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. |
