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NUMBERS 16:12-32 Fire-holder test. Earth swallows rebels 204
12 Later Moses sent to call
Dathan and A·biram a the sons
of E·liab,buttheysaid:“Weare
not going to come up! b 13 Is it
so little a thing that you have
brought us up out of a land flowing
with milk and honey to put
us to death in the wilderness, c
that you should also try to play
the prince over us to the limit? d
14 As it is, you have not brought
us into any land flowing with
milk and honey, e that you may
give us an inheritance of field
and vineyard. Is it the eyes of
those men that you want to bore
out? We are not going to come
up!”
15 At this Moses became very
angry and said to Jehovah: “Do
not turn to look at their grain offering.
f Not one male ass have I
taken away from them, nor have
Iharmedoneofthem.” g
16 Then Moses said to Korah:
h “You and all your assembly,
be present before Jehovah, i you
and they and Aaron, tomorrow.
17 And take each one his fire
holder, and YOU men must put
incense upon them and present
each one his fire holder before
Jehovah, two hundred and fifty
fire holders, and you and Aaron
each his fire holder.” 18 So
they took each one his fire holder
and put fire upon them and
placed incense upon them and
stood at the entrance of the tent
of meeting together with Moses
and Aaron. 19 When Korah
got all the assembly j together
against them at the entrance
of the tent of meeting, then Jehovah’s
glory appeared to all the
assembly. k
20 Jehovah now spoke to
Moses and Aaron, saying:
21 “Separate l yourselves from
the midst of this assembly,
that I may exterminate m them
in an instant.” 22 At this they
fell upon their faces and said:
“O God, the God of the spirits of
every sort of flesh, n will just one
CHAP. 16
a Nu 16:1
b 1Sa 15:23
Jude 8
c Ex 16:3
Nu 14:29
d Ex 22:28
Ac 7:35
e Ex 3:8
Le 20:24
f Ge 4:5
g 1Sa 12:3
Ac 20:33
2Co 7:2
1Pe 3:16
h Nu 16:6
i 1Sa 12:7
j Nu 16:2
Nu 16:40
k Nu 12:5
Nu 14:10
l Ge 19:15
Re 18:4
m Nu 3:10
Nu 3:38
Nu 16:45
Ps 73:19
n Nu 27:16
Job 12:10
Ec 3:19
Ec 12:7
Zec 12:1
Second Col.
a Ge 18:23
2Sa 24:17
b Nu 16:1
c Nu 11:16
d Ex 23:2
e Job 9:4
Pr 16:18
Pr 18:12
f Ex 3:12
De 18:22
Joh 5:36
g Ex 7:2
Ex 25:22
De 18:18
Joh 5:30
h Ec 3:19
Ec 9:5
Eze 18:4
Ro 5:12
i De 18:21
j Isa 45:7
k Job 31:3
l Ps 55:15
Pr 1:12
m Ps 74:18
Ps 107:11
n Nu 26:10
De 11:6
Ps 106:17
man sin and you become indignant
against the entire assembly?”
a
23 In turn Jehovah spoke
to Moses, saying: 24 “Speak to
the assembly, saying, ‘Get away
from around the tabernacles of
Korah, Dathan and A·biram!’ ” b
25 After that Moses got up
and went to Dathan and A·biram,
and the older men c of Israel
went with him. 26 Then he
spoke to the assembly, saying:
“Turn aside, please, from before
the tents of these wicked men
and do not touch anything that
belongs to them, d that YOU may
not be swept away in all their
sin.” 27 Immediately they got
away from before the tabernacle
of Korah, Dathan and A·biram,
from every side, and Dathan and
A·biram came out, taking their
stand at the entrance of their
tents, e together with their wives,
and their sons and their little
ones.
28 Then Moses said: “By this
YOU will know that Jehovah has
sent me to do all these deeds, f
that it is not of my own heart: g
29 If it is according to the death
of all mankind that these people
will die and with the punishment
of all mankind that punishment
will be brought upon them, h then
it is not Jehovah that has sent
me. i 30 But if it is something
created that Jehovah will create, j
and the ground has to open its
mouth and swallow up them k
and everything that belongs to
them and they have to go down
alive into Sheol, l YOU will then
know for certain that these men
have treated Jehovah disrespectfully.”
m
31 And it came about that as
soon as he had finished speaking
all these words, the ground
that was under them began to be
split apart. n 32 And the earth
proceeded to open its mouth
and to swallow up them and their
households and all humankind