These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Numbers 16
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Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of , with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of , took men;
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and they rose up in of , with certain of the children of , two hundred and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect men of the , men of renown;
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- 3 and they assembled themselves together against and against , and said unto them: ‘Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are , every one of them, and is among them; wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the of ?’
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And when heard it, he fell upon his .
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And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: ‘In the morning will show who are His, and who is , and will cause him to come near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to come near unto Him.
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This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his company;
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and put fire therein, and put incense upon them before to-morrow; and it shall be that the man whom doth choose, he shall be ; ye take too much upon you, ye sons of .’
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- 8 And said unto Korah: ‘Hear now, ye sons of :
- 9 is it but a small thing unto you, that the of hath separated you from the congregation of , to bring you near to Himself, to do the service of the of , and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them;
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and that He hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of with thee? and will ye seek the also?
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Therefore thou and all thy company that are gathered together against —; and as to , what is he that ye murmur against him?’
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And sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said: ‘We will not come up;
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- 13 is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us?
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Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards; wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.’
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- 15 And was very wroth, and said unto : ‘Respect not thou their ; I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.’
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And said unto Korah: ‘Be thou and all thy congregation before , thou, and they, and , to-morrow;
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and take ye every man his fire-pan, and put incense upon them, and bring ye before every man his fire-pan, two hundred and fifty fire-pans; thou also, and , each his fire-pan.’
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- 18 And they took every man his fire-pan, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with and .
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And Korah assembled all the congregation against them unto the door of the tent of meeting; and the of appeared unto all the congregation.
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- 20 And spoke unto and unto , saying:
- 21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.’
- 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said: ‘O , the of the spirits of all , shall one man sin, and wilt Thou be wroth with all the congregation?’
- 23 And spoke unto , saying:
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Speak unto the congregation, saying: Get you up from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’
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And rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of followed him.
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- 26 And he spoke unto the congregation, saying: ‘Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be swept away in all their sins.’
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So they got them up from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side; and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.
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- 28 And said: ‘Hereby ye shall that hath sent me to do all these works, and that I have not done them of mine own mind.
- 29 If these men die the common death of all men, and be visited after the visitation of all men, then hath not sent Me.
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But if make a new thing, and the ground open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into the pit, then ye shall understand that these men have despised .’
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And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground did cleave asunder that was under them.
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- 32 And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
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So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit; and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the .
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And all that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said: ‘Lest the earth swallow us up.’
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And fire came forth from , and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.
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- 36 And spoke unto , saying:
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Speak unto Eleazar the son of the , that he take up the fire-pans out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are become ;
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- 38 even the fire-pans of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the —for they are become , because they were offered before —that they may be a sign unto the children of .’
- 39 And Eleazar the took the brazen fire-pans, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the ,
- 40 to be a memorial unto the children of , to the end that no common man, that is not of the seed of , draw near to burn incense before ; that he fare not as Korah, and as his company; as spoke unto him by the hand of .
- 41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of murmured against and against , saying: ‘Ye have killed the people of .’
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And it came to pass, when the congregation was assembled against and against , that they looked toward the tent of meeting; and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the of appeared.
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- 43 And and came to the front of the tent of meeting.
- 44 And spoke unto , saying:
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Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.’ And they fell upon their faces.
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And said unto : ‘Take thy fire-pan, and put fire therein from off the , and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make for them; for there is wrath gone out from : the plague is begun.’
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And took as spoke, and ran into the midst of the ; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people; and he put on the incense, and made for the people.
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- 48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
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Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.
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And returned unto unto the door of the tent of meeting, and the plague was stayed.
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