1Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: 2and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown; 3and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take too much on yourselves, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and Yehovah is among them: why then do you lift yourselves up above the assembly of Yehovah? 4And when Moses heard it, he fell on his face: 5and he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, In the morning Yehovah will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him: even him whom he shall choose he will cause to come near to him. 6Do this: take censers, Korah, and all his company; 7and put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yehovah tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom Yehovah chooses, he shall be holy: you take too much on yourselves, you sons of Levi. 8And Moses said to Korah, Hear now, you sons of Levi: 9does it seem but a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Yehovah, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them; 10and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? and do you seek the priesthood also? 11Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against Yehovah: and Aaron, what is he that you murmur against him? 12And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, We will not come up: 13is 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, but you must make yourself also a prince over us? 14Moreover 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. 15And Moses was very angry, and said to Yehovah, Do not respect their offering: I have not taken one donkey from them, nor have I hurt one of them. 16And Moses said to Korah, You and all your company be before Yehovah, you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow: 17and take every man his censer, and put incense on them, and bring before Yehovah every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer. 18And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense on it, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron. 19And Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door of the tent of meeting: and the glory of Yehovah appeared to all the congregation. 20And Yehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 21Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. 22And they fell on 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? 23And Yehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 24Speak to the congregation, saying, Get away from around the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 25And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. 26And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Please depart from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins. 27So they got away from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones. 28And Moses said, By this you shall know that Yehovah has sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of my own mind. 29If these men die the common death of all men, or if they are visited with the visitation of all men; then Yehovah has not sent me. 30But if Yehovah makes a new thing, 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 understand that these men have despised Yehovah. 31And it happened, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground that was under them split apart; 32and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who belonged to Korah, and all their goods. 33So they, and all that belonged to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly. 34And all Israel who were around them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up. 35And fire came out from Yehovah, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men who offered the incense. 36And Yehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 37Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire far away; for they are holy, 38even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Yehovah; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel. 39And Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, 40to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, may come near to burn incense before Yehovah; that he may not be as Korah, and as his company: as Yehovah spoke to him by Moses. 41But the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of Yehovah. 42And it happened, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Yehovah appeared. 43And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting. 44And Yehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 45Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell on their faces. 46And Moses said to Aaron, Take your censer, and put fire in it from the altar, and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Yehovah; the plague has begun. 47And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague had begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. 48And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stopped. 49Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah. 50And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tent of meeting: and the plague was stopped.