Numbers 16
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Numbers 16:16-35

16MosesH4872 saidH559 to KorahH7141, “You and allH3605 your companyH5712 be presentH1961 beforeH6440 the LordH3068 tomorrowH4279, both you and they along with AaronH175. 17EachH376 of you takeH3947 his firepanH4289 and putH5414 incenseH7004 on 1it, and eachH376 of you bringH7126 his censerH4289 beforeH6440 the LordH3068, two hundredH3967 and fiftyH2572 firepansH4289; also you and AaronH175 shall eachH376 bring his firepanH4289.” 18So they eachH376 tookH3947 his own censerH4289 and putH5414 fireH784 on 2it, and laidH7760 incenseH7004 on 3it; and they stoodH5975 at the doorwayH6607 of the tentH168 of meetingH4150, with MosesH4872 and AaronH175. 19Thus KorahH7141 assembledH6950 allH3605 the congregationH5712 againstH5921 them at the doorwayH6607 of the tentH168 of meetingH4150. And 4the gloryH3519 of the LordH3068 appearedH7200 to allH3605 the congregationH5712.

20Then the LordH3068 spokeH1696 to MosesH4872 and AaronH175, sayingH559, 21“5SeparateH914 yourselves from amongH8432 thisH2088 congregationH5712, 6that I may consumeH3615 them instantlyH7281.” 22But they fellH5307 on their facesH6440 and saidH559, “O GodH410, 7GodH430 of the spiritsH7307 of allH3605 fleshH1320, 8when oneH259 manH376 sinsH2398, will You be angryH7107 with the entireH3605 congregationH5712?”

23Then the LordH3068 spokeH1696 to MosesH4872, sayingH559, 24“SpeakH1696 to the congregationH5712, sayingH559, ‘9GetH5927 backH5927 from aroundH5439 the dwellingsH4908 of KorahH7141, DathanH1885 and AbiramH48.’”

25Then MosesH4872 aroseH6965 and wentH1980 to DathanH1885 and AbiramH48, with the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478 followingH1980H310 him, 26and he spokeH1696 to the congregationH5712, sayingH559, “10DepartH5493 nowH4994 from the tentsH168 of theseH428 wickedH7563 menH376, and touchH5060 nothingH408H3605 that belongs to them, 11orH6435 you will be sweptH5595 awayH5595 in allH3605 their sinH2403.” 27So they gotH5927 backH5927 from aroundH5439 the dwellingsH4908 of KorahH7141, DathanH1885 and AbiramH48; and DathanH1885 and AbiramH48 cameH3318 out and stoodH5324 at the doorwayH6607 of their tentsH168, along with their wivesH802 and 12their sonsH1121 and their littleH2945 onesH2945. 28MosesH4872 saidH559, “By thisH2088 you shall knowH3045 that 13the LordH3068 has sentH7971 me to doH6213 allH3605 theseH428 deedsH4639; for this is not 14my doingH4480H3820. 29IfH518 theseH428 menH428 dieH4191 15the deathH4194 of allH3605 menH120 or 16if they sufferH6485 the 17fateH6486 of allH3605 menH120, then the LordH3068 has not sentH7971 me. 30But 18ifH518 the LordH3068 19bringsH1254 aboutH1254 an entirelyH1278 newH1278 thingH1278 and the groundH127 opensH6475 its mouthH6310 and swallowsH1104 them up with allH3605 that is theirsH1992, and they 20descendH3381 aliveH2416 into 21SheolH7585, then you will understandH3045 that theseH428 menH376 have spurnedH5006 the LordH3068.”

31As he finishedH3615 speakingH1696 allH3605 theseH428 wordsH1697, the groundH127 that was underH8478 them splitH1234 openH1234; 32and 22the earthH776 openedH6605 its mouthH6310 and swallowedH1104 them up, and their householdsH1004, and 23allH3605 the menH120 whoH834 belonged to KorahH7141 with their possessionsH7399. 33So they and allH3605 that belonged to them wentH3381 downH3381 aliveH2416 to 24SheolH7585; and the earthH776 closedH3680 overH5921 them, and they perishedH6 from the midstH8432 of the assemblyH6951. 34AllH3605 IsraelH3478 whoH834 were aroundH5439 them fledH5127 at their 25outcryH6963, for they saidH559, “The earthH776 may swallowH1104 us up!” 3526FireH784 also cameH3318 forthH3318 from the LordH3068 and consumedH398 the 27two hundredH3967 and fiftyH2572 menH376 who were offeringH7126 the incenseH7004.

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Notes

  1. 1. Numbers 16:17 Lit them ↩
  2. 2. Numbers 16:18 Lit them ↩
  3. 3. Numbers 16:18 Lit them ↩
  4. 4. Numbers 16:19 Num 14:10; 16:42; 20:6 ↩
  5. 5. Numbers 16:21 Num 16:45 ↩
  6. 6. Numbers 16:21 Ex 32:10, 12 ↩
  7. 7. Numbers 16:22 Num 27:16 ↩
  8. 8. Numbers 16:22 Gen 18:23-32; Lev 4:3 ↩
  9. 9. Numbers 16:24 Num 16:45 ↩
  10. 10. Numbers 16:26 Is 52:11 ↩
  11. 11. Numbers 16:26 Gen 19:15, 17 ↩
  12. 12. Numbers 16:27 Num 26:11 ↩
  13. 13. Numbers 16:28 Ex 3:12-15; 4:12, 15 ↩
  14. 14. Numbers 16:28 Lit from my heart ↩
  15. 15. Numbers 16:29 Lit like the death ↩
  16. 16. Numbers 16:29 Lit the visitation of all men be visited upon them ↩
  17. 17. Numbers 16:29 Eccl 3:19 ↩
  18. 18. Numbers 16:30 Job 31:2, 3 ↩
  19. 19. Numbers 16:30 Lit creates a new creation ↩
  20. 20. Numbers 16:30 Ps 55:15 ↩
  21. 21. Numbers 16:30 I.e. the nether world ↩
  22. 22. Numbers 16:32 Num 26:10; Deut 11:6; Ps 106:17 ↩
  23. 23. Numbers 16:32 Num 26:11 ↩
  24. 24. Numbers 16:33 I.e. the nether world ↩
  25. 25. Numbers 16:34 Or voice ↩
  26. 26. Numbers 16:35 Num 11:1-3; 26:10 ↩
  27. 27. Numbers 16:35 Num 16:2 ↩

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