< Numbers 16 >

1 Now Korah son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi, along with Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, descendants of Reuben, gathered some men.
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 They rose up against Moses, along with other men from the people of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the community who were well-known members in the community.
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 assembled themselves together to confront Moses and Aaron. They said to them, “You have gone too far! All the community is set apart, every one of them, and Yahweh is among them. Why do you lift up yourselves above the rest of Yahweh's community?”
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 that, he lay facedown.
and to hear: hear Moses and to fall: fall upon face his
5 He spoke to Korah and to all those with him, “In the morning Yahweh will make known who belongs to him and who is set apart to him. He will bring that person near to him. 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 Do this, Korah and all your group. Take censers
this to make: do to take: take to/for you censer Korah and all congregation his
7 tomorrow and put fire and incense in them before Yahweh. The one whom Yahweh chooses, that man will be set apart to Yahweh. You have gone too far, you descendants of Levi.”
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 Again, Moses said to Korah, “Now listen, you descendants of Levi:
and to say Moses to(wards) Korah to hear: hear please son: descendant/people Levi
9 is it a small thing for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the community of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do work in Yahweh's tabernacle, and to stand before the community to serve 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, and all your kinfolk, the descendants of Levi, with you, yet you are seeking the priesthood also!
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 That is why you and all your group have gathered together against Yahweh. So why are you complaining about Aaron, who obeys Yahweh?”
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 called for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come up.
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 a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness? Now you want to make yourself 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 In addition, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us the fields and vineyards as an inheritance. Now do you want to blind us with empty promises? We will not come to you.”
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 Moses was very angry and said to Yahweh, “Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed any 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 Then Moses said to Korah, “Tomorrow you and all your company must go before Yahweh—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 of you must take his censer and put incense in it. Then each man must bring before Yahweh his censer, two hundred and fifty censers. You and Aaron, also, must each bring your censer.”
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 every man took his censer, put fire in it, laid incense in it, and stood at the entrance to the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
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 Korah assembled all the community against Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the tent of meeting, and Yahweh's glory appeared to all the community.
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 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron:
and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses and to(wards) Aaron to/for to say
21 “Separate yourselves from among this community that I may consume them immediately.”
to separate from midst [the] congregation [the] this and to end: destroy [obj] them like/as moment
22 Moses and Aaron lay facedown and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all humanity, if one man sins, must you be angry with all the community?”
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 Yahweh replied to Moses. He said,
and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
24 “Speak to the community. Say, 'Get away from the tents 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 Then Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; 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 He spoke to the community and said, “Now leave the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs, or you will be consumed by 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 the community on every side of the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram left them. Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrance to their tents, with their wives, sons, and their little ones.
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, “By this you will know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them of my own accord.
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 such as normally happens, then Yahweh 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 Yahweh creates something new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them, with everything that they possess, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you must understand that these men have despised Yahweh.” (Sheol h7585)
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)
31 As soon as Moses finished speaking all these words, the ground opened under those men.
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 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their families, and all the people who belonged to Korah, as well as 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 So they and all that they possessed went down alive into Sheol. The earth closed over them, and they perished from among the community. (Sheol h7585)
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)
34 All Israel around them fled from their cries. They exclaimed, “The earth may swallow us up also!”
and all Israel which around them to flee to/for voice their for to say lest to swallow up us [the] land: soil
35 Then fire flashed out from Yahweh and devoured the 250 men who had offered 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 Again Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
37 “Speak to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest and let him take up the censers out of the flames, for the censers are set apart to me. Then let him scatter the burning coals at a distance.
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 Take the censers of those who lost their lives because of their sin. Let them be made into hammered plates as a covering over the altar. Those men did offer them before me, so they are set apart to me. They will be a sign of my presence to the people of Israel.”
[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 Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that had been used by the men who were burned up, and they were hammered out into a covering for 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 to be a reminder to the people of Israel, so that no outsider who was not descended from Aaron should come up to burn incense before Yahweh, so they might not become like Korah and his group—just as Yahweh had commanded through Moses.
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 But the next morning all the community of the people of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron. They said, “You have killed Yahweh'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 Then it happened, when the community had assembled against Moses and Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting and, behold, the cloud was covering it. Yahweh's glory 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 and Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.
and to come (in): come Moses and Aaron to(wards) face: before tent meeting
44 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
45 “Go away from in front of this community so that I may consume them immediately.” Then Moses and Aaron lay down with their faces to the ground.
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 the censer, put fire in it from off the altar, put incense in it, carry it quickly to the community, and make atonement for them, because anger is coming from Yahweh. 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 did as Moses directed. He ran into the middle of the community. The plague had quickly started to spread among the people, so he put in 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 Aaron stood between the dead and the living; in this way the plague was stopped.
and to stand: stand between [the] to die and between [the] alive and to restrain [the] plague
49 Those who died by the plague were 14,700 in number, besides those who had died in the matter 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 Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the tent of meeting, and the plague ended.
and to return: return Aaron to(wards) Moses to(wards) entrance tent meeting and [the] plague to restrain

< Numbers 16 >