Numbers 16:1-15 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Numbers 16:1-15

Korah Rises Up Against Moses

Now ^aKorah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with ^bDathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took others, 2 and they rose up before Moses, ¹together with some of the sons of Israel, 250 leaders of the congregation, ²^athose called upon by the assembly, men of renown. 3 Then they assembled together ^aagainst Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “¹^bYou have gone far enough, for all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and ^cYahweh is in their midst; so why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of Yahweh?”
4 And Moses heard this and ^afell on his face; 5 and he spoke to Korah and all his congregation, saying, “Tomorrow morning Yahweh will show who is His, and ^awho is holy, and will bring him near to Himself; even ^bthe one whom He will choose, He will bring near to Himself. 6 Do this: take censers for yourselves, Korah and all ¹your congregation, 7 and put fire in them, and lay incense upon them in the presence of Yahweh tomorrow; and the man whom Yahweh chooses shall be the one who is holy. ¹^aYou have gone far enough, you sons of Levi!”
8 Then Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi, 9 ^ais it ¹not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the congregation of Israel, ^bto bring you near to Himself, to perform the service of the tabernacle of Yahweh, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them; 10 and that He has brought you near, Korah, and all your brothers, sons of Levi, with you? And are you ^aseeking for the priesthood also? 11 Therefore you and all your congregation are gathered together ^aagainst Yahweh; but as for Aaron, ¹who is he that ^byou grumble against him?”
12 Then Moses sent ¹a summons to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said, “We will not come up. 13 Is it ¹not enough that you have brought us up out of a ^aland flowing with milk and honey ^bto put us to death in the wilderness, but you would also lord it over us? 14 Indeed, you have not brought us ^ainto a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of ^bfields and vineyards. Would you ¹^cput out the eyes of ²these men? We will not come up!”
15 Then Moses became very angry and said to Yahweh, “^aDo not regard their offering! ^bI have not taken a single donkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them.”