Dual Panel1Now Korah <07141> son <01121> of Izhar <03324>, the son <01121> of Kohath <06955>, the son <01121> of Levi <03878>, and Dathan <01885> and Abiram <048>, the sons <01121> of Eliab <0446>, and On <0203> son <01121> of Peleth <06431>, who were Reubenites <07205> <01121>, took <03947> men
2and rebelled <06965> against <06440> Moses <04872>, along with some <0582> of the Israelites <03478> <01121>, 250 <03967> <02572> leaders <05387> of the community <05712>, chosen <07148> from the assembly <04150>, famous <08034> men <0582>.
3And they assembled <06950> against <05921> Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175>, saying <0559> to <0413> them, “You take too much <07227> upon yourselves, seeing that <03588> the whole <03605> community <05712> is holy <06918>, every <03605> one of them, and the Lord <03068> is among <08432> them. Why <04069> then do you exalt <05375> yourselves above <05921> the community <06951> of the Lord <03068>?”
4When Moses <04872> heard <08085> it he fell <05307> down with his face <06440> to the ground.
5Then he said <01696> to <0413> Korah <07141> and to <0413> all <03605> his company <05712>, “In the morning <01242> the Lord <03068> will make known <03045> who <0834> are his, and who is holy <06918>. He will cause <07126> that person to <0413> approach <07126> him; the person he has chosen <0977> he will cause to approach <07126> him.
6Do <06213> this <02063>, Korah <07141>, you and all <03605> your company <05712>: Take <03947> censers <04289>,
7put <05414> fire <0784> in them <02004>, and set <07760> incense <07004> on <05921> them before <06440> the Lord <03068> tomorrow <04279>, and the man <0376> whom <0834> the Lord <03068> chooses <0977> will be <01961> holy <06918>. You take too much <07227> upon yourselves, you sons <01121> of Levi <03878>!”
8Moses <04872> said <0559> to <0413> Korah <07141>, “Listen <08085> now <04994>, you sons <01121> of Levi <03878>!
9Does it seem too small <04592> a thing to <04480> you that <03588> the God <0430> of Israel <03478> has separated <0914> you from the community <05712> of Israel <03478> to bring you near <07126> to <0413> himself, to perform <05647> the service <05656> of the tabernacle <04908> of the Lord <03068>, and to stand <05975> before <06440> the community <05712> to minister <08334> to them?
10He has brought <07126> you near <07126> and all <03605> your brothers <0251>, the sons <01121> of Levi <03878>, with <0854> you. Do you now seek <01245> the priesthood <03550> also <01571>?
11Therefore <03651> you <0859> and all <03605> your company <05712> have assembled <03259> together against <05921> the Lord <03068>! And Aaron <0175>– what <04100> is he <01931> that <03588> you murmur <03885> against <05921> him?”
12Then Moses <04872> summoned <07121> Dathan <01885> and Abiram <048>, the sons <01121> of Eliab <0446>, but they said <0559>, “We will not <03808> come up <05927>.
13Is it a small <04592> thing that <03588> you have brought <05927> us up <05927> out of the land <0776> that flows <02100> with milk <02461> and honey <01706>, to kill <04191> us in the wilderness <04057>? Now do you want to make <08323> yourself a prince <08323> over <05921> us?
14Moreover <0637>, you have not <03808> brought <0935> us into <0413> a land <0776> that flows <02100> with milk <02461> and honey <01706>, nor given <05414> us an inheritance <05159> of fields <07704> and vineyards <03754>. Do you think you can blind <05365> these <01992> men <0376>? We will not <03808> come up <05927>.”
15Moses <04872> was <02734> very <03966> angry <02734>, and he said <0559> to <0413> the Lord <03068>, “Have no <0408> respect <06437> for <0413> their offering <04503>! I have not <03808> taken <05375> so much as one <0259> donkey <02543> from them <01992>, nor <03808> have I harmed <07489> any one <0259> of them <01992>!”
16Then Moses <04872> said <0559> to <0413> Korah <07141>, “You <0859> and all <03605> your company <05712> present <01961> yourselves before <06440> the Lord <03068>– you <0859> and they <01992>, and Aaron <0175>– tomorrow <04279>.
17And each <0376> of you take <03947> his censer <04289>, put <05414> incense <07004> in <05921> it, and then each <0376> of you present <07126> his censer <04289> before <06440> the Lord <03068>: 250 <03967> <02572> censers <04289>, along with you <0859>, and Aaron <0175>– each <0376> of you with his censer <04289>.”
18So everyone <0376> took <03947> his censer <04289>, put <05414> fire <0784> in <05921> it, and set <07760> incense <07004> on <05921> it, and stood <05975> at the entrance <06607> of the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>, with Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175>.
19When Korah <07141> assembled <06950> the whole <03605> community <05712> against <0413> them at the entrance <06607> of the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>, then the glory <03519> of the Lord <03068> appeared <07200> to <0413> the whole <03605> community <05712>.
20The Lord <03068> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175>:
21“Separate <0914> yourselves from among <08432> this <02063> community <05712>, that I may consume <03615> them in an instant <07281>.”
22Then they threw <05307> themselves down <05307> with their faces <06440> to <05921> the ground and said <0559>, “O God <0410>, the God <0430> of the spirits <07307> of all <03605> people <01320>, will you be angry <07107> with <05921> the whole <03605> community <05712> when only one <0259> man <0376> sins <02398>?”
23So the Lord <03068> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872>:
24“Tell <0559> <01696> the community <05712>: ‘Get away <05927> from around <05439> the homes <04908> of Korah <07141>, Dathan <01885>, and Abiram <048>.’”
25Then Moses <04872> got up <06965> and went <01980> to <0413> Dathan <01885> and Abiram <048>; and the elders <02205> of Israel <03478> went <01980> after <0310> him.
26And he said <01696> to <0413> the community <05712>, “Move away <05493> from <05921> the tents <0168> of these <0428> wicked <07563> men <0376>, and do not <0408> touch <05060> anything <03605> they have, lest <06435> you be destroyed <05595> because <0834> of all <03605> their sins <02403>.”
27So <05927> they got away <05927> from the homes <04908> of Korah <07141>, Dathan <01885>, and Abiram <048> on every side <05439>, and Dathan <01885> and Abiram <048> came out <03318> and stationed <05324> themselves in the entrances <06607> of their tents <0168> with their wives <0802>, their children <01121>, and their toddlers <02945>.
28Then Moses <04872> said <0559>, “This <02063> is how you will know <03045> that <03588> the Lord <03068> has sent <07971> me to do <06213> all <03605> these <0428> works <04639>, for <03588> I have not <03808> done them of my own will <03820>.
29If <0518> these <0428> men <0120> die <04191> a natural death <04194>, or if they share <06485> the fate <06486> of all <03605> <03605> men <0120>, then the Lord <03068> has not <03808> sent <07971> me.
30But if <0518> the Lord <03068> does <01254> something entirely new <01278>, and the earth <0127> opens <06475> its mouth <06310> and swallows <01104> them up along with all <03605> that <0834> they have, and they go down <03381> alive <02416> to the grave <07585>, then you will know <03045> that <03588> these <0428> men <0376> have despised <05006> the Lord <03068>!”
31When <01961> he had finished <03615> speaking <01696> all <03605> these <0428> words <01697>, the ground <0127> that <0834> was under <08478> them split open <01234>,
32and the earth <0776> opened <06605> its <0853> mouth <06310> and swallowed <01104> them, along with their households <01004>, and all <03605> Korah’s <07141> men <0120>, and all <03605> their goods <07399>.
33They <01992> and all <03605> that <0834> they had went down <03381> alive <02416> into the pit <07585>, and the earth <0776> closed <03680> over <05921> them. So they perished <06> from among <08432> the community <06951>.
34All <03605> the Israelites <03478> who <0834> were around <05439> them fled <05127> at their cry <06963>, for <03588> they said <0559>, “What if <06435> the earth <0776> swallows <01104> us too?”
35Then a fire <0784> went out <03318> from the Lord <03068> and devoured <0398> the 250 <03967> <02572> men <0376> who offered <07126> incense <07004>.
36The Lord <03068> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872>:
37“Tell <0559> Eleazar <0499> son <01121> of Aaron <0175> the priest <03548> to pick up <07311> the censers <04289> out <0996> of the flame <08316>, for <03588> they are holy <06942>, and then scatter <02219> the coals of fire <0784> at a distance <01973>.
38As for the <0853> censers <04289> of these <0428> men who sinned <02400> at the cost of their lives <05315>, they must be made <06213> into hammered <07555> sheets <06341> for covering <06826> the altar <04196>, because <03588> they presented <07126> them before <06440> the Lord <03068> and sanctified <06942> them. They will become <01961> a sign <0226> to the Israelites <03478> <01121>.”
39So Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548> took <03947> the bronze <05178> censers <04289> presented <07126> by those who had been burned up <08313>, and they were hammered out <07554> as a covering <06826> for the altar <04196>.
40It was a memorial <02146> for the Israelites <03478> <01121>, that <0834> <04616> no <03808> outsider <02114> <0376> who <0834> is not <03808> a descendant <02233> of Aaron <0175> should approach <07126> to burn <06999> incense <07004> before <06440> the Lord <03068>, that he might not <03808> become <01961> like Korah <07141> and his company <05712>– just as <0834> the Lord <03068> had spoken <01696> by the authority <03027> of Moses <04872>.
41But on the next day <04283> the whole <03605> community <05712> of Israelites <03478> <01121> murmured <03885> against <05921> Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175>, saying <0559>, “You <0859> have killed <04191> the Lord’s <03068> people <05971>!”
42When <01961> the community <05712> assembled <06950> against <05921> Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175>, they turned <06437> toward <0413> the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>– and the cloud <06051> covered <03680> it, and the glory <03519> of the Lord <03068> appeared <07200>.
43Then Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> stood <0935> before <06440> the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>.
44The Lord <03068> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872>:
45“Get away <07426> from <08432> this <02063> community <05712>, so that I can consume <03615> them in an instant <07281>!” But they threw <05307> themselves down <05307> with their faces <06440> to <05921> the ground.
46Then Moses <04872> said <0559> to <0413> Aaron <0175>, “Take <03947> the censer <04289>, put <05414> burning <0784> coals from <05921> the altar <04196> in <05921> it, place <07760> incense <07004> on it, and go <01980> quickly <04120> into <0413> the assembly <05712> and make atonement <03722> for <05921> them, for <03588> wrath <07110> has gone out <03318> from <06440> the Lord <03068>– the plague <05063> has begun <02490>!”
47So Aaron <0175> did <03947> as <0834> Moses <04872> commanded <01696> and ran <07323> into <0413> the middle <08432> of the assembly <06951>, where the plague <05063> was just beginning <02490> among the people <05971>. So he placed <05414> incense <07004> on the coals and made atonement <03722> for <05921> the people <05971>.
48He stood <05975> between <0996> the dead <04191> and <0996> the living <02416>, and the plague <04046> was stopped <06113>.
49Now <01961> 14,700 <03967> <07651> <0505> <06240> <0702> people died <04191> in the plague <04046>, in addition <0905> to those who died <04191> in the event <01697> with Korah <07141>.
50Then Aaron <0175> returned <07725> to <0413> Moses <04872> at <0413> the entrance <06607> of the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>, and the plague <04046> was stopped <06113>.