Numbers 16:1–19

Now ^aKorah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and ^bDathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: ²and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, ^bfamous in the congregation, men of renown: ³and ^cthey gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing ^dall the congregation are holy, every one of them, ^eand the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift you up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord? ⁴And when Moses heard it, ^fhe fell upon his face: ⁵and he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is ^gholy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath ^hchosen will he cause to ⁱcome near unto him. ⁶This do; Take you ^jcensers, Korah, and all his company; ⁷and put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. ⁸And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: ⁹seemeth it but ^ka small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath ^lseparated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? ¹⁰And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? ¹¹For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord: ^mand what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him? ¹²And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up: ¹³ⁿis it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land ^othat floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou ^pmake thyself altogether a prince over us? ¹⁴Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land ^othat floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. ¹⁵And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord, ^qRespect not thou their offering: ^rI have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. ¹⁶And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company ^sbefore the Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: ¹⁷and ^ttake every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer. ¹⁸And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron. ¹⁹And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and ^uthe glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation.