Numbers 16
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Numbers 16:1-7

1Now Korah son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took

2two hundred fifty prominent Israelite men who were leaders of the community and representatives in the assembly, and they rebelled against Moses.

3They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have gone too far! Everyone in the entire community is holy, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the Lord’s assembly?”

4When Moses heard this, he fell facedown.

5Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will reveal who belongs to him, who is set apart, and the one he will let come near him. He will let the one he chooses come near him.

6Korah, you and all your followers are to do this: take firepans, and tomorrow

7place fire in them and put incense on them before the Lord. Then the man the Lord chooses will be the one who is set apart. It is you Levites who have gone too far!”

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