1 N ow Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men,

¶ Now 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, of the sons of Reuben, took men;

2 A nd they rose up before Moses, with certain of the Israelites, 250 princes or leaders of the congregation called to the assembly, men well known and of distinction.

and they rose up against Moses, with two hundred and fifty men of the sons of Israel, princes of the congregation, of the council, men of renown;

3 A nd they gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, You take too much upon yourselves, seeing that all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you lift yourselves up above the assembly of the Lord?

and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said unto them, We have had enough of you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; why then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?

4 A nd when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.

And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face;

5 A nd he said to Korah and all his company, In the morning the Lord will show who are His and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to Him; him whom He has chosen will He cause to come near to Him.

and he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Tomorrow the LORD will show who are his and who is holy and will cause the one who is holy to come near unto him; the one whom he has chosen he will cause to come near unto him.

6 D o this: Take censers, Korah and all your company,

Do this: Take censers, Korah, and all his company,

7 A nd put fire in them and put incense upon them before the Lord tomorrow; and the man whom the Lord chooses shall be holy. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi.

and put fire in them and put incense in them before the LORD tomorrow; and it shall be that the man whom the LORD chooses, he shall be holy; this shall be enough for you, ye sons of Levi.

8 A nd Moses said to Korah, Hear, I pray you, you sons of Levi:

And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:

9 D oes it seem but a small thing to you that the God of Israel has 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 to them,

Does it seem but a small thing unto you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to minister in the service of the tabernacle of the LORD and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?

10 A nd that He has brought you near to Him, and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you? Would you seek the priesthood also?

And that he has brought thee near to him and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, and ye seek the priesthood also?

11 T herefore you and all your company are gathered together against the Lord. And Aaron, what is he that you murmur against him?

For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD, for what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?

12 A nd Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and they said, We will not come up.

¶ And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they replied, We will not come up.

13 I s it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness, but you must also make yourself a prince over us?

Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that flowed with milk and honey to make us die in the wilderness, but thou must also make thyself lord to rule over us?

14 M oreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you bore out the eyes of these men? We will not come up!

Moreover, thou hast not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards; wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.

15 A nd Moses was very angry and said to the Lord, Do not respect their offering! I have not taken one donkey from them, nor have I hurt one of them.

Then Moses was very angry and said unto the LORD, Look not thou upon their offering; I have not taken so much as one ass from them, neither have I done evil to any of them.

16 A nd Moses said to Korah, You and all your company be before the Lord tomorrow, you and they and Aaron.

And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou and they and Aaron, tomorrow;

17 A nd let every man take his censer and put incense upon it and bring before the Lord every man his censer, 250 censers; you also and Aaron, each his censer.

and let each man take his censer and put incense in them and let each man bring his censer before the LORD, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also and Aaron, each of you with his censer.

18 S o they took every man his censer, and they put fire in them and laid incense upon it, and they stood at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting with Moses and Aaron.

And each man took his censer and put fire in them and laid incense in them and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the testimony with Moses and Aaron.

19 T hen Korah assembled all the congregation against Moses and Aaron before the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.

And Korah had gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the testimony; then the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.

20 A nd the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

21 S eparate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.

Separate yourselves from among this congregation, and I will consume them in a moment.

22 A nd they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin and will You be angry with all the congregation?

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?

23 A nd the Lord said to Moses,

¶ Then the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

24 S ay to the congregation, Get away from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.

Speak unto the congregation, saying, Separate yourselves now from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.

25 T hen Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.

And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.

26 A nd he said to the congregation, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.

And he spoke unto the congregation, saying, Depart from the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs lest peradventure ye be consumed in all their sins.

27 S o they got away from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood in the door of their tents with their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.

So they removed themselves from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side; and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, with their wives and their sons and their little children.

28 A nd Moses said, By this you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, for I do not act of my own accord:

And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them out of my own heart.

29 I f these men die the common death of all men or if what happens to everyone happens to them, then the Lord has not sent me.

If these men die the common death of all men or if they are visited after the visitation of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.

30 B ut if the Lord causes a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up, with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol (the place of the dead), then you shall understand that these men have provoked (spurned, despised) the Lord!

But if the LORD does a new thing and the earth opens her mouth and swallows them up with all their things and they go down alive into Sheol, then ye shall know that these men have provoked the LORD.

31 A s soon as he stopped speaking, the ground under the offenders split apart

And it came to pass as he had made an end of speaking all these words that the ground broke open under them;

32 A nd the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households and all men and all their possessions.

the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and their houses and all the men of Korah and all their goods.

33 T hey and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol (the place of the dead); and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.

They and all that they had went down alive into Sheol, and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the congregation.

34 A nd all Israel who were round about them fled at their cry, for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

And all Israel, those that were round about them, fled at the cry of them, for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

35 A nd fire came forth from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered the incense.

¶ And fire came out from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

36 A nd the Lord said to Moses,

Then the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

37 S peak to Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning and scatter the fire at a distance. For the censers are hallowed—

Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning and scatter thou the fire yonder, for

38 T he censers of these men who have sinned against themselves and at the cost of their own lives. Let the censers be made into hammered plates for a covering of the altar, for they were used in offering before the Lord and therefore they are sacred. They shall be a sign to the Israelites.

the censers of these sinners are sanctified against their own souls, and broad plates shall be made of them for a covering of the altar, for they offered with them before the LORD; therefore, they are sanctified, and they shall be a sign unto the sons of Israel.

39 E leazar the priest took the bronze censers with which the Levites who were burned had offered incense, and they were hammered into broad sheets for a covering of the altar,

And Eleazar, the priest, took the brass censers with which those that were burnt had offered, and they were made into a broad covering of the altar

40 T o be a memorial to the Israelites, so that no outsider, that is, no one not of the descendants of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the Lord, lest he become as Korah and as his company, as the Lord said to Eleazar through Moses.

to be a memorial unto the sons of Israel, that no stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron come near to offer incense before the LORD, that he not be as Korah and as his company, as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.

41 B ut on the morrow all the congregation of the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of the Lord.

¶ But on the next day all the congregation of the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.

42 W hen the congregation was gathered against Moses and Aaron, they looked at the Tent of Meeting, and behold, the cloud covered it and they saw the Lord’s glory.

And it came to pass when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron that they looked toward the tabernacle of the testimony; and, behold, the cloud had covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.

43 A nd Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting.

And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the testimony.

44 A nd the Lord said to Moses,

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

45 G et away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And Moses and Aaron fell on their faces.

Depart from among this congregation, and I will consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.

46 A nd Moses said to Aaron, Take a censer and put fire in it from off the altar and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them. For there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague has begun!

And Moses said unto Aaron, Take the censer and put fire in it from off the altar and put incense upon it and go quickly unto the congregation and reconcile them; for the wrath has gone out from before the face of the LORD; the plague is begun.

47 S o Aaron took the burning censer as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and behold, the plague was begun among the people; and he put on the incense and made atonement for the people.

Then Aaron took his censer as Moses said and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people; and he put on incense and reconciled the people.

48 A nd he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stayed.

And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

49 N ow those who died in the plague were 14, 700, besides those who died in the matter of Korah.

Now those that died in that plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those that died concerning the matter of Korah.

50 A nd Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the Tent of Meeting, since the plague was stayed.

And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, when the plague was stayed.