Thematic Bible




Numbers 16:1 (show verse)

And Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi; and Dathan and Abiram, the son of Eliab; and On the son of Peleth, the sons of Reuben,

Numbers 16:2 (show verse)

stood up before Moses, with other of the children of Israel: two hundred and fifty, heads of the congregation, and councilors, and men of fame.

Numbers 16:3 (show verse)

And they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, "Ye have done enough. For all the multitude are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why therefore heave ye yourselves up above the congregation of the LORD?"

Numbers 16:4 (show verse)

When Moses heard it, he fell upon his face

Numbers 16:5 (show verse)

and spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, "Tomorrow the LORD will show who is his and who is holy, and will take them unto him, and whomsoever he hath chosen, he will cause to come to him.

Numbers 16:6 (show verse)

This do: take firepans, thou Korah and all thy company,

Numbers 16:7 (show verse)

and do fire therein and put cense thereto before the LORD tomorrow: And then whomsoever the LORD doeth chose, the same is holy. Ye make enough to do, ye children of Levi."

Numbers 16:8 (show verse)

And Moses said unto Korah, "Hear, ye children of Levi:

Numbers 16:9 (show verse)

Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the multitude of Israel to bring you to him, to do the service of the dwelling place of the LORD, and to stand before the people to minister unto them?

Numbers 16:10 (show verse)

He hath taken thee to him and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, and ye seek the office of the priest also.

Numbers 16:11 (show verse)

For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: for what is Aaron, that ye should murmur against him?"

Numbers 16:12 (show verse)

And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and they answered, "We will not come.

Numbers 16:13 (show verse)

Seemeth it a small thing unto thee that thou hast brought us out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness; but that thou shouldest reign over us also?

Numbers 16:14 (show verse)

Moreover, thou hast brought us unto no land that floweth with milk and honey, neither hast given us possessions of fields or of vines. Either wilt thou pull out the eyes of these men? We will not come."

Numbers 16:15 (show verse)

And Moses waxed very angry and said unto the LORD, "Turn not unto their offerings. I have not taken so much as an ass from them, neither have vexed any of them."

Numbers 16:16 (show verse)

Then Moses said unto Korah, "Be thou and all thy company before the LORD: both thou, they, and Aaron tomorrow.

Numbers 16:17 (show verse)

And take every man his censer and put cense in them, and come before the LORD every man with his censer: two hundred and fifty censers, and Aaron with his censer."

Numbers 16:18 (show verse)

And they took every man his censer and put fire in them and laid cense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of witness, and Moses and Aaron also.

Numbers 16:19 (show verse)

And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of witness. And the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.

Numbers 16:20 (show verse)

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,

Numbers 16:21 (show verse)

"Separate yourselves from this congregation, that I may consume them at once."

Numbers 16:22 (show verse)

And they fell upon their faces, and said, "O most mighty God of the spirits of all flesh; one man hath sinned, and wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude?"

Numbers 16:23 (show verse)

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 16:24 (show verse)

"Speak unto the congregation, and say, 'Get you away from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.'"

Numbers 16:25 (show verse)

And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.

Numbers 16:26 (show verse)

And he spake unto the congregation, saying, "Depart from the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs: lest ye perish in all their sins."

Numbers 16:27 (show verse)

And they gat them from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, on every side. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood in the door of their tents with their wives, their sons and their children.

Numbers 16:28 (show verse)

And Moses said, "Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works, and that I have not done them of mine own mind:

Numbers 16:29 (show verse)

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.

Numbers 16:30 (show verse)

But and if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth and swallow them and all that pertain unto them, so that they go down quick in to hell: then ye shall understand, that these men have railed upon the LORD."

Numbers 16:31 (show verse)

And as soon as he had made an end of speaking all these words, the ground clove asunder that was under them,

Numbers 16:32 (show verse)

and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and their houses and all the men that were with Korah and all their goods.

Numbers 16:33 (show verse)

And they and all that pertained unto them, went down alive unto hell, and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the congregation.

Numbers 16:34 (show verse)

And all Israel that were about them, fled at the cry of them. For they said, "The earth might haply swallow us also."

Numbers 16:35 (show verse)

And there came out a fire from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered cense.

Numbers 16:36 (show verse)

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 16:37 (show verse)

"Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest and let him take up the censers out of the burning and scatter the fire here and there,

Numbers 16:38 (show verse)

for the censers of these sinners are hallowed in their deaths: and let them be beaten into thin plates and fastened upon the altar. For they offered them before the LORD, and therefore they are holy and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel."

Numbers 16:39 (show verse)

And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers which they that were burnt had offered, and beat them and fastened them upon the altar,

Numbers 16:40 (show verse)

to be a remembrance unto the children of Israel, that no stranger which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer cense before the LORD, that he be not made like unto Korah and his company: as the LORD said unto him by the hand of Moses.

Numbers 16:41 (show verse)

And on the morrow all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, "Ye have killed the people of the LORD."

Numbers 16:42 (show verse)

And when the multitude was gathered against Moses and Aaron, they looked toward the tabernacle of witness; And behold, the cloud had covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.

Numbers 16:43 (show verse)

And Moses and Aaron went before the tabernacle of witness.

Numbers 16:44 (show verse)

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 16:45 (show verse)

"Get you from this congregation, that I may consume them quickly." And they fell upon their faces.

Numbers 16:46 (show verse)

And Moses said unto Aaron, "Take a censer and put fire therein out of the altar, and pour on cense, and go quickly unto the congregation and make an atonement for them. For there is wrath gone out from the LORD, and there is a plague begun."

Numbers 16:47 (show verse)

And Aaron took as Moses commanded him, and ran unto the congregation: and behold, the plague was begun among the people, and he put on cense, and made an atonement for the people.

Numbers 16:48 (show verse)

And he stood between the dead, and them that were alive, and the plague ceased.

Numbers 16:49 (show verse)

And the number of them that died in the plague, were fourteen thousand and seven hundred: beside them that died about the business of Korah.

Numbers 16:50 (show verse)

And Aaron went again unto Moses, unto the door of the tabernacle of witness, and the plague ceased.