Verse 1
Numbers 16:1
New Living Translation
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּקַּ֣ח קֹ֔רַח בֶּן יִצְהָ֥ר בֶּן קְהָ֖ת בֶּן לֵוִ֑י וְ/דָתָ֨ן וַ/אֲבִירָ֜ם בְּנֵ֧י אֱלִיאָ֛ב וְ/א֥וֹן בֶּן פֶּ֖לֶת בְּנֵ֥י רְאוּבֵֽן
English Translation
And Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, the sons of Reuben, took.
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Chapter 16 Context
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One day Korah son of Izhar, a descendant of Kohath son of Levi, conspired with Dathan and Abiram, th...
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They incited a rebellion against Moses, along with 250 other leaders of the community, all prominent...
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They united against Moses and Aaron and said, “You have gone too far! The whole community of Israel...
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When Moses heard what they were saying, he fell face down on the ground.
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Then he said to Korah and his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will show us who belongs to him...
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Korah, you and all your followers must prepare your incense burners.
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Light fires in them tomorrow, and burn incense before the LORD. Then we will see whom the LORD choos...
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Then Moses spoke again to Korah: “Now listen, you Levites!
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Does it seem insignificant to you that the God (Elohim) of Israel has chosen you from among all the...
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Korah, he has already given this special ministry to you and your fellow Levites. Are you now demand...
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The LORD is the one you and your followers are really revolting against! For who is Aaron that you a...
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Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they replied, “We refuse to come befor...
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Isn’t it enough that you brought us out of Egypt, a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us her...
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What’s more, you haven’t brought us into another land flowing with milk and honey. You haven’t given...
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Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not accept their grain offerings! I have not...
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And Moses said to Korah, “You and all your followers must come here tomorrow and present yourselves...
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You and each of your 250 followers must prepare an incense burner and put incense on it, so you can...
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So each of these men prepared an incense burner, lit the fire, and placed incense on it. Then they a...
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Meanwhile, Korah had stirred up the entire community against Moses and Aaron, and they all gathered...
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and the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
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“Get away from all these people so that I may instantly destroy them!”
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But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground. “O God (Elohim),” they pleaded, “you are the God (...
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And the LORD said to Moses,
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“Then tell all the people to get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
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So Moses got up and rushed over to the tents of Dathan and Abiram, followed by the elders of Israel.
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“Quick!” he told the people. “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and don’t touch anything...
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So all the people stood back from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Then Dathan and Abiram cam...
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And Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things that I h...
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If these men die a natural death, or if nothing unusual happens, then the LORD has not sent me.
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But if the LORD does something entirely new and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and all...
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He had hardly finished speaking the words when the ground suddenly split open beneath them.
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The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the men, along with their households and all their follower...
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So they went down alive into the grave, along with all their belongings. The earth closed over them,...
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All the people around them fled when they heard their screams. “The earth will swallow us, too!” the...
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Then fire blazed forth from the LORD and burned up the 250 men who were offering incense.
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And the LORD said to Moses,
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“Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to pull all the incense burners from the fire, for they are ho...
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Take the incense burners of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and hammer the met...
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So Eleazar the priest collected the 250 bronze incense burners that had been used by the men who die...
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This would warn the Israelites that no unauthorized person — no one who was not a descendant of Aaro...
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But the very next morning the whole community of Israel began muttering again against Moses and Aaro...
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As the community gathered to protest against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the Tabernacle and...
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Moses and Aaron came and stood in front of the Tabernacle,
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and the LORD said to Moses,
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“Get away from all these people so that I can instantly destroy them!” But Moses and Aaron fell face...
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And Moses said to Aaron, “Quick, take an incense burner and place burning coals on it from the altar...
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Aaron did as Moses told him and ran out among the people. The plague had already begun to strike dow...
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He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague stopped.
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But 14,700 people died in that plague, in addition to those who had died in the affair involving Kor...
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Then because the plague had stopped, Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
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