .
28 And Moses H4872 said H559 W-VQY3MS , Hereby H2063 ye shall know H3045 that H3588 CONJ the LORD H3068 EDS hath sent H7971 me to do H6213 L-VQFC all H3605 NMS these H428 D-DPRO-3MP works H4639 ; for H3588 CONJ I have not H3808 NADV done them of mine own mind H3820 .
29 If H518 PART these H428 PMP men die H4191 the common death H4194 of all H3605 NMS men H120 D-NMS , or if they be visited H6485 after H5921 PREP-3MP the visitation H6486 of all H3605 NMS men H120 D-NMS ; then the LORD H3068 EDS hath not H3808 NADV sent H7971 me .
30 But if H518 W-PART the LORD H3068 EDS make H1254 a new thing H1278 , and the earth H127 D-NFS open H6475 her mouth H6310 CMS-3FS , and swallow them up H1104 , with all H3605 NMS that H834 RPRO appertain unto them , and they go down H3381 quick H2416 NMP into the pit H7585 ; then ye shall understand H3045 that H3588 CONJ these H428 D-DPRO-3MP men H376 D-NMP have provoked H5006 the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
31 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS , as he had made an end H3615 of speaking H1696 all H3605 NMS these H428 D-DPRO-3MP words H1697 AMP , that the ground H127 D-NFS cleaved asunder H1234 that H834 RPRO was under H8478 them :
32 And the earth H776 D-GFS opened H6605 her mouth H6310 CMS-3FS , and swallowed them up H1104 , and their houses H1004 CMP-3MP , and all H3605 NMS the men H120 D-NMS that H834 RPRO appertained unto Korah H7141 , and all H3605 NMS their goods H7399 .
33 They H1992 PPRO-3MP , and all H3605 W-CMS that H834 RPRO appertained to them , went down H3381 alive H2416 NMP into the pit H7585 , and the earth H776 D-GFS closed H3680 upon H5921 PREP-3MP them : and they perished H6 from among H8432 the congregation H6951 .
34 And all H3605 W-CMS Israel H3478 that H834 RPRO were round about H5439 them fled H5127 at the cry H6963 of them : for H3588 CONJ they said H559 , Lest H6435 CONJ the earth H776 D-GFS swallow us up H1104 also .
35 And there came out H3318 VQQ3FS a fire H784 W-NMS from the LORD H3068 EDS , and consumed H398 W-VQY3FS the two hundred H3967 W-MFD and fifty H2572 men H376 NMS that offered H7126 incense H7004 .
36 And the LORD H3068 EDS spoke H1696 W-VPY3MS unto H413 PREP Moses H4872 , saying H559 ,
37 Speak H559 unto H413 PREP Eleazar H499 the son H1121 of Aaron H175 the priest H3548 , that he take up H7311 the censers H4289 out of the burning H8316 , and scatter H2219 thou the fire H784 yonder H1973 ; for H3588 they are hallowed H6942 .
38 The censers H4289 of these H428 D-DPRO-3MP sinners H2400 against their own souls H5315 , let them make H6213 W-VQQ3MP them broad H7555 plates H6341 NMP for a covering H6826 of the altar H4196 : for H3588 CONJ they offered H7126 them before H6440 the LORD H3068 EDS , therefore they are hallowed H6942 : and they shall be H1961 a sign H226 L-CMS unto the children H1121 L-CMP of Israel H3478 LMS .
39 And Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 took H3947 W-VQY3MS the brazen H5178 censers H4289 , wherewith H834 RPRO they that were burnt H8313 had offered H7126 ; and they were made broad H7554 plates for a covering H6826 of the altar H4196 :
40 To be a memorial H2146 unto the children H1121 L-CMP of Israel H3478 , that L-CONJ no H3808 stranger H2114 , which H1931 PPRO-3MS is not H3808 NADV of the seed H2233 of Aaron H175 , come near H7126 to offer H6999 incense H7004 before H6440 the LORD H3068 EDS ; that he be H1961 W-VQQ3MS not H3808 W-NPAR as Korah H7141 , and as his company H5712 : as H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS said H1696 VPQ3MS to him by the hand H3027 B-CFS of Moses H4872 .
41 But on the morrow H4283 all H3605 the congregation H5712 CFS of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 murmured H3885 against H5921 PREP Moses H4872 and against H5921 PREP Aaron H175 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Ye H859 PPRO-2MS have killed H4191 the people H5971 NMS of the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
42 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS , when the congregation H5712 was gathered H6950 against H5921 PREP Moses H4872 and against H5921 PREP Aaron H175 , that they looked H6437 toward H413 the tabernacle H168 NMS of the congregation H4150 NMS : and , behold H2009 IJEC , the cloud H6051 covered H3680 it , and the glory H3519 of the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS appeared H7200 W-VNY3MS .
43 And Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 came H935 W-VQY3MS before H413 PREP the tabernacle H168 NMS of the congregation H4150 .
44 And the LORD H3068 EDS spoke H1696 W-VPY3MS unto H413 Moses H4872 , saying H559 ,
45 Get you up H7426 from among H8432 this H2063 D-DFS congregation H5712 , that I may consume H3615 them as in a moment H7281 . And they fell H5307 W-VQY3MP upon H5921 PREP their faces H6440 L-CMP .
46 And Moses H4872 said H559 unto H413 PREP Aaron H175 , Take H3947 a censer H4289 , and put H5414 fire H784 CMS therein H5921 PREP-3FS from off H5921 the altar H4196 D-NMS , and put on H7760 W-VQI2MS incense H7004 , and go H1980 quickly H4120 unto H413 the congregation H5712 , and make an atonement H3722 for H5921 PREP-3MP them : for H3588 there is wrath H7110 gone out H3318 VQQ3MS from ML-CMP the LORD H3068 EDS ; the plague H5063 is begun H2490 VHQ3MS .
47 And Aaron H175 took H3947 W-VQY3MS as H834 K-RPRO Moses H4872 commanded H1696 VPQ3MS , and ran H7323 into H413 PREP the midst H8432 of the congregation H6951 ; and , behold H2009 IJEC , the plague H5063 was begun H2490 VHQ3MS among the people H5971 : and he put on W-VQQ3MS incense H7004 , and made an atonement H3722 for H5921 PREP the people H5971 D-NMS .
48 And he stood H5975 W-VQY3MS between H996 the dead H4191 and the living H2416 ; and the plague H4046 was stayed H6113 .
49 Now they that died H4191 in the plague H4046 were H1961 W-VQY3MP fourteen H702 MMS thousand H505 W-BMS and seven H7651 W-BFS hundred H3967 BFP , beside H905 them that died H4191 about H5921 PREP the matter H1697 CMS of Korah H7141 .
50 And Aaron H175 returned H7725 unto H413 PREP Moses H4872 unto H413 PREP the door H6607 CMS of the tabernacle H168 NMS of the congregation H4150 NMS : and the plague H4046 was stayed H6113 .
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