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And they fell on their faces ,
and said , "
O God ,
the God of the spirits of all flesh ,
shall one man sin ,
and wilt thou be angry with all the congregation ?"
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And the LORD said to Moses ,
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Say to the congregation ,
Get away from about the dwelling of Korah ,
Dathan ,
and Abi '
ram ."
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Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abi '
ram ;
and the elders of Israel followed him .
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And he said to the congregation , "
Depart ,
I pray you ,
from the tents of these wicked men ,
and touch nothing of theirs ,
lest you be swept away with all their sins ."
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So they got away from about the dwelling of Korah ,
Dathan ,
and Abi '
ram ;
and Dathan and Abi '
ram came out and stood at the door of their tents ,
together with their wives ,
their sons ,
and their little ones .
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And Moses said , "
Hereby you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works ,
and that it has not been of my own accord .
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If these men die the common death of all men ,
or if they are visited by the fate of all men ,
then the LORD has not sent me .
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But if the LORD creates something new ,
and the ground opens its mouth ,
and swallows them up ,
with all that belongs to them ,
and they go down alive into Sheol ,
then you shall know that these men have despised the LORD ."
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And as he finished speaking all these words ,
the ground under them split asunder ;
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and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up ,
with their households and all the men that belonged to Korah and all their goods .
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So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol ;
and the earth closed over them ,
and they perished from the midst of the assembly .
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And all Israel that were round about them fled at their cry ;
for they said , "
Lest the earth swallow us up !"
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And fire came forth from the LORD ,
and consumed the two hundred and fifty men offering the incense .
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Then the LORD said to Moses ,
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Tell Elea '
zar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers out of the blaze ;
then scatter the fire far and wide .
For they are holy ,
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the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives ;
so let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar ,
for they offered them before the LORD ;
therefore they are holy .
Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel ."
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So Elea '
zar the priest took the bronze censers ,
which those who were burned had offered ;
and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar ,
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to be a reminder to the people of Israel ,
so that no one who is not a priest ,
who is not of the descendants of Aaron ,
should draw near to burn incense before the LORD ,
lest he become as Korah and as his company--as the LORD said to Elea '
zar through Moses .
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But on the morrow all the congregation of the people of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron ,
saying , "
You have killed the people of the LORD ."
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And when the congregation had assembled against Moses and against Aaron ,
they turned toward the tent of meeting ;
and behold ,
the cloud covered it ,
and the glory of the LORD appeared .
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And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting ,
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and the LORD said to Moses ,
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Get away from the midst of this congregation ,
that I may consume them in a moment ."
And they fell on their faces .