Numbers:16-18
mkjv@Numbers:16:1 @ Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, took both Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben;
mkjv@Numbers:16:2 @ even they rose up before Moses with some of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty rulers of the assembly, elect men in the congregation, men who were well-known.
mkjv@Numbers:16:3 @ And they gathered themselves against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, [You take] too much upon you, since all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why then do you lift yourselves up above the congregation of the LORD?
mkjv@Numbers:16:4 @ And Moses heard and fell on his face.
mkjv@Numbers:16:5 @ And he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, Even tomorrow the LORD will show [who are] His, and him who is holy, and will cause him to come near to Him; even him whom He has chosen, He will cause to come near to Him.
mkjv@Numbers:16:6 @ Do this. Take fire-pans, Korah and all his company,
mkjv@Numbers:16:7 @ and put fire in them, and put incense in them before the LORD tomorrow. And it shall be the man whom the LORD chooses, he [shall be] holy. You take too much upon you, sons of Levi!
mkjv@Numbers:16:8 @ And Moses said to Korah, Hear now you sons of Levi;
mkjv@Numbers:16:9 @ [is it] only a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near Himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?
mkjv@Numbers:16:10 @ And He has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you. And do you seek the priesthood also?
mkjv@Numbers:16:11 @ For this cause you and all your company [are] gathered against the LORD. And what is Aaron, that you murmur against him?
mkjv@Numbers:16:12 @ And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab. And they said, We will not come up.
mkjv@Numbers:16:13 @ [Is it] a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but must you also seize dominion over us?
mkjv@Numbers:16:14 @ Besides, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance in fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.
mkjv@Numbers:16:15 @ And Moses was very angry, and said to the LORD, Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
mkjv@Numbers:16:16 @ And Moses said to Korah, Stand before the LORD, you and all your company-- you and they, and Aaron, tomorrow.
mkjv@Numbers:16:17 @ And every man take his fire-pan and put incense in them, and let every man bring his fire-pan before the LORD, two hundred and fifty fire-pans, you also, and Aaron, each with his fire-pan.
mkjv@Numbers:16:18 @ And every man took his fire-pan and put fire in them, and laid incense on it, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.
mkjv@Numbers:16:19 @ And Korah gathered all the congregation against them, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And the glory of the LORD appeared to all the congregation.
mkjv@Numbers:16:20 @ And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
mkjv@Numbers:16:21 @ Separate yourselves from among this congregation, so that I may devour them in a moment.
mkjv@Numbers:16:22 @ And they fell upon their faces and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin and will You be angry with all the congregation?
mkjv@Numbers:16:23 @ And the LORD spoke to Moses saying,
mkjv@Numbers:16:24 @ Speak to the congregation saying, Get away from the tent of Korah and Dathan and Abiram.
mkjv@Numbers:16:25 @ And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram. And the elders of Israel followed him.
mkjv@Numbers:16:26 @ And he spoke to the congregation, saying, I pray you, get away from the tents of these wicked men. And touch nothing of theirs lest you be destroyed in all their sins.
mkjv@Numbers:16:27 @ So they got away from the tent of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, on every side. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little sons.
mkjv@Numbers:16:28 @ And Moses said, By this you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works, [and] that not from my own heart.
mkjv@Numbers:16:29 @ If these men die the common death of all men, or if they are visited according to the examination of all men, the LORD has not sent me.
mkjv@Numbers:16:30 @ But if the LORD makes a new thing, and the earth opens her mouth and swallows them up with all that they have, and they go down alive into the pit, then you shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
mkjv@Numbers:16:31 @ And it happened, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, the ground under them split apart.
mkjv@Numbers:16:32 @ And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who [were] for Korah, and all [their] goods.
mkjv@Numbers:16:33 @ They and all that they had went down alive into Sheol, and the earth closed upon them. And they perished from among the congregation.
mkjv@Numbers:16:34 @ And all Israel around them fled at their cry. For they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
mkjv@Numbers:16:35 @ And there came out a fire from the LORD and burned up the two hundred and fifty men who offered incense.
mkjv@Numbers:16:36 @ And the LORD spoke to Moses saying,
mkjv@Numbers:16:37 @ Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the fire-pans out of the burning, and scatter the fire yonder. For they are holy.
mkjv@Numbers:16:38 @ The fire-pans of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them into broad plates, a covering for the altar; for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are made holy. And they shall be a sign to the sons of Israel.
mkjv@Numbers:16:39 @ And Eleazar the priest took the bronze fire-pans, the ones with which those who had been burned up had offered, and they were made into broad [plates], a covering of the altar,
mkjv@Numbers:16:40 @ a memorial to the sons of Israel, that no stranger not of the seed of Aaron may come near to offer incense before the LORD, so that he may not be as Korah and as his company-- as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
mkjv@Numbers:16:41 @ But on the next day all the congregation of the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron saying, You have killed the people of the LORD.
mkjv@Numbers:16:42 @ And it happened when the congregation was gathered together against Moses and against Aaron, they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation. And behold! The cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
mkjv@Numbers:16:43 @ And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
mkjv@Numbers:16:44 @ And the LORD spoke to Moses saying,
mkjv@Numbers:16:45 @ Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
mkjv@Numbers:16:46 @ And Moses said to Aaron, Take a fire-pan, and put fire in it from the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly to the congregation and make an atonement for them. For wrath has gone out from the LORD. The plague has begun.
mkjv@Numbers:16:47 @ And Aaron did as Moses commanded and ran into the midst of the congregation. And behold! The plague had begun among the people. And he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
mkjv@Numbers:16:48 @ And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stayed.
mkjv@Numbers:16:49 @ And those who died in the plague were fourteen thousand, seven hundred, besides the ones who died about the matter of Korah.
mkjv@Numbers:16:50 @ And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the plague was stayed.
mkjv@Numbers:17:1 @ And the LORD spoke to Moses saying,
mkjv@Numbers:17:2 @ Speak to the sons of Israel, and take a rod from each of them for a father's house, of all their rulers, for their fathers' house, twelve rods. Write every man's name upon his rod.
mkjv@Numbers:17:3 @ And you shall write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi. For one rod [shall be] for the head of the house of their fathers.
mkjv@Numbers:17:4 @ And you shall lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
mkjv@Numbers:17:5 @ And it shall be, the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall blossom. And I will make to cease from Me the murmurings of the sons of Israel by which they murmur against you.
mkjv@Numbers:17:6 @ And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their rulers gave to him a rod, for each ruler, one rod for each ruler, for their father's house, twelve rods. And the rod of Aaron [was] among their rods.
mkjv@Numbers:17:7 @ And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
mkjv@Numbers:17:8 @ And it happened on the next day Moses went into the tabernacle of witness. And behold! The rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had budded and had brought forth buds, and had bloomed blossoms, and had yielded almonds.
mkjv@Numbers:17:9 @ And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the sons of Israel. And they looked, and each one took his rod.
mkjv@Numbers:17:10 @ And the LORD said to Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept as a token against the rebels. And you shall completely take away their murmurings from Me so that they do not die.
mkjv@Numbers:17:11 @ And Moses did as the LORD commanded him, so he did.
mkjv@Numbers:17:12 @ And the sons of Israel spoke to Moses saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
mkjv@Numbers:17:13 @ Whoever comes near the tabernacle of the LORD shall die. Shall we be consumed to die?
mkjv@Numbers:18:1 @ And the LORD said to Aaron, You and your sons, and your father's house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary. And you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
mkjv@Numbers:18:2 @ And bring your brothers also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father with you, so that they may be joined to you and minister to you, you and your sons with you, before the tabernacle of witness.
mkjv@Numbers:18:3 @ And they shall keep your charge and the charge of all the tabernacle. Only they shall not come near the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, so that neither they nor you also may die.
mkjv@Numbers:18:4 @ And they shall be joined to you, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle. And a stranger shall not come near you.
mkjv@Numbers:18:5 @ And you shall keep the charge of the sanctuary and the charge of the altar, so that there may be no wrath any more upon the sons of Israel.
mkjv@Numbers:18:6 @ And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the sons of Israel. [They are] given to you [as] a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
mkjv@Numbers:18:7 @ Therefore you and your sons with you shall keep your priests' office for everything of the altar and inside the veil. And you shall serve. I have given your priest's office as a service of gift. And the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.
mkjv@Numbers:18:8 @ And the LORD spoke to Aaron, Behold, I have also given you the charge of My heave offerings of all the holy things of the sons of Israel. I have given them to you for the anointing, and to your sons, by an ordinance forever.
mkjv@Numbers:18:9 @ This shall be yours of the most holy things, [reserved] from the fire, every sacrifice of theirs, every food offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall give Me. These are] most holy for you and for your sons.
mkjv@Numbers:18:10 @ You shall eat it in the Holy of Holies. Every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.
mkjv@Numbers:18:11 @ And this [is] yours, the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel. I have given them to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you, by a statute forever. Everyone that is clean in your house shall eat it.
mkjv@Numbers:18:12 @ All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the first-fruits of them which they shall offer to the LORD, I have given them to you.
mkjv@Numbers:18:13 @ The first fruits of all that is in the land, which they shall bring to the LORD, shall be yours. Everyone that is clean in your house shall eat [of] it.
mkjv@Numbers:18:14 @ Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours.
mkjv@Numbers:18:15 @ Everything that opens the womb in all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, of men or animals, shall be yours. Nevertheless, the first-born of man you shall surely redeem, and the first-born of unclean animals you shall redeem.
mkjv@Numbers:18:16 @ And those that are to be redeemed from a month old you shall redeem, according to your judgment for the silver of five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which [is] twenty gerahs.
mkjv@Numbers:18:17 @ But the first-born of a cow, or the first-born of a sheep, or the first-born of a goat, you shall not redeem. They [are] holy. You shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shall burn their fat, an offering made by fire, for a sweet savor to the LORD.
mkjv@Numbers:18:18 @ And their flesh shall be yours, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are yours.
mkjv@Numbers:18:19 @ All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the sons of Israel offer to the LORD, I have given you and your sons and your daughters with you, by a law forever. It [is] a covenant of salt forever before the LORD to you and to your seed with you.
mkjv@Numbers:18:20 @ And the LORD said to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any part among them. I [am] your part and your inheritance among the sons of Israel.
mkjv@Numbers:18:21 @ And behold, I have given the sons of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
mkjv@Numbers:18:22 @ Neither must the sons of Israel come near the tabernacle of the congregation from now on, lest they bear sin and die.
mkjv@Numbers:18:23 @ But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity, a statute forever throughout your generations, that among the sons of Israel they have no inheritance.
mkjv@Numbers:18:24 @ But the tithes of the sons of Israel, which they offer [as] a heave offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit. Therefore I have said to them, Among the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
mkjv@Numbers:18:25 @ And the LORD spoke to Moses saying,
mkjv@Numbers:18:26 @ And you shall speak to the Levites, and you shall say to them, When you take tithes from the sons of Israel, which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave offering of it for the LORD, a tenth of the tithe.
mkjv@Numbers:18:27 @ And your heave offering shall be credited to you as grain of the threshing-floor, and as the fullness of the winepress.
mkjv@Numbers:18:28 @ So you also shall offer a heave offering to the LORD of all your tithes which you receive from the sons of Israel. And you shall give from it the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest.
mkjv@Numbers:18:29 @ Out of all your gifts you shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all its fat, the holy part of it out of it.
mkjv@Numbers:18:30 @ And you shall say to them, When you have lifted up its fat, then it shall be credited to the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the winepress.
mkjv@Numbers:18:31 @ And you shall eat it in every place, you and your households. For it [is] your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
mkjv@Numbers:18:32 @ And you shall bear no sin because of it, when you have lifted up the fat of it. Neither shall you defile the holy things of the sons of Israel, lest you die.
mkjv@Numbers:19:1 @ And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron saying,
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