34 And they put him in ward, be- selves above the congregation of tue cause it was not declared what LORD? should be done to him. 4 And when Moses heard it, he L 35 And the LORD said unto Mo-fell upon his face: f 36 And all the congregation 5 Aud he spake unto Korah, and unto all his company, saying, Even to-morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. 6 This do: Take you censers, Korah, and all his company: 7 And put fire therein, and put L38 Speak unto the children of Is-incense in them before the LORD torael, and bid them that they make morrow: and it shall be, that the them fringes in the borders of their man whom the LORD doth choose, garments throughout their genera- he shall be boly: ye take too much tions, and that they put upon the upon you, ye sons of Levi. fringe of the borders a riband of blue; 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart, and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: d 40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. 41 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God. CHAP. XVI. TOW Korah, the son of Ize 8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi; 9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congre|gation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? 10 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? 11 For which cause, both thou and all thy company are gathered ogether against the LORD and what is Aaron, that ye murmur Nhar, the son of Kohath, the against him? son of Levi; and Dathan and Abi-| ram, the sons of Eliab; and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men; ƒ 12 ¶ And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab; which said, We will not come up. 13 Is it a small thing that thou 2 And they rose up before Mo-hast brought us up out of a land that ses, with certain of the children of floweth with milk and honey, to kill Israel, two hundred and fifty princes us in the wilderness, except thou of the assembly, famous in the con- make thyself altogether a prince gregation, men of renown: 3 And they gathered 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 the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up your over us? c 14 Moreover, thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. 15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect and Abiram came out, and stood in not thou their offering: I have not the door of their tents, and their taken one ass from them, neither wives, and their sons, and their lithave I hurt one of them. tle children. f 16 And Moses said unto Korah; Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow: 17 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer. 18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aa ron. 19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the con gregation. 20 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. d 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? f23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 25 And Moses rose up, and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. d 26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; (for I have not done them of mine own mind ;) 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me. r 30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit, then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. ƒ 31 ¶ And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. a 33 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 congregation. 31 And all Israel that were round about them, fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. 35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. 36 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. 38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them f 27 So they gat up from the taber- make them broad plates for a conacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abi-vering of the altar; for they offered on every side; and Dathan them before the LORD, therefore ram, they are hallowed: and they shall plague were fourteen thousand and be a sign unto the children of Is-seven hundred, besides them that rael. died about the matter of Korah. 39 And Eleazar the priest took 50 And Aaron returned unto Mothe brazen censers, wherewith they ses, unto the door of the tabernacle that were burnt had offered; and of the congregation and the plague they were made broad plates for a was stayed. covering of the altar: 40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD, that he be not as Korah, and as his company; as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. f41 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 the LORD. 42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses, and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. 43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. 44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, f 45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. CHAP. XVII. AND the LORD spake unto Mo ses, saying, f 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod, according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes, according to the house of their fathers, twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod. 3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation, before the testimony, where I will meet with you. r 5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom; and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. f6 ¶ And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their father's houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. 46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put 7 And Moses laid up the rods beon incense, and go quickly unto the fore the LORD in the tabernacle of congregation, and make an atone-witness. ment for them: for there is wrath a 8 And it came to pass, that on the gone out from the LORD; the plague morrow Moses went into the taberis begun. nacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron, for the house of Levi, was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. 47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. d 48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. 49 Now they that died in the 10 T And the LORD said unto f 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel and they looked, and took every man his rod. Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again be- and within the vail; and ye shall 13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be con-nance for ever. sumed with dying? CHAP. XVIII. ND the LORD said unto Aa 9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire; every oblation of theirs, every meat Thou, and thy sons, and of theirs, every sin-of thy father's house with thee, shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee, shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. L2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. 3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they nor ye also die. 4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. fering of theirs, and every trespass- 11 And this is thine; the heave-offering of their gift, with all the waveofferings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. L 12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the first-fruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee. 13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shasl eat of it. 5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there be no wrath 14 Every thing devoted in Israel any more upon the children of Is-shall be thine. rael. L6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel; to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, L 15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine; nevertheless, the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. 16 And those that are to be redeemed, from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estima tion, for the money of five shekels, L 26 Thus speak unto the Levites, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and say unto them, when ye take of which is twenty gerahs. the children of Israel the tithes, : 17 But the firstling of a cow, or which I have given you from them the firstling of a sheep, or the first- for your inheritance, then ye shall ling of a goat, thou shalt not re-offer up a heave-offering of it for deem; they are holy thou shalt the LORD, even a tenth part of the sprinkle their blood upon the altar, tithe. and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. L18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder are thine. 19 All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee, and to thy seed with thee. 27 And this your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the wine-press. 28 Thus ye also shall offer a heave-offering unto the LORD of all your tithes which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD's heave-offering to Aaron the priest. 29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave-offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, eren L 20 And the LORD spake unto the hallowed part thereof, out of it. Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheri-L 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto tance in their land, neither shalt them, When ye have heaved the thou have any part among them: I best thereof from it, then it shall be am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. L21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel, for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance. 24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. 25 T And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying counted unto the Levites, as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine-press. 31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congrega tion. 32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. CHAP. XIX. AND the LORD spake unto Mo ses and unto Aaron, saying, T2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke. 3 And ye shall give her unto Elcazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face. 4 And Eleazar the priest shall |