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1 Now Ko­rah, the son of Izhar, the son of Ko­hath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abi­ram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: 2 And they rose up be­fore Moses, with cer­tain of the chil­dren of Is­rael, two hun­dred and fifty princes of the as­sem­bly, fa­mous in the con­gre­ga­tion, men of renown: 3 And they gath­ered them­selves to­geth­er against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, see­ing all the con­gre­ga­tion are holy, ev­ery one of them, and the LORD is among them: where­fore then lift ye up your­selves above the con­gre­ga­tion of the LORD? 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: 5 And he spake unto Ko­rah and unto all his com­pa­ny, say­ing, Even to mor­row the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath cho­sen will he cause to come near unto him. 6 This do; Take you censers, Ko­rah, and all his com­pa­ny; 7 And put fire there­in, and put in­cense in them be­fore the LORD to mor­row: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. 8 And Moses said unto Ko­rah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: 9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Is­rael hath sep­a­rat­ed you from the con­gre­ga­tion of Is­rael, to bring you near to him­self to do the ser­vice of the taber­na­cle of the LORD, and to stand be­fore the con­gre­ga­tion to min­is­ter unto them? 10 And he hath brought thee near ­to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priest­hood al­so? 11 For which cause both thou and all thy com­pa­ny are gath­ered to­geth­er against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye mur­mur against him? 12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abi­ram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up: 13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and hon­ey, to kill us in the wilder­ness, ex­cept thou make thy­self al­to­geth­er a prince over us? 14 More­over thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and hon­ey, or giv­en us in­her­i­tance of fields and vine­yards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. 15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Re­spect not thou their of­fer­ing: I have not tak­en one ass from them, nei­ther have I hurt one of them. 16 And Moses said unto Ko­rah, Be thou and all thy com­pa­ny be­fore the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to mor­row: 17 And take ev­ery man his censer, and put in­cense in them, and bring ye be­fore the LORD ev­ery man his censer, two hun­dred and fifty censers; thou al­so, and Aaron, each of you his censer. 18 And they took ev­ery man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid in­cense there­on, and stood in the door of the taber­na­cle of the con­gre­ga­tion with Moses and Aaron. 19 And Ko­rah gath­ered all the con­gre­ga­tion against them unto the door of the taber­na­cle of the con­gre­ga­tion: and the glo­ry of the LORD ap­peared unto all the con­gre­ga­tion. 20 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, say­ing, 21 Sep­a­rate your­selves from among this con­gre­ga­tion, that I may con­sume them in a mo­ment. 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spir­its of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the con­gre­ga­tion? 23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, say­ing, 24 Speak unto the con­gre­ga­tion, say­ing, Get you up from about the taber­na­cle of Ko­rah, Dathan, and Abi­ram. 25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abi­ram; and the el­ders of Is­rael fol­lowed him. 26 And he spake unto the con­gre­ga­tion, say­ing, De­part, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch noth­ing of theirs, lest ye be con­sumed in all their sins. 27 So they gat up from the taber­na­cle of Ko­rah, Dathan, and Abi­ram, on ev­ery side: and Dathan and Abi­ram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their lit­tle chil­dren. 28 And Moses said, Here­by ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not ­done them of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the com­mon death of all men, or if they be vis­it­ed af­ter the vis­i­ta­tion of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me. 30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swal­low them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall un­der­stand that these men have pro­voked the LORD. 31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speak­ing all these words, that the ground clave asun­der that was un­der them: 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swal­lowed them up, and their hous­es, and all the men that appertained unto Ko­rah, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they per­ished from among the con­gre­ga­tion. 34 And all Is­rael that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swal­low us up also. 35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and con­sumed the two hun­dred and fifty men that of­fered in­cense. 36 And the LORD spake unto Moses, say­ing, 37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burn­ing, and scat­ter thou the fire yon­der; for they are hal­lowed. 38 The censers of these sin­ners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a cov­er­ing of the al­tar: for they of­fered them be­fore the LORD, there­fore they are hal­lowed: and they shall be a sign unto the chil­dren of Is­rael. 39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, where­with they that were burnt had of­fered; and they were made broad ­plates for a cov­er­ing of the al­tar: 40 ­To be a memo­ri­al unto the chil­dren of Is­rael, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to of­fer in­cense be­fore the LORD; that he be not as Ko­rah, and as his com­pa­ny: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. 41 But on the mor­row all the con­gre­ga­tion of the chil­dren of Is­rael mur­mured against Moses and against Aaron, say­ing, Ye have killed the peo­ple of the LORD. 42 And it came to pass, when the con­gre­ga­tion was gath­ered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked to­ward the taber­na­cle of the con­gre­ga­tion: and, be­hold, the cloud cov­ered it, and the glo­ry of the LORD ap­peared. 43 And Moses and Aaron came be­fore the taber­na­cle of the con­gre­ga­tion. 44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, say­ing, 45 Get you up from among this con­gre­ga­tion, that I may con­sume them as in a mo­ment. And they fell upon their faces. 46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire there­in from off the al­tar, and put on in­cense, and go quick­ly unto the con­gre­ga­tion, and make an atone­ment for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is be­gun. 47 And Aaron took as Moses com­mand­ed, and ran into the midst of the con­gre­ga­tion; and, be­hold, the plague was be­gun among the peo­ple: and he put on in­cense, and made an atone­ment for the peo­ple. 48 And he stood be­tween the dead and the liv­ing; and the plague was stayed. 49 Now they that died in the plague were four­teen thou­sand and sev­en hun­dred, be­side them that died about the mat­ter of Ko­rah. 50 And Aaron re­turned unto Moses unto the door of the taber­na­cle of the con­gre­ga­tion: and the plague was stayed.