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congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
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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?
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And the L
ORD
spake unto Moses, saying,
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Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up
from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
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And Moses rose up and went unto
Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
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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.
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So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram,
on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their
wives, and their sons, and their little children.
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And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the
L
ORD
hath sent me to do all these works; for
I have
not
done them
of mine own mind.
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If these
men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men;
then
the
L
ORD
hath not sent me.
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But if the L
ORD
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 L
ORD
.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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And all Israel that
were
round about them fled at the cry of them:
for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up
also.
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And there came out a fire from the L
ORD
, and
consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
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And the L
ORD
spake unto Moses, saying,
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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.
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The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let themmake them broad plates
for
a covering
of the altar: for they offered them before the L
ORD
, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be
a sign unto the children of Israel.
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And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they
that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad
plates for
a covering of the altar:
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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 L
ORD
; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the L
ORD
said to him by the hand of Moses.
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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 L
ORD
.
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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 L
ORD
appeared.
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And
Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
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And the L
ORD
spake unto Moses, saying,
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Get you up from among this congregation, that I
may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
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