And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which
said, We will not come up: is it a small thing that thou hast brought
us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in
the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk
and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou
put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou
their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt
one of them. And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company
before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: and take every
man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD
every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and
Aaron, each of you his censer.
And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and
laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation with Moses and Aaron. And Korah gathered all
the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the
congregation. And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume
them in a moment.
[Sidenote: Numbers 16]
And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits
of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the
congregation?
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the congregation,
saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and
Abiram.
And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders
of Israel followed him. And he spake unto the congregation, saying,
Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch
nothing of their's, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. So they gat
up from the tabernacle 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 children. And Moses
said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these
works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. If these men die the
common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of
all men; then the LORD hath not sent me. But if the LORD make a new
thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that
appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye
shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
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