Verse 45

Numbers 16:45

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

45 Get you out from the midst of this multitude, this moment will I destroy them. And as they were lying on the ground,
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Chapter 16 Context
1 And behold Core the son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiron the sons... Focus ↗
2 Rose lap against Moses, and with them two hundred and fifty others of the children of Israel, leadin... Focus ↗
3 And when they had stood up against Moses and Aaron, they said: Let it be enough for you, that all th... Focus ↗
4 When Moses heard this, he fell flat on his face: Focus ↗
5 And speaking to Core and all the multitude, he said: In the morning the Lord will make known who bel... Focus ↗
6 Do this therefore: Take every man of you your censers, thou Core, and all thy company. Focus ↗
7 And putting fire in them to morrow, put incense upon it before the Lord: and whomsoever he shall cho... Focus ↗
8 And he said again to Core: Hear ye sons of Levi. Focus ↗
9 Is it a small thing unto you, that the God (Elohim) of Israel hath spared you from all the people, a... Focus ↗
10 Did he therefore make thee and all thy brethren the sons of Levi to approach unto him, that you shou... Focus ↗
11 And that all thy company should stand against the Lord ? for what is Aaron that you murmur against h... Focus ↗
12 Then Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab. But they answered: We will not come. Focus ↗
13 Is it a small matter to thee, that thou hast brought us out of a land that flowed with milk and hone... Focus ↗
14 Thou best brought us indeed into a land that floweth with rivers of milk and honey, and hast given u... Focus ↗
15 Moses therefore being very angry, raid to the Lord: Respect not their sacrifices: thou knowest that... Focus ↗
16 And he said to Core: Do thou and thy congregation stand apart before the Lord to morrow, and Aaron a... Focus ↗
17 Take every one of you censers, and put incense upon them, offering to the Lord two hundred and fifty... Focus ↗
18 When they had done this, Moses and Aaron standing, Focus ↗
19 And had drawn up all the multitude against them to the door of the tabernacle, the glory of the Lord... Focus ↗
20 And the Lord speaking to Moses and Aaron, said: Focus ↗
21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may presently destroy them. Focus ↗
22 They fell flat on their face, and said: O most mighty, the God (Elohim) of the spirits of all flesh,... Focus ↗
23 And the Lord said to Moses: Focus ↗
24 Command the whole people to separate themselves from the tents of Core and Dathan and Abiron. Focus ↗
25 And Moses arose, and went to Dathan and Abiron: and the ancients of Israel following him, Focus ↗
26 He said to the multitude: Depart from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, le... Focus ↗
27 And when they were departed from their tents round about, Dathan and Abiron coming out stood in the... Focus ↗
28 And Moses said: By this you shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all things that you see, and... Focus ↗
29 If these men die the common death of men, and if they be visited with a plague, wherewith others als... Focus ↗
30 But if the Lord do a new thing, and the earth opening her mouth swallow them down, and all things th... Focus ↗
31 And immediately as he had made an end of speaking, the earth broke asunder under their feet: Focus ↗
32 And opening her mouth, devoured them with their tents and all their substance. Focus ↗
33 And they went down alive into hell the ground closing upon them, and they perished from among the pe... Focus ↗
34 But all Israel, that was standing round about, fled at the cry of them that were perishing: saying:... Focus ↗
35 And a fire coming out from the Lord, destroyed the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incens... Focus ↗
36 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Focus ↗
37 Command Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers that lie in the burning, and to s... Focus ↗
38 In the deaths of the sinners: and let him beat them into plates, and fasten them to the altar, becau... Focus ↗
39 Then Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherein they had offered, whom the burning fire had... Focus ↗
40 That the children of Israel might have for the time to come wherewith they should be admonished, tha... Focus ↗
41 The following day all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, sayi... Focus ↗
42 And when there arose a sedition, and the tumult increased, Focus ↗
43 Moses and Aaron fled to the tabernacle of the covenant. And when the were gone into it, the cloud co... Focus ↗
44 And the Lord said to Moses: Focus ↗
45 Get you out from the midst of this multitude, this moment will I destroy them. And as they were lyin...
46 Moses said to Aaron: Take the censer, and putting fire in it from the altar, put incense upon it, an... Focus ↗
47 When Aaron had done this, and had run to the midst of the multitude which the burning fire was now d... Focus ↗
48 And standing between the dead and the living, he prayed for the people, and the plague ceased. Focus ↗
49 And the number of them that were slain was fourteen thousand and seven hundred men, besides them tha... Focus ↗
50 And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant after the destruction was... Focus ↗