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Numbers 16:23-34

23And theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068spokeוַיְדַבֵּ֥רvay.da.BerH1696toMosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872,sayingלֵּאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

24Speakדַּבֵּ֥רda.BerH1696to thecongregationהָעֵדָ֖הha.'e.DahH5712,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, Withdrawyourselvesהֵֽעָלוּ֙he.'a.LuH5927fromaboutמִסָּבִ֔יבmi.sa.VivH5439thetabernacleלְמִשְׁכַּן־le.mish.kan-H4908ofKorahקֹ֖רַחKo.rachH7141,Dathanדָּתָ֥ןda.TanH1885, andAbiramוַאֲבִירָֽם׃va.'a.vi.RamH48.

25AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872roseupוַיָּ֣קָםvai.Ya.komH6965andwentH3212toDathanדָּתָ֣ןda.TanH1885andAbiramוַאֲבִירָ֑םva.'a.vi.RamH48; and theeldersזִקְנֵ֥יzik.NeiH2205ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478followedH3212himאַחֲרָ֖יו'a.cha.RavH310.

26And hespokeוַיְדַבֵּ֨רvay.da.BerH1696to thecongregationהָעֵדָ֜הha.'e.DahH5712,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Departס֣וּרוּSu.ruH5493, I pray you, from thetentsאָהֳלֵ֨י'o.ho.LeiH168of thesewickedהָֽרְשָׁעִים֙ha.re.sha.'ImH7563menהָאֲנָשִׁ֤יםha.'a.na.ShimH582, andtouchתִּגְּע֖וּti.ge.'UH5060nothing of theirs, lest ye beconsumedתִּסָּפ֖וּti.sa.FuH5595in all theirsinsחַטֹּאתָֽם׃cha.to.TamH2403.

27So theywithdrewוַיֵּעָל֗וּvai.ye.'a.LuH5927from thetabernacleמִשְׁכַּן־mish.kan-H4908ofKorahקֹ֛רֶחKo.rechH7141,Dathanדָּתָ֥ןda.TanH1885, andAbiramוַאֲבִירָ֖םva.'a.vi.RamH48, on everysideמִסָּבִ֑יבmi.sa.VivH5439: andDathanוְדָתָ֨ןve.da.TanH1885andAbiramוַאֲבִירָ֜םva.'a.vi.RamH48cameoutיָצְא֣וּya.tze.'UH3318, andstoodנִצָּבִ֗יםni.tza.VimH5324in thedoorפֶּ֚תַחPe.tachH6607of theirtentsאָֽהֳלֵיהֶ֔ם'o.ho.lei.HemH168, and theirwivesוּנְשֵׁיהֶ֥םu.ne.shei.HemH802, and theirsonsוּבְנֵיהֶ֖םu.ve.nei.HemH1121, and their littlechildrenוְטַפָּֽם׃ve.ta.PamH2945.

28AndMosesמֹשֶׁה֒mo.ShehH4872saidוַיֹּאמֶר֮vai.yo.MerH559, by this ye shallknowתֵּֽדְע֔וּןte.de.'UnH3045that theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068hathsentשְׁלָחַ֔נִיshe.la.Cha.niH7971me todoלַעֲשׂ֕וֹתla.'a.SotH6213all theseworksהַֽמַּעֲשִׂ֖יםha.ma.'a.SimH4639; for I have not done them of my ownmindמִלִּבִּֽי׃mi.li.BiH3820.

29If these men shalldieיְמֻת֣וּןye.mu.TunH4191the commondeathכְּמ֤וֹתke.MotH4194of allmenהָֽאָדָם֙ha.'a.DamH120, or if they bevisitedיִפָּקֵ֖דyi.pa.KedH6485after thevisitationוּפְקֻדַּת֙u.fe.ku.DatH6486of allmenהָ֣אָדָ֔םha.'a.DamH120; then theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hath notsentשְׁלָחָֽנִי׃she.la.Cha.niH7971me.

30But if theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068shallmakeיִבְרָ֣אyiv.Ra'H1254a newthingבְּרִיאָ֞הbe.ri.'AhH1278, and theearthהָאֲדָמָ֤הha.'a.da.MahH127shallopenוּפָצְתָ֨הu.fa.tze.TahH6475hermouthפִּ֙יהָ֙pi.haH6310, and swallow themupוּבָלְעָ֤הu.val.'AhH1104, with all that appertain to them, and they godownוְיָרְד֥וּve.ya.re.DuH3381aliveחַיִּ֖יםchai.YimH2416into thepitשְׁאֹ֑לָהshe.'O.lahH7585; then ye shallunderstandוִֽידַעְתֶּ֕םvi.da'.TemH3045that thesemenהָאֲנָשִׁ֥יםha.'a.na.ShimH582haveprovokedנִֽאֲצ֛וּni.'a.TzuH5006theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

31And it came to pass, as he hadfinishedכְּכַלֹּת֔וֹke.kha.lo.ToH3615speakingלְדַבֵּ֕רle.da.BerH1696all thesewordsהַדְּבָרִ֖יםha.de.va.RimH1697, that thegroundהָאֲדָמָ֖הha.'a.da.MahH127openedupוַתִּבָּקַ֥עva.ti.ba.Ka'H1234that was under them:

32And theearthהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776openedוַתִּפְתַּ֤חva.tif.TachH6605hermouthפִּ֔יהָPi.haH6310, and swallowed themupוַתִּבְלַ֥עva.tiv.La'H1104, and theirhousesבָּתֵּיהֶ֑םba.tei.HemH1004, and all themenהָאָדָם֙ha.'a.DamH120that appertained toKorahלְקֹ֔רַחle.Ko.rachH7141, and all theirgoodsהָרֲכֽוּשׁ׃ha.ra.KhushH7399.

33They, and all that appertained to them, wentdownוַיֵּ֨רְד֜וּvai.Ye.re.DuH3381aliveחַיִּ֖יםchai.YimH2416into thepitשְׁאֹ֑לָהshe.'O.lahH7585, and theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776closedוַתְּכַ֤סva.te.KhasH3680upon them: and theyperishedוַיֹּאבְד֖וּvai.yoe.DuH6fromamongמִתּ֥וֹךְmi.TokhH8432thecongregationהַקָּהָֽל׃ha.ka.HalH6951.

34And allIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478that werearoundסְבִיבֹתֵיהֶ֖םse.vi.vo.tei.HemH5439themfledנָ֣סוּNa.suH5127at thecryלְקֹלָ֑םle.ko.LamH6963of them: for theysaidאָֽמְר֔וּ'a.me.RuH559, Lest theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776swallow usupתִּבְלָעֵ֖נוּtiv.la.'E.nuH1104also .

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