< Numbers 16 >
1 Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted
and to take: take Korah son: child Izhar son: child Kohath son: child Levi and Dathan and Abiram son: child Eliab and On son: child Peleth son: child Reuben
2 a rebellion against Moses, along with 250 men of Israel renowned as leaders of the congregation and representatives in the assembly.
and to arise: rise to/for face: before Moses and human from son: descendant/people Israel fifty and hundred leader congregation chosen meeting human name
3 They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”
and to gather upon Moses and upon Aaron and to say to(wards) them many to/for you for all [the] congregation all their holy and in/on/with midst their LORD and why? to lift: exalt upon assembly LORD
4 When Moses heard this, he fell facedown.
and to hear: hear Moses and to fall: fall upon face his
5 Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one He chooses, He will bring near to Himself.
and to speak: speak to(wards) Korah and to(wards) all congregation his to/for to say morning and to know LORD [obj] which to/for him and [obj] [the] holy and to present: come to(wards) him and [obj] which to choose in/on/with him to present: bring to(wards) him
6 You, Korah, and all your followers are to do as follows: Take censers,
this to make: do to take: take to/for you censer Korah and all congregation his
7 and tomorrow you are to place fire and incense in them in the presence of the LORD. Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. It is you sons of Levi who have taken too much upon yourselves!”
and to give: put in/on/with them fire and to set: put upon them incense to/for face: before LORD tomorrow and to be [the] man which to choose LORD he/she/it [the] holy: saint many to/for you son: descendant/people Levi
8 Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you sons of Levi!
and to say Moses to(wards) Korah to hear: hear please son: descendant/people Levi
9 Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?
little from you for to separate God Israel [obj] you from congregation Israel to/for to present: come [obj] you to(wards) him to/for to serve: minister [obj] service: ministry tabernacle LORD and to/for to stand: stand to/for face: before [the] congregation to/for to minister them
10 He has brought you near, you and all your fellow Levites, but you are seeking the priesthood as well.
and to present: bring [obj] you and [obj] all brother: male-relative your son: descendant/people Levi with you and to seek also priesthood
11 Therefore, it is you and all your followers who have conspired against the LORD! As for Aaron, who is he that you should grumble against him?”
to/for so you(m. s.) and all congregation your [the] to appoint upon LORD and Aaron what? he/she/it for (to grumble *Q(K)*) upon him
12 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!
and to send: depart Moses to/for to call: call to to/for Dathan and to/for Abiram son: child Eliab and to say not to ascend: rise
13 Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us?
little for to ascend: establish us from land: country/planet to flow: flowing milk and honey to/for to die us in/on/with wilderness for to rule upon us also to rule
14 Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”
also not to(wards) land: country/planet to flow: flowing milk and honey to come (in): bring us and to give: give to/for us inheritance land: country and vineyard eye [the] human [the] they(masc.) to dig not to ascend: rise
15 Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”
and to be incensed to/for Moses much and to say to(wards) LORD not to turn to(wards) offering their not donkey one from them to lift: bear and not be evil [obj] one from them
16 And Moses said to Korah, “You and all your followers are to appear before the LORD tomorrow—you and they and Aaron.
and to say Moses to(wards) Korah you(m. s.) and all congregation your to be to/for face: before LORD you(m. s.) and they(masc.) and Aaron tomorrow
17 Each man is to take his censer, place incense in it, and present it before the LORD—250 censers. You and Aaron are to present your censers as well.”
and to take: take man: anyone censer his and to give: put upon them incense and to present: bring to/for face: before LORD man: anyone censer his fifty and hundred censer and you(m. s.) and Aaron man: anyone censer his
18 So each man took his censer, put fire and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
and to take: take man: anyone censer his and to give: put upon them fire and to set: put upon them incense and to stand: stand entrance tent meeting and Moses and Aaron
19 When Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole congregation.
and to gather upon them Korah [obj] all [the] congregation to(wards) entrance tent meeting and to see: see glory LORD to(wards) all [the] congregation
20 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses and to(wards) Aaron to/for to say
21 “Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”
to separate from midst [the] congregation [the] this and to end: destroy [obj] them like/as moment
22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
and to fall: fall upon face their and to say God God [the] spirit to/for all flesh man one to sin and upon all [the] congregation be angry
23 Then the LORD said to Moses,
and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
24 “Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
to speak: speak to(wards) [the] congregation to/for to say to ascend: rise from around to/for tabernacle Korah Dathan and Abiram
25 So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
and to arise: rise Moses and to go: went to(wards) Dathan and Abiram and to go: follow after him old: elder Israel
26 And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
and to speak: speak to(wards) [the] congregation to/for to say to turn aside: depart please from upon tent [the] human [the] wicked [the] these and not to touch in/on/with all which to/for them lest to snatch in/on/with all sin their
27 So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.
and to ascend: rise from upon tabernacle Korah Dathan and Abiram from around and Dathan and Abiram to come out: come to stand entrance tent their and woman: wife their and son: child their and child their
28 Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:
and to say Moses in/on/with this to know [emph?] for LORD to send: depart me to/for to make: do [obj] all [the] deed: work [the] these for not from heart my
29 If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.
if like/as death all [the] man to die [emph?] these and punishment all [the] man to reckon: visit upon them not LORD to send: depart me
30 But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.” (Sheol )
and if creation to create LORD and to open [the] land: soil [obj] lip her and to swallow up [obj] them and [obj] all which to/for them and to go down alive hell: Sheol [to] and to know for to spurn [the] human [the] these [obj] LORD (Sheol )
31 As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,
and to be like/as to end: finish he to/for to speak: speak [obj] all [the] word [the] these and to break up/open [the] land: soil which underneath: under them
32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.
and to open [the] land: soil [obj] lip her and to swallow up [obj] them and [obj] house: household their and [obj] all [the] man which to/for Korah and [obj] all [the] property
33 They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly. (Sheol )
and to go down they(masc.) and all which to/for them alive hell: Sheol [to] and to cover upon them [the] land: soil and to perish from midst [the] assembly (Sheol )
34 At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”
and all Israel which around them to flee to/for voice their for to say lest to swallow up us [the] land: soil
35 And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
and fire to come out: issue from with LORD and to eat [obj] [the] fifty and hundred man to present: bring [the] incense
36 Then the LORD said to Moses,
and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
37 “Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to remove the censers from the flames and to scatter the coals far away, because the censers are holy.
to say to(wards) Eleazar son: child Aaron [the] priest and to exalt [obj] [the] censer from between [the] fire and [obj] [the] fire to scatter further for to consecrate: consecate
38 As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”
[obj] censer [the] sinner [the] these in/on/with soul: life their and to make [obj] them hammered out plate plating to/for altar for to present: bring them to/for face: before LORD and to consecrate: consecate and to be to/for sign: indicator to/for son: descendant/people Israel
39 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,
and to take: take Eleazar [the] priest [obj] censer [the] bronze which to present: bring [the] to burn and to beat them plating to/for altar
40 just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his followers.
memorial to/for son: descendant/people Israel because which not to present: come man be a stranger which not from seed: children Aaron he/she/it to/for to offer: burn incense to/for face: before LORD and not to be like/as Korah and like/as congregation his like/as as which to speak: speak LORD in/on/with hand: by Moses to/for him
41 The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”
and to grumble all congregation son: descendant/people Israel from morrow upon Moses and upon Aaron to/for to say you(m. p.) to die [obj] people LORD
42 But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.
and to be in/on/with to gather [the] congregation upon Moses and upon Aaron and to turn to(wards) tent meeting and behold to cover him [the] cloud and to see: see glory LORD
43 Then Moses and Aaron went to the front of the Tent of Meeting,
and to come (in): come Moses and Aaron to(wards) face: before tent meeting
44 and the LORD said to Moses,
and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
45 “Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.
be exalted from midst [the] congregation [the] this and to end: destroy [obj] them like/as moment and to fall: fall upon face their
46 Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
and to say Moses to(wards) Aaron to take: take [obj] [the] censer and to give: put upon her fire from upon [the] altar and to set: put incense and to go: take haste to(wards) [the] congregation and to atone upon them for to come out: come [the] wrath from to/for face of LORD to profane/begin: begin [the] plague
47 So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people.
and to take: take Aaron like/as as which to speak: speak Moses and to run: run to(wards) midst [the] assembly and behold to profane/begin: begin [the] plague in/on/with people and to give: put [obj] [the] incense and to atone upon [the] people
48 He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.
and to stand: stand between [the] to die and between [the] alive and to restrain [the] plague
49 But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who had died on account of Korah.
and to be [the] to die in/on/with plague four ten thousand and seven hundred from to/for alone: besides [the] to die upon word: thing Korah
50 Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, since the plague had been halted.
and to return: return Aaron to(wards) Moses to(wards) entrance tent meeting and [the] plague to restrain