Where am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep before me and say, ‘Give us meat, so that we may eat.’

Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way into the Negev (the South country); then go up into the hill country.

“Say to the congregation, ‘Get away from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’”

“Get away from among this congregation, so that I may consume them immediately.” Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces [in silence before the Lord].

“Speak to the sons of Israel and get rods from them, a rod for each father’s household, from all their leaders according to their fathers’ households, twelve rods. Write every man’s name on his rod,