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Now Korah the son of Izhar ,
son of Kohath ,
son of Levi ,
and Dathan and Abi '
ram the sons of Eli '
ab ,
and On the son of Peleth ,
sons of Reuben ,
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took men ;
and they rose up before Moses ,
with a number of the people of Israel ,
two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation ,
chosen from the assembly ,
well-known men ;
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and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron ,
and said to them , "
You have gone too far !
For all the congregation are holy ,
every one of them ,
and the LORD is among them ;
why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD ?"
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When Moses heard it ,
he fell on his face ;
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and he said to Korah and all his company , "
In the morning the LORD will show who is his ,
and who is holy ,
and will cause him to come near to him ;
him whom he will choose he will cause to come near to him .
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Do this :
take censers ,
Korah and all his company ;
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put fire in them and put incense upon them before the LORD tomorrow ,
and the man whom the LORD chooses shall be the holy one .
You have gone too far ,
sons of Levi !"
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And Moses said to Korah , "
Hear now ,
you sons of Levi :
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is it too small a thing for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel ,
to bring you near to himself ,
to do service in the tabernacle of the LORD ,
and to stand before the congregation to minister to them ;
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and that he has brought you near him ,
and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you ?
And would you seek the priesthood also ?
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Therefore it is against the LORD that you and all your company have gathered together ;
what is Aaron that you murmur against him ?"
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And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abi '
ram the sons of Eli '
ab ;
and they said , "
We will not come up .
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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 ,
that you must also make yourself a prince over us ?
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Moreover you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey ,
nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards .
Will you put out the eyes of these men ?
We will not come up ."
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And Moses was very angry ,
and said to the LORD , "
Do not respect their offering .
I have not taken one ass from them ,
and I have not harmed one of them ."
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And Moses said to Korah , "
Be present ,
you and all your company ,
before the LORD ,
you and they ,
and Aaron ,
tomorrow ;
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and let every one of you take his censer ,
and put incense upon it ,
and every one of you bring before the LORD his censer ,
two hundred and fifty censers ;
you also ,
and Aaron ,
each his censer ."
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So every man took his censer ,
and they put fire in them and laid incense upon them ,
and they stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron .
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Then Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting .
And the glory of the LORD appeared to all the congregation .