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> 16:1
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 men; 16:2 and they rose up in face of Moses, with
certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty men; they
were princes of the congregation, the elect men of the assembly, men
of renown; 16:3 and they assembled 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
assembly of the LORD?' 16:4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his
face. 16:5 And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying:
'In the morning the LORD will show who are His, and who is holy, and
will cause him to come near unto Him; even him whom He may choose
will He cause to come near unto Him. 16:6 This do: take you censors,
Korah, and all his company; 16:7 and put fire therein, and put
incense upon 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.' 16:8 And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear
now, ye sons of Levi: 16:9 is 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;
16:10 and that He hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the
sons of Levi with thee? and will ye seek the priesthood also? 16:11
Therefore thou and all thy company that are gathered together against
the LORD--; and as to Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?'
16:12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab;
and they said: 'We will not come up; 16:13 is it a small thing that
thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to
kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a
prince over us? 16:14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land
flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and
vineyards; wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come
up.' 16:15 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.' 16:16 And Moses said unto Korah: 'Be thou
and all thy congregation before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron,
to-morrow; 16:17 and take ye every man his fire-pan, and put incense
upon them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his fire-pan, two
hundred and fifty fire-pans; thou also, and Aaron, each his
fire-pan.' 16:18 And they took every man his fire-pan, and put fire
in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent
of meeting with Moses and Aaron. 16:19 And Korah assembled all the
congregation against them unto the door of the tent of meeting; and
the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.
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16:20 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: 16:21
'Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume
them in a moment.' 16:22 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?'
> 16:23 And the LORD
spoke unto Moses, saying: 16:24 'Speak unto the congregation, saying:
Get you up from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.'
16:25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the
elders of Israel followed him. 16:26 And he spoke unto the
congregation, saying: 'Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these
wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be swept away in all
their sins.' 16:27 So they got them up from the dwelling of Korah,
Dathan, and Abiram, on every side; and Dathan and Abiram came out,
and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, and their
sons, and their little ones. 16:28 And Moses said: 'Hereby ye shall
know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works, and that I
have not done them of mine own mind. 16:29 If these men die the
common death of all men, and be visited after the visitation of all
men, then the LORD hath not sent Me. 16:30 But if the LORD make a new
thing, and the ground open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all
that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into the pit, then
ye shall understand that these men have despised the LORD.' 16:31 And
it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that
the ground did cleave asunder that was under them. 16:32 And the
earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and their households,
and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
16:33 So 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 assembly. 16:34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at
the cry of them; for they said: 'Lest the earth swallow us up.' 16:35
And fire came forth from the LORD, and devoured the two hundred and
fifty men that offered the incense.
17:1 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 17:2 'Speak unto Eleazar the son
of Aaron the priest, that he take up the fire-pans out of the
burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are become holy;
17:3 even the fire-pans of these men who have sinned at the cost of
their lives, and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the
altar--for they are become holy, because they were offered before the
LORD--that they may be a sign unto the children of Israel.' 17:4 And
Eleazar the priest took the brazen fire-pans, which they that were
burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the
altar, 17:5 to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end
that no common man, that is not of the seed of Aaron, draw near to
burn incense before the LORD; that he fare not as Korah, and as his
company; as the LORD spoke unto him by the hand of Moses.
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17:6 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.' 17:7 And it came to pass, when the congregation
was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked
toward the tent of meeting; and, behold, the cloud covered it, and
the glory of the LORD appeared. 17:8 And Moses and Aaron came to the
front of the tent of meeting. 17:9 And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
saying: 17:10 'Get you up from among this congregation, that I may
consume them in a moment.' And they fell upon their faces. 17:11 And
Moses said unto Aaron: 'Take thy fire-pan, and put fire therein from
off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the
congregation, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone
out from the LORD: the plague is begun.' 17:12 And Aaron took as
Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the
plague was begun among the people; and he put on the incense, and
made atonement for the people. 17:13 And he stood between the dead
and the living; and the plague was stayed. 17:14 Now they that died
by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them
that died about the matter of Korah. 17:15 And Aaron returned unto
Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting, and the plague was
stayed.
> 17:16 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 17:17
'Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for
each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers'
houses, twelve rods; thou shalt write every man's name upon his rod.
17:18 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi, for
there shall be one rod for the head of their fathers' houses. 17:19
And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the
testimony, where I meet with you. 17:20 And it shall come to pass,
that the man whom I shall choose, his rod shall bud; and I will make
to cease from Me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they
murmur against you.' 17:21 And Moses spoke unto the children of
Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one,
according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods; and the rod of
Aaron was among their rods. 17:22 And Moses laid up the rods before
the LORD in the tent of the testimony. 17:23 And it came to pass on
the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and,
behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put
forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and bore ripe almonds. 17:24 And
Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the
children of Israel; and they looked, and took every man his rod.
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17:25 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Put back the rod of Aaron before
the testimony, to be kept there, for a token against the rebellious
children; that there may be made an end of their murmurings against
Me, that they die not.' 17:26 Thus did Moses; as the LORD commanded
him, so did he.
> 17:27 And the children of Israel spoke unto
Moses, saying: 'Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
17:28 Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the
tabernacle of the LORD, is to die; shall we wholly perish?'
> 18:1
And the LORD said unto Aaron: 'Thou and thy sons and thy fathers'
house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou
and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
18:2 And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy
father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined unto thee,
and minister unto thee, thou and thy sons with thee being before the
tent of the testimony. 18:3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the
charge of all the Tent; only they shall not come nigh unto the holy
furniture and unto the altar, that they die not, neither they, nor
ye. 18:4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of
the tent of meeting, whatsoever the service of the Tent may be; but a
common man shall not draw nigh unto you. 18:5 And ye shall keep the
charge of the holy things, and the charge of the altar, that there be
wrath no more upon the children of Israel. 18:6 And I, behold, I have
taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel;
for you they are given as a gift unto the LORD, to do the service of
the tent of meeting. 18:7 And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep
your priesthood in everything that pertaineth to the altar, and to
that within the veil; and ye shall serve; I give you the priesthood
as a service of gift; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be
put to death.'
> 18:8 And the LORD spoke unto Aaron: 'And I,
behold, I have given thee the charge of My heave-offerings; even of
all the hallowed things of the children of Israel unto thee have I
given them for a consecrated portion, and to thy sons, as a due for
ever. 18:9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from
the fire: every offering of theirs, even every meal-offering of
theirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every guilt-offering of
theirs, which they may render unto Me, shall be most holy for thee
and for thy sons. 18:10 In a most holy place shalt thou eat thereof;
every male may eat thereof; it shall be holy unto thee. 18:11 And
this is thine: the heave-offering of their gift, even all the
wave-offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them unto
thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, as a due for
ever; every one that is clean in thy house may eat thereof. 18:12 All
the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the corn,
the first part of them which they give unto the LORD, to thee have I
given them. 18:13 The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land,
which they bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is
clean in thy house may eat thereof. 18:14 Every thing devoted in
Israel shall be thine. 18:15 Every thing that openeth the womb, of
all flesh which they offer unto the LORD, both of man and beast,
shall be thine; howbeit the first-born of man shalt thou surely
redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. 18:16
And their redemption-money--from a month old shalt thou redeem
them--shall be, according to thy valuation, five shekels of silver,
after the shekel of the sanctuary--the same is twenty gerahs. 18:17
But the firstling of an ox, or the firstling of a sheep, or the
firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt
dash their blood against the altar, and shalt make their fat smoke
for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. 18:18
And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the
right thigh, it shall be thine. 18:19 All the heave-offerings of the
holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I
given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a due for
ever; it is an everlasting covenant of salt before the LORD unto thee
and to thy seed with thee.'
> 18:20 And the LORD said unto
Aaron: 'Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt
thou have any portion among them; I am thy portion and thine
inheritance among the children of Israel. 18:21 And unto the children
of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an
inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the
service of the tent of meeting. 18:22 And henceforth the children of
Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin,
and die. 18:23 But the Levites alone shall do the service of the tent
of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a statute
for ever throughout your generations, and among the children of
Israel they shall have no inheritance. 18:24 For the tithe of the
children of Israel, which they set apart as a gift unto the LORD, I
have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said
unto them: Among the children of Israel they shall have no
inheritance.'
> 18:25 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
18:26 'Moreover thou shalt speak unto the Levites, and say unto them:
When ye take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given
you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall set apart of it a
gift for the LORD, even a tithe of the tithe. 18:27 And the gift
which ye set apart shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the
corn of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the wine-press.
18:28 Thus ye also shall set apart a gift unto the LORD of all your
tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and thereof ye
shall give the gift which is set apart unto the LORD to Aaron the
priest. 18:29 Out of all that is given you ye shall set apart all of
that which is due unto the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the
hallowed part thereof out of it. 18:30 Therefore thou shalt say unto
them: When ye set apart the best thereof from it, then it shall be
counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and
as the increase of the wine-press. 18:31 And ye may eat it in every
place, ye and your households; for it is your reward in return for
your service in the tent of meeting. 18:32 And ye shall bear no sin
by reason of it, seeing that ye have set apart from it the best
thereof; and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of
Israel, that ye die not.'
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