Numbers 16:1-50 NIV
Korah, Dathan and Abiram
1Korah
son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites—Dathan
and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—became insolenta 2and
rose up against Moses. With them were 250 Israelite men, well-known community
leaders who had been appointed members of the council. 3They
came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron and said to them, “You have gone
too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and The LORD Is With them. Why then do you set
yourselves above The LORD'S assembly?”
4When
Moses heard this, he fell facedown. 5Then he
said to Korah and all his followers: “In the morning The LORD WILL Show who belongs to HIM and who
is holy, and HE WILL Have that person come near Him. The man HE Chooses HE WILL Cause to come near HIM. 6You,
Korah, and all your followers are to do this: Take censers 7and
tomorrow put burning coals and incense in them Before The LORD. The man The LORD Chooses will be the one who is holy. You
Levites have gone too far!”
8Moses
also said to Korah, “Now listen, you Levites! 9Isn’t
it enough for you that The GOD of Israel Has Separated you from the rest of the
Israelite community and Brought you near HIMSELF to do the work at The LORD'S Tabernacle
and to stand before the community and minister to them? 10HE Has Brought you and all your fellow Levites near HIMSELF, but now you are trying to
get the priesthood too. 11It is Against The LORD that you and all your followers have
banded together. Who is Aaron that you should grumble against him?”
12Then
Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab. But they said, “We will
not come! 13Isn’t
it enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey
to kill us in the wilderness? And now you also want to lord it over us! 14Moreover,
you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an
inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you want to treat these men like slaves ? No, we will not come!”
15Then
Moses became very angry and said To The LORD, “Do not
accept their offering. I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, nor have
I wronged any of them.”
16Moses
said to Korah, “You and all your followers are to appear Before The LORD tomorrow—you and they and Aaron. 17Each
man is to take his censer and put incense in it—250 censers in all—and present
it Before The LORD. You and Aaron are to
present your censers also.” 18So each
of them took his censer, put burning coals and incense in it, and stood with
Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
19When
Korah had gathered all his followers in opposition to them at the entrance to
the tent of meeting, The Glory of The LORD Appeared To the entire assembly.
20The LORD Said To Moses and Aaron,
21“Separate yourselves from this assembly so I Can Put an end to them at once.”
20The LORD Said To Moses and Aaron,
21“Separate yourselves from this assembly so I Can Put an end to them at once.”
22But
Moses and Aaron fell facedown and cried out,
“O GOD, The GOD WHO Gives breath to all living things, WILL YOU Be Angry With the entire assembly when only one man sins?”
“O GOD, The GOD WHO Gives breath to all living things, WILL YOU Be Angry With the entire assembly when only one man sins?”
23Then The LORD Said To Moses,
24“Say to the assembly, ‘Move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.’ ”
24“Say to the assembly, ‘Move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.’ ”
25Moses
got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him. 26He
warned the assembly, “Move back from the tents of these wicked men! Do not
touch anything belonging to them, or you will be swept away because of all
their sins.” 27So they
moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram had
come out and were standing with their wives, children and little ones at the
entrances to their tents.
28Then
Moses said, “This is how you will know that The LORD Has Sent me to do all these things and
that it was not my idea: 29If
these men die a natural death and suffer the fate of all mankind, then The LORD Has Not Sent me. 30But If The LORD Brings About something totally new,
and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them, with everything that belongs
to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead, then you will know
that these men have treated The LORD with contempt.”
31As soon
as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart
32and the
earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, and all those
associated with Korah, together with their possessions.
33They
went down alive into the realm of the dead, with everything they owned; the
earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.
34At
their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting, “The earth is
going to swallow us too!”
35And fire came out From The LORD and consumed the 250 men who were
offering the incense.
36The LORD Said To Moses,
37“Tell Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, to remove the censers from the charred remains and scatter the coals some distance away, for the censers are holy— 38the censers of the men who sinned at the cost of their lives.
Hammer the censers into sheets to overlay the altar, for they were presented Before The LORD and have become holy. Let them be a sign to the Israelites.”
37“Tell Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, to remove the censers from the charred remains and scatter the coals some distance away, for the censers are holy— 38the censers of the men who sinned at the cost of their lives.
Hammer the censers into sheets to overlay the altar, for they were presented Before The LORD and have become holy. Let them be a sign to the Israelites.”
39So
Eleazar the priest collected the bronze censers brought by those who had been
burned to death, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar, 40 As The LORD Directed him through Moses. This was
to remind the Israelites that no one except a descendant of Aaron should come
to burn incense Before The LORD, or he
would become like Korah and his followers.
41The
next day the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. “You
have killed The LORD'S people,” they said.
42But
when the assembly gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron and turned toward
the tent of meeting, suddenly the cloud covered it and The Glory of The LORD Appeared. 43Then
Moses and Aaron went to the front of the tent of meeting,
44 And The LORD Said To Moses,
45“Get away from this assembly so I Can Put an end to them at once.”
And they fell facedown.
44 And The LORD Said To Moses,
45“Get away from this assembly so I Can Put an end to them at once.”
And they fell facedown.
46Then
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put incense in it, along with
burning coals from the altar, and hurry to the assembly to make atonement for
them. Wrath has come out From The LORD; the plague
has started.” 47So
Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the midst of the assembly. The plague had
already started among the people, but Aaron offered the incense and made
atonement for them.
48He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague stopped.
48He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague stopped.
49But 14,700
people died from the plague, in addition to those who had died because of
Korah. 50Then
Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the tent of meeting, for the plague
had stopped.
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