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== Bamidbar (Book of Numbers), Chapter 16 ==

<named id="1"/>1 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 men;

<named id="2"/>2 and they rose up in face of Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect men of the assembly, men of renown;

<named id="3"/>3 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them: 'Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and HaShem is among them; wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of HaShem?'

<named id="4"/>4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.

<named id="5"/>5 And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: 'In the morning HaShem will show who are His, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to come near unto Him.

<named id="6"/>6 This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his company;

<named id="7"/>7 and put fire therein, and put incense upon them before HaShem to-morrow; and it shall be that the man whom HaShem doth choose, he shall be holy; ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.'

<named id="8"/>8 And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons of Levi:

<named id="9"/>9 is it but a small thing unto you, that the G-d of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of HaShem, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them;

<named id="10"/>10 and that He hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee? and will ye seek the priesthood also?

<named id="11"/>11 Therefore thou and all thy company that are gathered together against HaShem--; and as to Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?'

<named id="12"/>12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said: 'We will not come up;

<named id="13"/>13 is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us?

<named id="14"/>14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards; wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.'

<named id="15"/>15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto HaShem: 'Respect not thou their offering; I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.'

<named id="16"/>16 And Moses said unto Korah: 'Be thou and all thy congregation before HaShem, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow;

<named id="17"/>17 and take ye every man his fire-pan, and put incense upon them, and bring ye before HaShem every man his fire-pan, two hundred and fifty fire-pans; thou also, and Aaron, each his fire-pan.'

<named id="18"/>18 And they took every man his fire-pan, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.

<named id="19"/>19 And Korah assembled all the congregation against them unto the door of the tent of meeting; and the glory of HaShem appeared unto all the congregation.

<named id="20"/>20 And HaShem spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

<named id="21"/>21 'Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.'

<named id="22"/>22 And they fell upon their faces, and said: 'O G-d, the G-d of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt Thou be wroth with all the congregation?'

<named id="23"/>23 And HaShem spoke unto Moses, saying:

<named id="24"/>24 'Speak unto the congregation, saying: Get you up from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.'

<named id="25"/>25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.

<named id="26"/>26 And he spoke unto the congregation, saying: 'Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be swept away in all their sins.'

<named id="27"/>27 So they got them up from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side; and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.

<named id="28"/>28 And Moses said: 'Hereby ye shall know that HaShem hath sent me to do all these works, and that I have not done them of mine own mind.

<named id="29"/>29 If these men die the common death of all men, and be visited after the visitation of all men, then HaShem hath not sent Me.

<named id="30"/>30 But if HaShem make a new thing, and the ground open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into the pit, then ye shall understand that these men have despised HaShem.'

<named id="31"/>31 And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground did cleave asunder that was under them.

<named id="32"/>32 And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

<named id="33"/>33 So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit; and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.

<named id="34"/>34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said: 'Lest the earth swallow us up.'

<named id="35"/>35 And fire came forth from HaShem, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

<named id="36"/>1 And HaShem spoke unto Moses, saying:

<named id="37"/>2 'Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the fire-pans out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are become holy;

<named id="38"/>3 even the fire-pans of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar--for they are become holy, because they were offered before HaShem--that they may be a sign unto the children of Israel.'

<named id="39"/>4 And Eleazar the priest took the brazen fire-pans, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,

<named id="40"/>5 to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no common man, that is not of the seed of Aaron, draw near to burn incense before HaShem; that he fare not as Korah, and as his company; as HaShem spoke unto him by the hand of Moses.

<named id="41"/>6 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying: 'Ye have killed the people of HaShem.'

<named id="42"/>7 And it came to pass, 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 HaShem appeared.

<named id="43"/>8 And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.

<named id="44"/>9 And HaShem spoke unto Moses, saying:

<named id="45"/>10 'Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.' And they fell upon their faces.

<named id="46"/>11 And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Take thy fire-pan, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from HaShem: the plague is begun.'

<named id="47"/>12 And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people; and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.

<named id="48"/>13 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

<named id="49"/>14 Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.

<named id="50"/>15 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting, and the plague was stayed.

== See also ==
* [[Bamidbar 15|Previous Chapter]]
* [[Bamidbar 16 Commentaries]]
* [[Bamidbar 17|Next Chapter]]

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