Now 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 some men. Jud 1:11Deu 11:6Exo 6:21Exo 6:18Gen 49:3-4Num 26:9-10Num 27:31Ch 5:1-2 They rose up before Moses, with some of the children of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown. Num 26:9Ezk 23:101Ch 5:24Gen 6:4Num 1:161Ch 12:30Ezk 16:14 They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and the LORD is among them! Why do you lift yourselves up above the LORD’s assembly?” Psa 106:16Exo 19:6Num 14:14Act 7:51Num 16:7Act 7:39Exo 29:45-46Ezr 9:2
When Moses heard it, he fell on his face. Num 14:5Num 20:6Jos 7:6Num 16:45 He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, the LORD 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. Psa 65:4Num 17:52Ti 2:19Lev 10:3Num 16:31Pe 2:5-91Sa 2:282Ti 2:3-4 Do this: have Korah and all his company take censers, Lev 10:11Ki 18:21-23Lev 16:12-13Num 16:35-40Num 16:46-48 put fire in them, and put incense on them before the LORD tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom the LORD chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!” Num 16:31Ki 18:17-181Pe 2:92Th 2:13Eph 1:4Mat 21:23-27Num 16:5
Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi! Is it 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 LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them; Deu 10:8Isa 7:13Ezk 44:10-111Sa 18:23Neh 12:44Num 1:53Num 16:13Num 3:6 and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? Do you seek the priesthood also? 3Jn 1:9Luk 22:24Mat 20:21-22Num 18:7Num 3:10Php 2:3Pro 13:10Rom 12:10 Therefore you and all your company have gathered together against the LORD! What is Aaron that you complain against him?” Exo 16:7-8Exo 17:21Co 3:5Num 16:31Sa 8:7Act 5:4Jhn 13:20Luk 10:16
Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, “We won’t come up! 1Pe 2:13-14Isa 3:5Jud 1:8Pro 29:9 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, but you must also make yourself a prince over us? Act 7:35Exo 16:3Exo 2:14Num 11:5Act 7:25-27Exo 1:11Exo 1:22Exo 17:3 Moreover you haven’t 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 won’t come up.” 1Sa 11:2Jdg 16:21Lev 20:24Num 36:8-10Exo 22:5Exo 23:11Exo 3:17Exo 3:8
Moses was very angry, and said to the LORD, “Don’t respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them.” Gen 4:4-52Co 7:21Co 9:151Sa 12:3-41Th 2:102Co 1:122Co 12:14-17Act 20:33-34
Moses said to Korah, “You and all your company go before the LORD, you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow. 1Sa 12:31Sa 12:72Ti 2:14Num 16:6-7 Each man take his censer and put incense on it, and each man bring before the LORD his censer, two hundred fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each with his censer.” 1Sa 12:7
They each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and stood at the door of the Tent of Meeting with Moses and Aaron. Korah assembled all the congregation opposite them to the door of the Tent of Meeting. Num 14:10Num 16:42Exo 16:7Lev 9:23Exo 16:10Lev 9:6Num 12:5Num 16:1-2
The LORD’s glory appeared to all the congregation. The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, “Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” Exo 32:10Num 16:45Exo 33:5Psa 73:19Rev 18:42Co 6:17Act 2:40Eph 5:6-7
They fell on their faces, and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?” Num 27:16Job 12:10Zec 12:1Ecc 12:7Heb 12:9Gen 18:23-25Rom 5:182Sa 24:17
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram!’” Num 16:21
Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. Num 11:16-17Num 11:25Num 11:30 He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!” Isa 52:112Co 6:17Rev 18:41Ti 5:22Act 13:51Act 8:20Deu 13:17Gen 19:12-15
So they went away from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents with their wives, their sons, and their little ones. 2Ki 9:30-31Isa 28:14Job 40:10-11Job 9:4Pro 16:18Pro 18:12
Moses said, “Hereby you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works; for they are not from my own mind. Exo 3:12Jhn 6:38Ezk 13:17Jer 23:16Jhn 14:11Jhn 5:361Ki 18:36Deu 18:22 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they experience what all men experience, then the LORD hasn’t sent me. 1Ki 22:28Lam 4:222Ch 18:27Ecc 3:19Exo 32:34Isa 10:3Jer 5:9Job 35:15 But if the LORD makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up with all that belong to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, 1 then you shall understand that these men have despised the LORD.” Psa 55:15Num 16:33Job 31:3Isa 28:21Isa 43:19Isa 45:12Isa 45:7Jer 31:22
As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split apart. Deu 11:6Num 27:3Psa 106:17-18Num 26:10-11 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their households, all of Korah’s men, and all their goods. Num 26:11Psa 106:17Rev 12:161Ch 6:22Isa 5:141Ch 6:37Deu 11:6Num 16:17 So they, and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol. 2 The earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly. Ezk 32:18Ezk 32:30Isa 14:15Isa 14:9Jud 1:11Psa 143:7Psa 55:23Psa 69:15 All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!” Isa 33:3Num 17:12-13Rev 6:15-17Zec 14:5 Fire came out from the LORD, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense. Lev 10:2Num 26:10Psa 106:18Num 11:1-3Num 16:17Num 16:2
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire away from the camp; for they are holy, Lev 27:28Num 16:18Num 16:7 even the censers of those who sinned against their own lives. Let them be beaten into plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before the LORD. Therefore they are holy. They shall be a sign to the children of Israel.” 2Pe 2:6Ezk 14:8Num 26:10Pro 20:21Ki 2:23Hab 2:10Num 17:101Co 10:11
Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which those who were burned had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger who isn’t of the offspring of Aaron, would come near to burn incense before the LORD, that he not be as Korah and as his company; as the LORD spoke to him by Moses. Num 3:102Ch 26:16-21Num 18:4-71Ki 13:1-3Exo 30:7-10Jud 1:11Lev 22:10Num 1:51
But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!” Num 16:1-7Num 14:2Psa 106:23Psa 106:25-481Ki 18:172Sa 16:7-8Act 21:28Act 5:28
When the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they looked toward the Tent of Meeting. Behold, the cloud covered it, and the LORD’s glory appeared. Num 16:19Lev 9:23Num 20:6Exo 16:10Exo 16:7Exo 24:16Exo 40:34-35Num 14:10 Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting. The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces. Num 16:21-22Num 16:241Ch 21:16Mat 26:39Num 16:26Num 20:6
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, put fire from the altar in it, lay incense on it, carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from the LORD! The plague has begun.” Num 8:191Ch 27:24Lev 10:6Num 11:33Isa 6:6-7Num 18:5Psa 106:29Rev 8:3-5
Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the middle of the assembly. The plague had already begun among the people. He put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. Deu 33:10-11Isa 53:10-12Mat 5:44Num 16:46Num 25:6-8Psa 106:29Rom 12:21 He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. 2Sa 24:25Num 25:8-11Psa 106:301Ch 21:26-271Th 1:101Ti 2:5-62Sa 24:16-17Heb 7:24-25 Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, in addition to those who died about the matter of Korah. Num 16:32-35Num 25:91Ch 21:14Heb 10:28-29Heb 12:25Heb 2:1-3 Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and the plague was stopped. 1Ch 21:26-30Num 16:43