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so why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>?<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>When Moses heard <i>this,</i> he fell on his face; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>and he spoke to Korah and all his company, saying, Tomorrow morning the L<font size="1">ORD</font> will show who is His, and who is holy, and will bring <i>him</i> near to Himself; even the one whom He will choose, He will bring near to Himself. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>Do this: take censers for yourselves, Korah and all your company, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>and put fire in them, and lay incense upon them in the presence of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> tomorrow; and the man whom the L<font size="1">ORD</font> chooses <i>shall be</i> the one who is holy. You have gone far enough, you sons of Levi!<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Moses said to Korah, Hear now, you sons of Levi, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the <i>rest of</i> the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>and that He has brought you near, <i>Korah,</i> and all your brothers, sons of Levi, with you? And are you seeking for the priesthood also? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the L<font size="1">ORD</font>; but as for Aaron, who is he that you grumble against him?<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>Then Moses sent a summons to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said, We will not come up. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to have us die in the wilderness, but you would also lord it over us? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>Indeed, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Would you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up!<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>Then Moses became very angry and said to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, Do not regard their offering! I have not taken a single donkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>Moses said to Korah, You and all your company be present before the L<font size="1">ORD</font> tomorrow, both you and they along with Aaron. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>Each of you take his firepan and put incense on it, and each of you bring his censer before the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, two hundred and fifty firepans; also you and Aaron <i>shall</i> each <i>bring</i> his firepan. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>So they each took his <i>own</i> censer and put fire on it, and laid incense on it; and they stood at the doorway of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>Thus Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the doorway of the tent of meeting. And the glory of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> appeared to all the congregation.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Then the L<font size="1">ORD</font> spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them instantly. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>But they fell on their faces and said, O God, God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>Then the L<font size="1">ORD</font> spoke to Moses, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>Speak to the congregation, saying, Get back from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>Then Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, with the elders of Israel following him, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>and he spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart now from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing that belongs to them, or you will be swept away in all their sin. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>So they got back from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out <i>and</i> stood at the doorway of their tents, along with their wives and their sons and their little ones. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>Moses said, By this you shall know that the L<font size="1">ORD</font> has sent me to do all these deeds; for this is not my doing. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>If these men die the death of all men or if they suffer the fate of all men, <i>then</i> the L<font size="1">ORD</font> has not sent me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>But if the L<font size="1">ORD</font> brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they descend alive into Sheol, then you will understand that these men have spurned the L<font size="1">ORD</font>.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who belonged to Korah with <i>their</i> possessions. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>All Israel who <i>were</i> around them fled at their outcry, for they said, The earth may swallow us up! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>Fire also came forth from the L<font size="1">ORD</font> and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>Then the L<font size="1">ORD</font> spoke to Moses, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>Say to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he shall take up the censers out of the midst of the blaze, for they are holy; and you scatter the burning coals abroad. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>As for the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered sheets for a plating of the altar, since they did present them before the L<font size="1">ORD</font> and they are holy; and they shall be for a sign to the sons of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-39.htm" target="_top"><b>39</b></a></span>So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which the men who were burned had offered, and they hammered them out as a plating for the altar, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-40.htm" target="_top"><b>40</b></a></span>as a reminder to the sons of Israel that no layman who is not of the descendants of Aaron should come near to burn incense before the L<font size="1">ORD</font>; so that he will not become like Korah and his companyjust as the L<font size="1">ORD</font> had spoken to him through Moses.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>Murmuring and Plague</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>      <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-41.htm" target="_top"><b>41</b></a></span>But on the next day all the congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, You are the ones who have caused the death of the L<font size="1">ORDS</font> people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-42.htm" target="_top"><b>42</b></a></span>It came about, however, when the congregation had assembled against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the tent of meeting, and behold, the cloud covered it and the glory of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> appeared. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-43.htm" target="_top"><b>43</b></a></span>Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-44.htm" target="_top"><b>44</b></a></span>and the L<font size="1">ORD</font> spoke to Moses, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-45.htm" target="_top"><b>45</b></a></span>Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them instantly. Then they fell on their faces. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-46.htm" target="_top"><b>46</b></a></span>Moses said to Aaron, Take your censer and put in it fire from the altar, and lay incense <i>on it;</i> then bring it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone forth from the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, the plague has begun! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-47.htm" target="_top"><b>47</b></a></span>Then Aaron took <i>it</i> as Moses had spoken, and ran into the midst of the assembly, for behold, the plague had begun among the people. So he put <i>on</i> the incense and made atonement for the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-48.htm" target="_top"><b>48</b></a></span>He took his stand between the dead and the living, so that the plague was checked. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-49.htm" target="_top"><b>49</b></a></span>But those who died by the plague were 14,700, besides those who died on account of Korah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/16-50.htm" target="_top"><b>50</b></a></span>Then Aaron returned to Moses at the doorway of the tent of meeting, for the plague had been checked.<p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">NASB 1995 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. 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