Liber Numeri 16
1 Ecce autem Core filius Isaar, filii Caath, filii Levi, et Dathan atque Abiron filii Eliab, Hon quoque filius Pheleth de filiis Ruben,
Nowe Korah the sonne of Izhar, the sonne of Kohath, the sonne of Leui went apart with Dathan, and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab, and On the sonne of Peleth, the sonnes of Reuben:
2 surrexerunt contra Moysen, aliique filiorum Israel ducenti quinquaginta viri proceres synagogae, et qui tempore concilii per nomina vocabantur.
And they rose vp against Moses, with certaine of the children of Israel, two hundreth and fiftie captaines of the assemblie, famous in the Congregation, and men of renoume,
3 Cumque stetissent adversum Moysen et Aaron, dixerunt: Sufficiat vobis, quia omnis multitudo sanctorum est, et in ipsis est Dominus: Cur elevamini super populum Domini?
Who gathered themselues together against Moses, and against Aaron, and sayde vnto them, Ye take too much vpon you, seeing all the Congregation is holie, euery one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherfore then lift ye your selues aboue the Congregation of the Lord?
4 Quod cum audisset Moyses, cecidit pronus in faciem:
But when Moses heard it, hee fell vpon his face,
5 locutusque ad Core et ad omnem multitudinem: Mane, inquit, notum faciet Dominus qui ad se pertineant, et sanctos applicabit sibi: et quos elegerit, appropinquabunt ei.
And spake to Korah and vnto all his companie, saying, To morow the Lord will shew who is his, and who is holy, and who ought to approche neere vnto him: and whom he hath chosen, hee will cause to come neere to him.
6 Hoc igitur facite: Tollat unusquisque thuribula sua, tu Core, et omne concilium tuum:
This doe therefore, Take you censers, both Korah, and all his companie,
7 et hausto cras igne, ponite desuper thymiama coram Domino: et quemcumque elegerit, ipse erit sanctus: multum erigimini filii Levi.
And put fire therein, and put incense in the before the Lord to morowe: and the man whome the Lord doeth chuse, the same shalbe holie: ye take too much vpon you, ye sonnes of Leui.
8 Dixitque rursum ad Core: Audite filii Levi:
Againe Moses saide vnto Korah, Heare, I pray you, ye sonnes of Leui.
9 Num parum vobis est quod separavit vos Deus Israel ab omni populo, et iunxit sibi, ut serviretis ei in cultu tabernaculi, et staretis coram frequentia populi, et ministraretis ei?
Seemeth it a small thing vnto you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the multitude of Israel, to take you neere to himselfe, to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the Congregation and to minister vnto them?
10 idcirco ad se fecit accedere te et omnes fratres tuos filios Levi, ut vobis etiam sacerdotium vindicetis,
He hath also taken thee to him, and all thy brethren the sonnes of Leui with thee, and seeke ye the office of the Priest also?
11 et omnis globus tuus stet contra Dominum? quis est enim Aaron ut murmuretis contra eum?
For which cause, thou, and all thy companie are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmure against him?
12 Misit ergo Moyses ut vocaret Dathan et Abiron filios Eliab. Qui responderunt: Non venimus.
And Moses sent to call Dathan, and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab: who answered, We will not come vp.
13 numquid parum est tibi quod eduxisti nos de terra, quae lacte et melle manabat, ut occideres in deserto, nisi et dominatus fueris nostri?
Is it a small thing that thou hast brought vs out of a lande that floweth with milke and honie, to kill vs in the wildernesse, except thou make thy selfe lord and ruler ouer vs also?
14 Revera induxisti nos in terram, quae fluit rivis lactis et mellis, et dedisti nobis possessiones agrorum et vinearum. an et oculos nostros vis eruere? non venimus.
Also thou hast not brought vs vnto a land that floweth with milke and honie, neither giuen vs inheritance of fieldes and vineyardes: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come vp.
15 Iratusque Moyses valde, ait ad Dominum: Ne respicias sacrificia eorum: tu scis quod nec asellum quidem umquam acceperim ab eis, nec afflixerim quempiam eorum.
Then Moses waxed verie angry, and saide vnto the Lord, Looke not vnto their offring: I haue not taken so much as an asse from them, neither haue I hurt any of them.
16 Dixitque ad Core: Tu, et omnis congregatio tua, state seorsum coram Domino, et Aaron die crastino separatim.
And Moses said vnto Korah, Bee thou and al thy companie before the Lord: both thou, they, and Aaron to morowe:
17 Tollite singuli thuribula vestra, et ponite super ea incensum, offerentes Domino ducenta quinquaginta thuribula: Aaron quoque teneat thuribulum suum.
And take euery man his censor, and put incense in them, and bring ye euery man his censor before the Lord, two hundreth and fiftie censors: thou also and Aaron, euery one his censor.
18 Quod cum fecissent, stantibus Moyses et Aaron,
So they tooke euery man his censor, and put fire in them, and laide incense thereon, and stoode in the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation with Moses and Aaron.
19 et coacervassent adversum eos omnem multitudinem ad ostium tabernaculi, apparuit cunctis gloria Domini.
And Korah gathered all the multitude against them vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation: then the glorie of the Lord appeared vnto all the Congregation.
20 Locutusque Dominus ad Moysen et Aaron, ait:
And the Lord spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying,
21 Separamini de medio congregationis huius, ut eos repente disperdam.
Separate your selues from among this Cogregation, that I may consume them at once.
22 Qui ceciderunt proni in faciem, atque dixerunt: Fortissime Deus spirituum universae carnis, num uno peccante, contra omnes ira tua desaeviet?
And they fell vpon their faces and saide, O God the God of the spirits, of all fleshe, hath not one man onely sinned, and wilt thou bee wroth with all the Congregation?
23 Et ait Dominus ad Moysen:
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
24 Praecipe universo populo ut separetur a tabernaculis Core, et Dathan et Abiron.
Speake vnto the Congregation and say, Get you away from about the Tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.
25 Surrexitque Moyses, et abiit ad Dathan et Abiron: et sequentibus eum senioribus Israel,
Then Moses rose vp, and went vnto Dathan and Abiram, and the Elders of Israel followed him.
26 dixit ad turbam: Recedite a tabernaculis hominum impiorum, et nolite tangere quae ad eos pertinent, ne involvamini in peccatis eorum.
And he spake vnto the Congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tentes of these wicked men, and touche nothing of theirs, lest ye perish in all their sinnes.
27 Cumque recessissent a tentoriis eorum per circuitum, Dathan et Abiron egressi stabant in introitu papilionum suorum cum uxoribus et liberis, omnique frequentia.
So they gate them away from the Tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram on euerie side: and Dathan, and Abiram came out and stood in the doore of their tentes with their wiues, and their sonnes, and their little children.
28 Et ait Moyses: In hoc scietis, quod Dominus miserit me ut facerem universa quae cernitis, et non ex proprio ea corde protulerim:
And Moses saide, Hereby yee shall knowe that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works: for I haue not done them of mine owne minde.
29 Si consueta hominum morte interierint, et visitaverit eos plaga, qua et ceteri visitari solent, non misit me Dominus:
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men, the Lord hath not sent me.
30 sin autem novam rem fecerit Dominus, ut aperiens terra os suum deglutiat eos et omnia quae ad illos pertinent, descenderintque viventes in infernum, scietis quod blasphemaverint Dominum. (Sheol h7585)
But if the Lord make a newe thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallowe them vp with all that they haue, and they goe downe quicke into ye pit, then ye shall vnderstand that these men haue prouoked the Lord. (Sheol h7585)
31 Confestim igitur ut cessavit loqui, dirupta est terra sub pedibus eorum:
And assoone as he had made an ende of speaking all these wordes, euen the ground claue asunder that was vnder them,
32 et aperiens os suum, devoravit illos cum tabernaculis suis et universa substantia eorum.
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them vp, with their families, and all the men that were with Korah, and all their goods.
So they and all that they had, went down aliue into the pit, and the earth couered them: so they perished from among the Congregation. (Sheol h7585)
34 At vero omnis Israel, qui stabat per gyrum, fugit a clamore pereuntium, dicens: Ne forte et nos terra deglutiat.
And all Israel that were about them, fled at the crie of them: for they said, Let vs flee, least the earth swalow vs vp.
35 Sed et ignis egressus a Domino, interfecit ducentos quinquaginta viros, qui offerebant incensum.
But there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundreth and fiftie men that offred the incense.
36 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
37 Praecipe Eleazaro filio Aaron sacerdotis ut tollat thuribula quae iacent in incendio, et ignem huc illucque dispergat: quoniam sanctificata sunt
Speake vnto Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron the Priest, that he take vp the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire beyond the altar: for they are halowed,
38 in mortibus peccatorum: producatque ea in laminas, et affigat altari, eo quod oblatum sit in eis incensum Domino, et sanctificata sint, ut cernant ea pro signo et monimento filii Israel.
The censers, I say, of these sinners, that destroyed themselues: and let them make of them broade plates for a couering of the Altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they shalbe holy, and they shall be a signe vnto the children of Israel.
39 Tulit ergo Eleazar sacerdos thuribula aenea, in quibus obtulerant hi quos incendium devoravit, et produxit ea in laminas, affigens altari:
Then Eleazar the Priest tooke the brasen censers, which they, that were burnt, had offred, and made broade plates of them for a couering of the Altar.
40 ut haberent postea filii Israel, quibus commonerentur ne quis accedat alienigena, et qui non est de semine Aaron ad offerendum incensum Domino, ne patiatur sicut passus est Core, et omnis congregatio eius, loquente Domino ad Moysen.
It is a remembrance vnto the children of Israel, that no stranger which is not of the seede of Aaron, come neere to offer incense before the Lord, that he be not like Korah and his company, as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.
41 Murmuravit autem omnis multitudo filiorum Israel sequenti die contra Moysen et Aaron, dicens: Vos interfecistis populum Domini.
But on the morowe all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye haue killed the people of the Lord.
42 Cumque oriretur seditio, et tumultus incresceret,
And when the Congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, then they turned their faces toward the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and beholde, the cloude couered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
43 Moyses et Aaron fugerunt ad tabernaculum foederis. Quod, postquam ingressi sunt, operuit nubes, et apparuit gloria Domini.
Then Moses and Aaron were come before the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
44 Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen:
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
45 Recedite de medio huius multitudinis, etiam nunc delebo eos. Cumque iacerent in terra,
Get you vp from among this Congregation: for I wil consume them quickly: then they fell vpon their faces.
46 dixit Moyses ad Aaron: Tolle thuribulum, et hausto igne de altari, mitte incensum desuper, pergens cito ad populum ut roges pro eis: iam enim egressa est ira a Domino, et plaga desaevit.
And Moses said vnto Aaron, Take the censer and put fire therein of the Altar, and put therein incense, and goe quickly vnto the Congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord: the plague is begunne.
47 Quod cum fecisset Aaron, et cucurrisset ad mediam multitudinem, quam iam vastabat incendium, obtulit thymiama:
Then Aaron tooke as Moses commanded him, and ranne into the middes of the Congregation, and beholde, the plague was begun among the people, and hee put in incense, and made an atonement for the people.
48 et stans inter mortuos ac viventes, pro populo deprecatus est, et plaga cessavit.
And when hee stoode betweene the dead, and them that were aliue, the plague was stayed.
49 Fuerunt autem qui percussi sunt, quattuordecim millia hominum, et septingenti, absque his qui perierant in seditione Core.
So they died of this plague fourtene thousande and seuen hundreth, beside them that dyed in the conspiracie of Korah.
50 Reversusque est Aaron ad Moysen ad ostium tabernaculi foederis postquam quievit interitus.
And Aaron went againe vnto Moses before the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the plague was stayed.
