Numbers 16
1 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
One day Korah, who was the son of Izhar and a descendant of Levi’s son Kohath, conspired with Dathan and Abiram, who were the sons of Eliab, and On, who was the son of Peleth. Those three men were from the tribe of Reuben.
2 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
Korah and those other three men incited 250 other people who were leaders among the Israeli people to join them in rebelling against Moses/me.
3 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
They came together to criticize Aaron and Moses/me. They said to them/us, “You two are using more [authority] than you should! Yahweh has set apart all of us Israeli people, and he is with/helping all of us. So why do you act as though you are more important than the rest of us people who belong to Yahweh [RHQ]?”
4 and to hear: hear Moses and to fall: fall upon face his
When Moses/I heard what they were saying, he/I prostrated himself/myself on the ground.
5 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
Then he/I said to Korah and those [Israeli leaders] who were with Korah, “Tomorrow morning Yahweh will show us whom he has chosen to be his [priest], and who is holy and allowed to come near to him. Yahweh will permit [only] those whom he chooses to come into his presence.
6 this to make: do to take: take to/for you censer Korah and all congregation his
So Korah, tomorrow you and those who are with you must prepare your pans to burn incense.
7 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
Then you must light a fire in them and burn the incense in the presence of Yahweh. Then we will see which one of us Yahweh has chosen to be his holy servant. It is you men who are descendants of Levi who are trying to use more [authority] than you should!”
8 and to say Moses to(wards) Korah to hear: hear please son: descendant/people Levi
Then Moses/I spoke again to Korah. He/I said, “You men who are descendants of Levi, listen to me!
9 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
The God of us Israelis has chosen all of you to be close to him in order that you can work for him at his Sacred Tent and serve the people. (Is that unimportant/Does that mean nothing) to you [RHQ]?
10 and to present: bring [obj] you and [obj] all brother: male-relative your son: descendant/people Levi with you and to seek also priesthood
Yahweh has brought you, [Korah], and your fellow descendants of Levi, near to himself. Now are you demanding to become priests also?
11 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
It is really Yahweh against whom you and your fellow descendants of Levi are rebelling. Aaron is not the one about whom you are really complaining [RHQ].”
12 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
Then Moses/I summoned Dathan and Abiram, but [they refused to come]. They [sent a message] saying, “We will not come to you!
13 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
You brought us out of Egypt, which was a very fertile [IDM] land, in order to cause us to die here in this desert. That was bad. But now you are also trying to boss us [RHQ], and that is worse.
14 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
You have not given us a new land to live in, a land that has good fields and vineyards. You are only trying to [RHQ] trick these people. So we will not come to you.”
15 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
Then Moses/I became very angry. He/I said to Yahweh, “Do not accept the grain offerings that they have brought. I have not taken anything from them, not even one donkey, and I have never done anything wrong to them, [so they have no reason to complain about me].”
16 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
Then Moses/I said to Korah, “You and all those who are with you must come here tomorrow and stand in front of Yahweh. Aaron will also be here.
17 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
You and all the 250 men who are with you must each take a pan in which to burn incense, and put incense in it, to [burn it to be] an offering to Yahweh. Aaron will do the same thing.”
18 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
So [the next day] each of those men got a pan to burn incense. They put in it incense and hot coals to light it, and then they all stood at the entrance of the Sacred Tent with Aaron and Moses/me.
19 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
Then Korah summoned all the people who supported him and who were against Moses/me, and they also gathered at the entrance of the tent. Then the glory of Yahweh appeared to all of them/us,
20 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses and to(wards) Aaron to/for to say
and Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
21 to separate from midst [the] congregation [the] this and to end: destroy [obj] them like/as moment
“Get away from all these people, in order that I can get rid of them immediately!”
22 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
But Aaron and Moses/I prostrated themselves/ourselves on the ground. We pleaded with Yahweh, saying, “God, you are the one who caused all these people to live [MTY]. Only one of these men has sinned; so, (is it right for you to be angry with all the people?/it is not right for you to be angry with all the people!) [RHQ]”
23 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
24 to speak: speak to(wards) [the] congregation to/for to say to ascend: rise from around to/for tabernacle Korah Dathan and Abiram
“[Okay], but tell all the people to get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
25 and to arise: rise Moses and to go: went to(wards) Dathan and Abiram and to go: follow after him old: elder Israel
So Moses/I stood up and went to the tents of Dathan and Abiram. The Israeli leaders followed him/me.
26 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
He/I told the people, “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything that belongs to them! If you touch anything, you will die because of their sins!”
27 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
So all the people moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram came out of their tents with their wives and children and babies, and stood at the entrances of their tents.
28 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
Then Moses/I said, “I was not the one who decided to do all these things that I have done. It was Yahweh who [chose me and] sent me to do them. And now he will prove that to you.
29 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
If these men die in a normal way, then it will be clear that Yahweh did not choose me.
30 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 h7585)
But if Yahweh does something that has never happened before, if he causes the ground [that is under their feet] to open up and swallow these men [and their families] and all their possessions, and they fall into the opening and are buried while they are still alive, then you will know that these men have insulted Yahweh.” (Sheol h7585)
31 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
As soon as Moses/I said this, the ground split open beneath those men.
32 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
It swallowed them and their families and all those who were standing there with Korah and all of their possessions.
33 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 h7585)
They fell into the opening in the ground while they were still alive, and all their possessions fell into the opening also. They disappeared, and the ground closed back up again. (Sheol h7585)
34 and all Israel which around them to flee to/for voice their for to say lest to swallow up us [the] land: soil
They screamed as they fell, and all the people who were standing nearby heard them scream. The people [were terrified and] cried out as they ran away, saying, “[We do not want] the ground to swallow us also!”
35 and fire to come out: issue from with LORD and to eat [obj] [the] fifty and hundred man to present: bring [the] incense
And then a fire from Yahweh came down [from the sky] and burned up the 250 men who were burning the incense!
36 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
37 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
“Tell Aaron’s son Eleazar to take the pans that had incense in them away from the fire and to scatter the burning coals. The pans that those men [were carrying] are (holy/dedicated to me) [because they burned incense to me in them].
38 [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
Those men have now died because of their sin; so [Eleazar must] take their pans and hammer the metal to make it become very thin. He must make a covering for the altar with that metal. Those pans were used to offer incense to me, so they are (holy/dedicated to me). [What happened to] those pans will now warn the Israeli people.”
39 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
So Eleazar the priest collected the 250 pans for burning incense that had been used by the men who died in the fire. He hammered the pans very thin to make a covering for the altar, as Yahweh told Moses/me should be done.
40 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
That warned the Israeli people that only those who were descendants of Aaron were permitted to burn incense for an offering to Yahweh. If anyone else did that, the same thing that happened to Korah and those who were with him would happen to them.
41 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
But the following morning, all the Israeli people started to complain against Aaron and Moses/me, saying “You have killed many people who belonged to Yahweh!”
42 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
When all the people gathered together to protest about what Aaron and Moses/I had done, they looked at the Sacred Tent and saw that the sacred cloud had covered it, and the glory of Yahweh had appeared.
43 and to come (in): come Moses and Aaron to(wards) face: before tent meeting
Aaron and Moses/I went and stood in front of the Sacred Tent.
44 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
45 be exalted from midst [the] congregation [the] this and to end: destroy [obj] them like/as moment and to fall: fall upon face their
“Get away from these people, in order that I can get rid of them immediately [without injuring you two]!” But Aaron and Moses/I prostrated themselves/ourselves on the ground [and prayed].
46 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
Moses/I said to Aaron, “Quickly take another pan and put in it some burning/hot coals from the altar. Put incense in the pan, and carry it out among the people to atone for the sins of the people. Yahweh is very angry with them, and [I know that] a (severe plague/bad sickness) has already started among them.”
47 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
So Aaron did what Moses/I told him. He took the burning incense out among the people. The plague had already started to strike the people, but Aaron continued to burn the incense so that God would forgive them for the sins they had committed.
48 and to stand: stand between [the] to die and between [the] alive and to restrain [the] plague
He stood between the people who had already died and those who were still alive, and then the plague stopped.
49 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
But 14,700 people had already died from that plague/sickness, in addition to the people who died with Korah.
50 and to return: return Aaron to(wards) Moses to(wards) entrance tent meeting and [the] plague to restrain
Then after the plague had ended, Aaron and Moses/I returned to the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
