Verse 23
Numbers 16:23
Bible in Basic English
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And the Lord said to Moses,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּ/אמֹֽר
English Translation
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying.
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Chapter 16 Context
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Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of...
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And came before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty chiefs of the p...
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They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselve...
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And Moses, hearing this, went down on his face;
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And he said to Korah and his band, In the morning the Lord will make clear who are his, and who is h...
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So do this: let Korah and all his band take vessels for burning perfumes;
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And put spices on the fire in them before the Lord tomorrow; then the man marked out by the Lord wil...
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And Moses said to Korah, Give ear now, you sons of Levi:
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Does it seem only a small thing to you that the God (Elohim) of Israel has made you separate from th...
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Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?
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So you and all your band have come together against the Lord; and Aaron, who is he, that you are cry...
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Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: and they said, We will not come up:
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Is it not enough that you have taken us from a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death...
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And more than this, you have not taken us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us a her...
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Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of the...
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And Moses said to Korah, You and all your band are to come before the Lord tomorrow, you and they an...
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And let every man take a vessel for burning perfumes, and put sweet spices in them; let every man ta...
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So every man took his vessel and they put fire in them, with spices, and came to the door of the Ten...
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And Korah made all the people come together against them to the door of the Tent of meeting: and the...
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And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
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Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them.
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Then falling down on their faces they said, O God (Elohim), the God (Elohim) of the spirits of all f...
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And the Lord said to Moses,
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Say to the people, Come away from the tent of Korah Dathan, and Abiram.
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So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the responsible men of Israel went with him.
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And he said to the people, Come away now from the tents of these evil men, without touching anything...
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So on every side they went away from the tent of Korah Dathan, and Abiram: and Dathan and Abiram cam...
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And Moses said, Now you will see that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and I have not don...
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If these men have the common death of men, or if the natural fate of all men overtakes them, then th...
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But if the Lord does something new, opening the earth to take them in, with everything which is thei...
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And while these words were on his lips, the earth under them was parted in two;
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And the earth, opening her mouth, took them in, with their families, and all the men who were joined...
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So they and all theirs went down living into the underworld, and the earth was shut over them, and t...
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And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down in...
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Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the per...
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And the Lord said to Moses,
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Say to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he is to take out of the flames the vessels with t...
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And let the vessels of those men, who with their lives have made payment for their sin, be hammered...
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So Eleazar the priest took the brass vessels which had been offered by those who were burned up, and...
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To be a sign, kept in memory for ever by the children of Israel, that no man who is not of the seed...
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But on the day after, all the children of Israel made an outcry against Moses and against Aaron, say...
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Now when the people had come together against Moses and Aaron, looking in the direction of the Tent...
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Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of meeting.
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And the Lord said to Moses,
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Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them. And they went down o...
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And Moses said to Aaron, Take your vessel and put in it fire from the altar, and sweet spices, and t...
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And at the words of Moses, Aaron took his vessel, and went running among the people; and even then t...
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And he took his place between the dead and the living: and the disease was stopped.
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Now fourteen thousand, seven hundred deaths were caused by that disease, in addition to those who ca...
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Then Aaron went back to Moses to the door of the Tent of meeting: and the disease came to a stop.
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