Numbers 16
16:1And Korah spoke, the son of Izhar, son of Kohath son of Levi; and Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth son of Reuben.
16:2And they rose up before Moses, and men of the sons of Israel -- fifty and two hundred, chiefs of the congregation, summoned counselors, and famous men.
16:3They stood together against Moses and Aaron. And said to them, Let this suffice to you, that all the congregation are all holy -- and the lord is among them; and why do you stand against the congregation of the lord?
16:4And hearing, Moses fell upon his face.
16:5And he spoke to Korah and to all the congregation, saying, God has visited and knows the ones being his; and the ones holy he led to himself; and whom he chose not for himself, he led not to himself.
16:6This you do! You take to yourselves censers, Korah and all his gathering!
16:7And put fire upon them! And put upon them incense before the lord tomorrow! And it will be the man who ever the lord should choose, this one shall be holy. Let it be suitable to you sons of Levi!
16:8And Moses said to Korah, Listen to me sons of Levi!
16:9Is this a small thing for you, that God separated you from the congregation of Israel, and led you to himself to officiate the ministrations of the tent of the lord, and to stand before the congregation to serve to them?
16:10And he led you, and all your brethren of the sons of Levi with you, and do you seek to officiate as priest also?
16:11Thus you and all your gathering are gathering together against God. And who is Aaron that you complain against him?
16:12And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab. And they said, We do not ascend to you.
16:13Is this a small thing that you led us from a land flowing milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you rule us, and be a ruler,
16:14and into a land flowing milk and honey you brought us, and you gave to us a lot of inheritance of field and vineyards? Would you have cut out the eyes of those men? We do not ascend.
16:15And Moses was weighed down exceedingly. And he said to the lord, Do not take heed to their sacrifice, I have not taken the desire of any one of them, nor inflicted evil on any one of them.
16:16And Moses said to Korah, Sanctify your congregation, and come prepared before the lord, you and they, and Aaron tomorrow!
16:17And let each take his censer! and you shall put incense upon them, and each shall bring before the lord his censer, fifty and two hundred censers; and you and Aaron each shall bring his censer.
16:18And each took his own censer, and they put upon them fire, and they put upon them incense. And stood by the doors of the tent of testimony Moses and Aaron.
16:19And Korah rose up together against them, the whole of his congregation, by the door of the tent of the testimony. And appeared the glory of the lord to all the congregation.
16:20And the lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
16:21Sever yourselves from the midst of this congregation! and I will completely consume them at once.
16:22And they fell upon their face. And they said, The God, the God of the spirits and of all flesh, if one man sinned, shall there be upon all the congregation the anger of the lord?
16:23And the lord said to Moses, saying,
16:24Speak to the congregation! saying, Withdraw round about from the congregation of Korah, and Dathan, and Abiram!
16:25And Moses rose up, and went to Dathan and Abiram. And went with him all the elders of Israel.
16:26And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Sever from the tents of these recalcitrant men, and do not touch of all as much as is to them. You should not be destroyed together in all their sin.
16:27And both Dathan and Abiram left from the tent of Korah round about. And Dathan and Abiram came forth and stood by the doors of their tents, and their wives, and their children, and their belongings.
16:28And Moses said, By this you shall know that the lord sent me to execute all these works, that they are not of myself.
16:29If by the common death of all men these shall die; or if according to the review of all men the visit of death shall be theirs -- then the lord has not sent me.
16:30But if by a visible manifestation the lord shall show, and the earth opening its mouth shall swallow them, and their houses, and their tents, and all as much as is theirs, and they shall go down alive into Hades, then you shall know that these men provoked the lord.
16:31And as he ceased speaking all these words, the earth was torn underneath them.
16:32And the earth was opened, and it swallowed them, and their houses, and all the men of the ones being with Korah, and all their cattle.
16:33And these went down, and all as many as is to them, alive into Hades; and the earth covered them, and they were destroyed from out of the midst of the congregation.
16:34And all Israel round about them fled from their sound, saying, Lest at any time the earth shall swallow us.
16:35And fire came forth from the lord, and it devoured the fifty and two hundred men of the ones offering the incense.
16:36And the lord spoke to Moses, saying,
16:37Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, Do away with the censers from the midst of the ones having been incinerated, and sow this alien fire there!
16:38For they sanctified the censers of these sinners by their lives. And make them into scales hammered out for adornment to the altar! for they were brought near before the lord, and were sanctified. And they became for a sign to the sons of Israel.
16:39And Eleazar son of Aaron the priest took the censers of brass, as many as the men having been incinerated brought near; and they added them as an adornment to the altar,
16:40as a memorial for the sons of Israel, how that not should anyone foreign come forward who is not of the seed of Aaron, to place incense before the lord; so that he shall not be as Korah, and the ones conspiring with him, as the lord spoke by the hand of Moses to him.
16:41And the sons of Israel grumbled the next day against Moses and Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of the lord.
16:42And it came to pass in the gathering together the congregation against Moses and Aaron, that they advanced against the tent of the testimony; and thus the cloud covered it, and there appeared the glory of the lord.
16:43And Moses and Aaron entered by the front of the tent of the testimony.
16:44And the lord spoke to Moses, saying,
16:45Withdraw from the midst of this congregation, and I shall completely consume them at once. And they fell upon their face.
16:46And Moses said to Aaron, Take the censer, and place upon it fire from the altar, and put upon it incense, and carry it quickly into the congregation, and make atonement for them! For anger came forth from the face of the lord; it has begun to devastate the people.
16:47And Aaron took just as Moses spoke to him; and he ran into the congregation, for already had commenced the devastation among the people. And he put the incense, and he made atonement for the people.
16:48And he stood between the ones having died and the ones living, and the devastation abated.
16:49And the ones having died in the devastation were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, apart from the ones having died because of Korah.
16:50And Aaron returned to Moses at the door of the tent of the testimony, and the devastation abated.