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Korah’s Rebellion
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.
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.
Korah’s Rebellion
Now Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took action,
Now Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took action,
They incited a rebellion against Moses, along with 250 other leaders of the community, all prominent members of the assembly.
and they rose up before Moses, together with some of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, chosen in the assembly, men of renown.
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?”
They assembled together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “You have gone far enough, for all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is in their midst; so why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”
When Moses heard what they were saying, he fell face down on the ground.
When Moses heard this, he fell on his face;
and he spoke to Korah and all his company, saying, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will show who is His, and who is holy, and will bring him near to Himself; even the one whom He will choose, He will bring near to Himself.
Korah, you and all your followers must prepare your incense burners.
“Do this: take censers for yourselves, Korah and all your company,
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!”
and put fire in them, and lay incense upon them in the presence of the LORD tomorrow; and the man whom the LORD chooses shall be the one who is holy. You have gone far enough, you sons of Levi!”
Then Moses spoke again to Korah: “Now listen, you Levites!
Then Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi,
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?
is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of 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 to them;
Korah, he has already given this special ministry to you and your fellow Levites. Are you now demanding the priesthood as well?
and that He has brought you near, Korah, and all your brothers, sons of Levi, with you? And are you seeking for the priesthood also?
The LORD is the one you and your followers are really revolting against! For who is Aaron that you are complaining about him?”
“Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the LORD; but as for Aaron, who is he that you grumble against him?”
Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they replied, “We refuse to come before you!
Then Moses sent a summons to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said, “We will not come up.
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?
“Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to have us die in the wilderness, but you would also lord it over us?
“Indeed, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Would you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up!”
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.”
Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering! I have not taken a single donkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them.”
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.
Moses said to Korah, “You and all your company be present before the LORD tomorrow, both you and they along with Aaron.
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.”
“Each of you take his firepan and put incense on it, and each of you bring his censer before the LORD, two hundred and fifty firepans; also you and Aaron shall each bring his firepan.”
So they each took his own censer and put fire on it, and laid incense on it; and they stood at the doorway of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron.
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,
Thus Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the doorway of the tent of meeting. And the glory of the LORD appeared to all the congregation.
“Get away from all these people so that I may instantly destroy them!”
“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them instantly.”
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?”
But they fell on their faces and said, “O God, God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?”
“Then tell all the people to get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
“Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get back from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.’”
So Moses got up and rushed over to the tents of Dathan and Abiram, followed by the elders of Israel.
Then Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, with the elders of Israel following him,
“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.”
and he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart now from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing that belongs to them, or you will be swept away in all their sin.”
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.
So they got back from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the doorway of their tents, along with their wives and their sons and their little ones.
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.
Moses said, “By this you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these deeds; for this is not my doing.
If these men die a natural death, or if nothing unusual happens, then the LORD has not sent me.
“If these men die the death of all men or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.
“But if the LORD brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they descend alive into Sheol, then you will understand that these men have spurned the LORD.”
He had hardly finished speaking the words when the ground suddenly split open beneath them.
As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open;
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.
and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who belonged to Korah with their possessions.
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.
So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
All the people around them fled when they heard their screams. “The earth will swallow us, too!” they cried.
All Israel who were around them fled at their outcry, for they said, “The earth may swallow us up!”
Then fire blazed forth from the LORD and burned up the 250 men who were offering incense.
Fire also came forth from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.
“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.
“Say to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he shall take up the censers out of the midst of the blaze, for they are holy; and you scatter the burning coals abroad.
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.”
“As for the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered sheets for a plating of the altar, since they did present them before the LORD and they are holy; and they shall be for a sign to the sons of Israel.”
So Eleazar the priest collected the 250 bronze incense burners that had been used by the men who died in the fire, and the bronze was hammered into a thin sheet to overlay the altar.
So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which the men who were burned had offered, and they hammered them out as a plating for the altar,
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.
as a reminder to the sons of Israel that no layman who is not of the descendants of Aaron should come near to burn incense before the LORD; so that he will not become like Korah and his company — just as the LORD had spoken to him through Moses.
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!”
Murmuring and Plague
But on the next day all the congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You are the ones who have caused the death of the LORD’S people.”
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.
It came about, however, when the congregation had assembled against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the tent of meeting, and behold, the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.
Moses and Aaron came and stood in front of the Tabernacle,
Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting,
“Get away from all these people so that I can instantly destroy them!” But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground.
“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them instantly.” Then they fell on their faces.
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put in it fire from the altar, and lay incense on it; then bring it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone forth from the LORD, the plague has begun!”
Then Aaron took it as Moses had spoken, and ran into the midst of the assembly, for behold, the plague had begun among the people. So he put on the incense and made atonement for the people.
He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague stopped.
He took his stand between the dead and the living, so that the plague was checked.
But 14,700 people died in that plague, in addition to those who had died in the affair involving Korah.
But those who died by the plague were 14,700, besides those who died on account of Korah.