Numbers 16
1 and to take: take Korah son: child Izhar son: child Kohath son: child Levi and Dathan and Abiram son: child Eliab and On son: child Peleth son: child Reuben
Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi tried to take over leadership, along with Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peleth, who were from the tribe of Reuben.
2 and to arise: rise to/for face: before Moses and human from son: descendant/people Israel fifty and hundred leader congregation chosen meeting human name
They rebelled against Moses, and were joined by 250 well-respected Israelite leaders and members of the assembly.
3 and to gather upon Moses and upon Aaron and to say to(wards) them many to/for you for all [the] congregation all their holy and in/on/with midst their LORD and why? to lift: exalt upon assembly LORD
They joined together in opposition to Moses and Aaron, telling them, “You've taken too much power for yourselves! Every one of the Israelites is holy, and the Lord is among them. So why do you set yourselves above the Lord's assembly?”
4 and to hear: hear Moses and to fall: fall upon face his
When Moses heard what they were saying, he fell facedown on the ground.
5 and to speak: speak to(wards) Korah and to(wards) all congregation his to/for to say morning and to know LORD [obj] which to/for him and [obj] [the] holy and to present: come to(wards) him and [obj] which to choose in/on/with him to present: bring to(wards) him
Then he told Korah and all those with him, “In the morning the Lord is going to make it clear who is his and who is holy, and allow that person to approach him. He will only allow whoever he chooses to approach him.
6 this to make: do to take: take to/for you censer Korah and all congregation his
This is what you, Korah, and everyone with you are going to do. Take some incense burners,
7 and to give: put in/on/with them fire and to set: put upon them incense to/for face: before LORD tomorrow and to be [the] man which to choose LORD he/she/it [the] holy: saint many to/for you son: descendant/people Levi
and tomorrow put incense in them and set it on fire in the presence of the Lord. Then the man the Lord chooses is the one who is holy. It is you Levites who are taking too much power for yourselves!”
8 and to say Moses to(wards) Korah to hear: hear please son: descendant/people Levi
Moses also told Korah, “Listen, you Levites!
9 little from you for to separate God Israel [obj] you from congregation Israel to/for to present: come [obj] you to(wards) him to/for to serve: minister [obj] service: ministry tabernacle LORD and to/for to stand: stand to/for face: before [the] congregation to/for to minister them
Do you think it's something insignificant that the God of Israel chose you from all the other Israelites and allowed you to approach him and carry out the work in the Lord's Tabernacle, to stand before the Israelites and serve them?
10 and to present: bring [obj] you and [obj] all brother: male-relative your son: descendant/people Levi with you and to seek also priesthood
He has allowed you the privilege of approaching him, Korah, you and all the other Levites, but now you want to have the priesthood as well!
11 to/for so you(m. s.) and all congregation your [the] to appoint upon LORD and Aaron what? he/she/it for (to grumble *QK) upon him
So in reality you and those who have joined you are fighting against the Lord—because who is Aaron that you should complain about him?”
12 and to send: depart Moses to/for to call: call to to/for Dathan and to/for Abiram son: child Eliab and to say not to ascend: rise
Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they replied, “We're not going to appear before you!
13 little for to ascend: establish us from land: country/planet to flow: flowing milk and honey to/for to die us in/on/with wilderness for to rule upon us also to rule
Haven't you done enough by taking us away from a land flowing with milk and honey in order to kill us out here in the desert? Do you have to make yourself a dictator as well, someone to rule us?
14 also not to(wards) land: country/planet to flow: flowing milk and honey to come (in): bring us and to give: give to/for us inheritance land: country and vineyard eye [the] human [the] they(masc.) to dig not to ascend: rise
On top of that you haven't taken us to a land flowing with milk and honey or given us fields and vineyards to own. Do you really think you can fool everyone? No, we will not attend!”
15 and to be incensed to/for Moses much and to say to(wards) LORD not to turn to(wards) offering their not donkey one from them to lift: bear and not be evil [obj] one from them
Moses got really angry and said to the Lord, “Don't accept their offerings. I have never taken even a donkey from them or treated any of them badly.”
16 and to say Moses to(wards) Korah you(m. s.) and all congregation your to be to/for face: before LORD you(m. s.) and they(masc.) and Aaron tomorrow
Moses told Korah, “You and all those who have joined you must appear before the Lord tomorrow—all of you and Aaron too.
17 and to take: take man: anyone censer his and to give: put upon them incense and to present: bring to/for face: before LORD man: anyone censer his fifty and hundred censer and you(m. s.) and Aaron man: anyone censer his
Each one will take his incense burner, put incense in it, and offer it before the Lord. All 250 of you will use your incense burners and Aaron will as well.”
18 and to take: take man: anyone censer his and to give: put upon them fire and to set: put upon them incense and to stand: stand entrance tent meeting and Moses and Aaron
So each one took his incense burner, put incense in it, set it on fire, and stood together with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
19 and to gather upon them Korah [obj] all [the] congregation to(wards) entrance tent meeting and to see: see glory LORD to(wards) all [the] congregation
When Korah had gathered all his rebellious group at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Lord's glory appeared before the whole congregation.
20 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses and to(wards) Aaron to/for to say
The Lord told Moses and Aaron,
21 to separate from midst [the] congregation [the] this and to end: destroy [obj] them like/as moment
“Step away from these Israelites and I will destroy them right away.”
22 and to fall: fall upon face their and to say God God [the] spirit to/for all flesh man one to sin and upon all [the] congregation be angry
But Moses and Aaron fell facedown on the ground said, “God—God of everything that lives—when it's just one man who sins, do you have to be angry with the everybody?”
23 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
Then the Lord told Moses,
24 to speak: speak to(wards) [the] congregation to/for to say to ascend: rise from around to/for tabernacle Korah Dathan and Abiram
“Tell the people to move away from the homes of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
25 and to arise: rise Moses and to go: went to(wards) Dathan and Abiram and to go: follow after him old: elder Israel
So Moses went over to Dathan and Abiram, and the Israelite elders of Israel followed him.
26 and to speak: speak to(wards) [the] congregation to/for to say to turn aside: depart please from upon tent [the] human [the] wicked [the] these and not to touch in/on/with all which to/for them lest to snatch in/on/with all sin their
He ordered the people, “Move away from the tents of these wicked men and don't touch anything that belongs to them, otherwise you will be destroyed along with them in all their sins.”
27 and to ascend: rise from upon tabernacle Korah Dathan and Abiram from around and Dathan and Abiram to come out: come to stand entrance tent their and woman: wife their and son: child their and child their
The people moved away from the homes of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrances to their tents along with their wives, children and little ones.
28 and to say Moses in/on/with this to know [emph?] for LORD to send: depart me to/for to make: do [obj] all [the] deed: work [the] these for not from heart my
Moses said, “This is how you will know that the Lord did send me to carry out everything I've done, for it wasn't anything I thought up.
29 if like/as death all [the] man to die [emph?] these and punishment all [the] man to reckon: visit upon them not LORD to send: depart me
If these men die a natural death, experiencing the destiny of every human being, then the Lord didn't sent me.
30 and if creation to create LORD and to open [the] land: soil [obj] lip her and to swallow up [obj] them and [obj] all which to/for them and to go down alive hell: Sheol [to] and to know for to spurn [the] human [the] these [obj] LORD (Sheol h7585)
But if the Lord does something totally different, and the earth opens up and swallows them down along with everything that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have acted with contempt to the Lord.” (Sheol h7585)
31 and to be like/as to end: finish he to/for to speak: speak [obj] all [the] word [the] these and to break up/open [the] land: soil which underneath: under them
Immediately Moses finished saying all this the ground under the rebels split apart,
32 and to open [the] land: soil [obj] lip her and to swallow up [obj] them and [obj] house: household their and [obj] all [the] man which to/for Korah and [obj] all [the] property
and the earth opened up and swallowed them and their households down, as well as everyone who was there with Korah and everything that belonged to them.
33 and to go down they(masc.) and all which to/for them alive hell: Sheol [to] and to cover upon them [the] land: soil and to perish from midst [the] assembly (Sheol h7585)
They went down alive into Sheol with all that they had. The earth closed over them, and they were no more. (Sheol h7585)
34 and all Israel which around them to flee to/for voice their for to say lest to swallow up us [the] land: soil
When they heard their cries, all the Israelites nearby ran away, shouting, “Watch out! The earth could swallow us too!”
35 and fire to come out: issue from with LORD and to eat [obj] [the] fifty and hundred man to present: bring [the] incense
Fire burst out from the Lord and burned up the 250 men who were offering incense.
36 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
Then the Lord said to Moses,
37 to say to(wards) Eleazar son: child Aaron [the] priest and to exalt [obj] [the] censer from between [the] fire and [obj] [the] fire to scatter further for to consecrate: consecate
“Tell Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, to collect the holy incense burners from among those who have been burned up, and scatter the coals used for the incense well away from the camp.
38 [obj] censer [the] sinner [the] these in/on/with soul: life their and to make [obj] them hammered out plate plating to/for altar for to present: bring them to/for face: before LORD and to consecrate: consecate and to be to/for sign: indicator to/for son: descendant/people Israel
Have the incense burners of those who sinned at the expense of their own lives hammered into metal sheets as a covering for the altar, because they were offered before the Lord, and so have become holy. They will be a reminder to Israelites of what happened.”
39 and to take: take Eleazar [the] priest [obj] censer [the] bronze which to present: bring [the] to burn and to beat them plating to/for altar
So Eleazar the priest collected the bronze incense burners used by those who had been burned up, and had them hammered out as a covering for the altar,
40 memorial to/for son: descendant/people Israel because which not to present: come man be a stranger which not from seed: children Aaron he/she/it to/for to offer: burn incense to/for face: before LORD and not to be like/as Korah and like/as congregation his like/as as which to speak: speak LORD in/on/with hand: by Moses to/for him
following the instructions given to him from the Lord through Moses. This was to remind the Israelites that no one who is not a descendant of Aaron should come and offer incense before the Lord, otherwise they could end up like Korah and those with him.
41 and to grumble all congregation son: descendant/people Israel from morrow upon Moses and upon Aaron to/for to say you(m. p.) to die [obj] people LORD
The next day all the Israelites complained to Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the Lord's people!”
42 and to be in/on/with to gather [the] congregation upon Moses and upon Aaron and to turn to(wards) tent meeting and behold to cover him [the] cloud and to see: see glory LORD
But as the people gathered to confront them, Moses and Aaron went over to the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the Lord's glory appeared.
43 and to come (in): come Moses and Aaron to(wards) face: before tent meeting
Moses and Aaron went and stood at the front of the Tent of Meeting,
44 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
and the Lord said to Moses,
45 be exalted from midst [the] congregation [the] this and to end: destroy [obj] them like/as moment and to fall: fall upon face their
“Get away from these people and I will finish them off immediately.” Moses and Aaron fell facedown on the ground.
46 and to say Moses to(wards) Aaron to take: take [obj] [the] censer and to give: put upon her fire from upon [the] altar and to set: put incense and to go: take haste to(wards) [the] congregation and to atone upon them for to come out: come [the] wrath from to/for face of LORD to profane/begin: begin [the] plague
Moses told Aaron, “Put some coals from the altar and some incense in your incense burner. Then run to the people and make them right before the Lord, for the Lord is angry with them and a plague has started.”
47 and to take: take Aaron like/as as which to speak: speak Moses and to run: run to(wards) midst [the] assembly and behold to profane/begin: begin [the] plague in/on/with people and to give: put [obj] [the] incense and to atone upon [the] people
Aaron took the incense burner just as Moses had told him and ran into the middle of the assembly. He saw that the plague had started to affect the people so he offered the incense and made the people right with the Lord.
48 and to stand: stand between [the] to die and between [the] alive and to restrain [the] plague
He stood between those who had died and those who were still alive, and the plague was stopped.
49 and to be [the] to die in/on/with plague four ten thousand and seven hundred from to/for alone: besides [the] to die upon word: thing Korah
However, 14,700 died from the plague in addition to those who'd died because of Korah.
50 and to return: return Aaron to(wards) Moses to(wards) entrance tent meeting and [the] plague to restrain
Then Aaron went back to Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting because the plague had been stopped.
