Numbers 16:20-35 - The Judgment On The Rebels

21 Separate yourselves out of the midst of this assembly, - that I may consume them in a moment.

22 And they fell upon their faces and said, O GOD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, - shall, one man, sin, and against all the assembly, wilt thou he wroth. 24 Speak unto the assembly, saying, - Get ye up from round about the habitation of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.

25 So Moses rose up, and went, unto Dathan and Abiram, - then went, after him the eiders of Israel. 26 And he spake unto the assembly, saying - Remove I pray you from beside the tents of these lawless men, and do not touch aught that pertaineth unto them, - lest ye be carried off, in all their sins. 27 So they went up from beside the habitation of Korah, Dathan and Abiram on every side, - and, Dathan and Abiram, came out and stationed themselves at the entrance of their tents, with their wives and their sons and their little ones.

28 Then said Moses, Hereby, shall ye know, that, Yahweh hath sent me, to do all these works, - verily, not out of my own heart: 29 If, as all human beings die, these do die, and the visitation of all human beings, be visited upon them, Yahweh, hath not sent me. 30 But, if, a cremation, Yahweh create, and the ground open wide her mouth and swallow them up, with all that pertain unto them, and so they go down alive unto hades, then shall ye know, that these men have despised Yahweh.

31 And it came to pass as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground which was under them, clave asunder; 32 and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up them, and their households, - and all the human beings who pertained unto Korah, with all their goods: 33 so, they, and all that pertained unto them, went down, alive unto hades, - and the earth, closed pen them, and they perished out of the midst of the convocation. 34 And, all Israel who were round about them, fled at their cry, - for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up. 35 Fire also came forth, from Yahweh, - and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, who offered the incense.


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