Numbers 16 NKJV ISV Parallel

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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;

1Now Izhar's son Korah, the grandson of Kohath, a descendant of Levi, along with Eliab's sons Dathan and Abiram, and Peleth's son On, a descendant of Reuben, took charge

2and they rose up before Moses with some of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, representatives of the congregation, men of renown.

2of a rebellion against Moses, along with 250 community leaders, Israelis who were famous men and representatives from the assembly.

3They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much upon yourselves, for all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”

3They gathered together against Moses and Aaron and told them, "You have appropriated too much for yourselves from the entire congregation, since all of them are holy, and the LORD is among them, too. Why do you exalt yourselves over the LORD's assembly?"

4So when Moses heard it, he fell on his face;

4When Moses heard this, he fell on his face.

5and he spoke to Korah and all his company, saying, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will show who is His and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to Him. That one whom He chooses He will cause to come near to Him.

5Then he addressed Korah and his entire company, "In the morning, may the LORD reveal who belongs to him and who is holy. May he cause that person to approach him. May he cause to approach him the one whom he has chosen.

6Do this: Take censers, Korah and all your company;

6Korah, you and your entire company are to bring censers

7put fire in them and put incense in them before the LORD tomorrow, and it shall be that the man whom the LORD chooses is the holy one. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!”

7and put fire and incense in them in the LORD's presence tomorrow. It will be that the man whom the LORD chooses will be holy. You're taking too much for yourselves, you descendants of Levi."

8Then Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi:

8Moses also told Korah, "Listen now, you descendants of Levi!

9Is 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 work of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to serve them;

9Is it such an insignificant thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the Israelis to draw you to himself, appointing you to do the work of the tent of the LORD and to stand before the community to minister to them?

10and that He has brought you near to Himself, you and all your brethren, the sons of Levi, with you? And are you seeking the priesthood also?

10He brought you near, along with all of your relatives, the descendants of Levi. Are you also seeking the priesthood?

11Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the LORD. And what is Aaron that you complain against him?”

11Therefore you and your group have conspired against the LORD and Aaron. What is it that causes you to complain against him?"

12And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come up!

12So Moses sent for Eliab's sons Dathan and Abiram, but they responded, "We're not coming.

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, that you should keep acting like a prince over us?

13Is it such an insignificant thing that you brought us out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness? Now you're trying to make yourself be a prince and rule over us, aren't you?

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!”

14You still haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you really think that you can make these men look the other way? We won't go up."

15Then Moses was very angry, and said to the LORD, “Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, nor have I hurt one of them.”

15Moses was very angry, so he told the LORD, "Please don't accept their offering. I haven't taken even one donkey from them nor have I hurt even one of them."

16And Moses said to Korah, “Tomorrow, you and all your company be present before the LORD—you and they, as well as Aaron.

16Then Moses told Korah, "You and your entire company are to present yourselves in the LORD's presence tomorrow—you, they, and Aaron.

17Let each take his censer and put incense in it, and each of you bring his censer before the LORD, two hundred and fifty censers; both you and Aaron, each with his censer.”

17Each man is to take a censer, put incense on it, and bring it into the LORD's presence, each man with his censer, for a total of 250 censers. You and Aaron are each to bring his own censer."

18So every man took his censer, put fire in it, laid incense on it, and stood at the door of the tabernacle of meeting with Moses and Aaron.

18So each man took his censer, put fire coals inside of it, placed incense in it, and then stood at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, accompanied by Moses and Aaron.

19And Korah gathered all the congregation against them at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the congregation.

19When Korah had assembled the entire community in opposition to Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the entire community.

20And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

20Then the LORD told Moses and Aaron,

21“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.”

21"Separate yourselves from among this community, and I'll destroy them in a moment."

22Then they fell on their faces, and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the congregation?”

22Then they fell on their faces and said, "God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, will you be angry at the entire congregation on account of one man's sin?"

23So the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

23Then the LORD instructed Moses,

24“Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’ ”

24"Tell the community to move away from where Korah, Dathan, and Abiram are living."

25Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.

25So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.

26And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart now from the tents of these wicked men! Touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.”

26Then he told the community, "Move away from the camps of these wicked men and don't touch anything that belongs to them. That way you won't be destroyed along with all their sins."

27So they got away from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, their sons, and their little children.

27So they all moved away from the entire area where Korah, Dathan, and Abiram were living. Now Korah, Dathan, and Abiram stood at the entrance to their tents with their wives, sons, and little children.

28And Moses said: “By this you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them of my own will.

28Then Moses said, "This is how you'll know that the LORD has sent me to do all these awesome works—they're not coming merely from me.

29If these men die naturally like all men, or if they are visited by the common fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.

29If these people die a death similar to all other human beings, or if they are punished with a punishment common to other men, then the LORD didn't send me.

30But if the LORD creates a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the pit, then you will understand that these men have rejected the LORD.”

30But if the LORD creates something new, so that the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and everything that belongs to them and they all descend directly to Sheol while still alive, then you'll know that these men have spurned the LORD."

31Now it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart under them,

31Just as he finished saying all these things, the ground under them split open.

32and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men with Korah, with all their goods.

32The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, all their households, everyone who was affiliated with Korah, and all of their property.

33So they and all those with them went down alive into the pit; the earth closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly.

33So they and all that belonged to them descended alive to Sheol. Then the earth closed over them. That's how they were annihilated from the assembly.

34Then all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up also!”

34Then all of the Israelis who were around them ran away when they heard them crying, "…so the ground won't swallow us up, too."

35And a fire came out from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering incense.

35After this, fire came from the LORD and incinerated the 250 men who offered the incense.

36Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

36 Then the LORD instructed Moses,

37“Tell Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, to pick up the censers out of the blaze, for they are holy, and scatter the fire some distance away.

37"Tell Aaron's son Eleazar the priest to take out the censers out of the flames and scatter the coals far away, since they are holy.

38The censers of these men who sinned against their own souls, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar. Because they presented them before the LORD, therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.”

38As for the censers of those rebels who died, fasten them into beaten plates to line the altar. Since they brought them into the LORD's presence, they're holy. They are to become a reminder to the Israelis."

39So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned up had presented, and they were hammered out as a covering on the altar,

39So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that had been burned and beat them into metal plates for the altar,

40to be a memorial to the children of Israel that no outsider, who is not a descendant of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the LORD, that he might not become like Korah and his companions, just as the LORD had said to him through Moses.

40to serve as a memorial to the Israelis, a reminder that no unauthorized person, who isn't a descendant of Aaron, is to attempt to burn incense in the LORD'S presence, so that he may not become like Korah and his group, just as the LORD had spoken by the authority of Moses.

41On the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the LORD.”

41Nevertheless, the very next day, the whole congregation of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, "You've killed the LORD'S people!"

42Now it happened, when the congregation had gathered against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the tabernacle of meeting; and suddenly the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.

42When the community gathered together against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the Tent of Meeting. All of a sudden, a cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.

43Then Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of meeting.

43Then Moses and Aaron entered the Tent of Meeting.

44And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

44The LORD told Moses,

45“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.” And they fell on their faces.

45"Leave this community, so I can annihilate them in a moment." But they fell upon their faces.

46So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a censer and put fire in it from the altar, put incense on it, and take it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from the LORD. The plague has begun.”

46Then Moses told Aaron. "Take the censer, put fire on it from the altar, and burn some incense. Then walk quickly to the congregation and atone for them, because wrath has already come out from the LORD—the plague has begun."

47Then Aaron took it as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and already the plague had begun among the people. So he put in the incense and made atonement for the people.

47So Aaron took the censer, just as Moses had spoken, and ran out to the center of the assembly, where a plague had begun among the people. He set the incense on fire and atoned for the people.

48And he stood between the dead and the living; so the plague was stopped.

48He stood between the dead and the living and restrained the plague.

49Now those who died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died in the Korah incident.

49Those who died due to the plague numbered 14,700, not counting those who died due to the matter with Korah.

50So Aaron returned to Moses at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, for the plague had stopped.

50Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting after the slaughter had been restrained.

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