Numbers 15–17

Chapter 15

¹And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ²Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of your dwellings, which I give unto you, ³and will make an offering by fire to Jehovah, a burnt-offering or a sacrifice for the performance of a vow, or as a voluntary offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet odour to Jehovah, of the herd or of the flock, ⁴then shall he that presenteth his offering to Jehovah bring as oblation a tenth part of fine flour mingled with a fourth part of a hin of oil; ⁵and of wine for a drink-offering shalt thou offer the fourth part of a hin with the burnt-offering, or with the sacrifice, for one lamb. ⁶And for a ram thou shalt offer as oblation two tenth parts of fine flour mingled with oil, a third part of a hin, ⁷and of wine for a drink-offering shalt thou offer the third part of a hin; for a sweet odour to Jehovah. ⁸And when thou offerest a bullock for a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice for the performance of a vow, or for a peace-offering to Jehovah, ⁹then shall they present with the bullock as oblation three tenth parts of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil; ¹⁰and of wine shalt thou present half a hin, for a drink-offering, as an offering by fire, of a sweet odour to Jehovah. ¹¹Thus shall it be done for one ox, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or for a kid; ¹²according to the number that ye offer, so shall ye do to every one according to their number. ¹³And all that are born in the land shall do these things thus, in presenting an offering by fire of a sweet odour to Jehovah. ¹⁴And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whoever be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering by fire of a sweet odour to Jehovah, —as ye do, so shall he do. ¹⁵As to the congregation, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an everlasting statute throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be, before Jehovah. ¹⁶One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. ¹⁷And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁸Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you, ¹⁹then it shall be, when ye eat of the bread of the land, that ye shall offer a heave-offering to Jehovah; ²⁰the first of your dough shall ye offer, a cake, for a heave-offering; as the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye offer this. ²¹Of the first of your dough ye shall give to Jehovah a heave-offering throughout your generations.

²²And if ye sin inadvertently, and do not all these commandments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses, ²³all that Jehovah hath commanded you through Moses, from the day that Jehovah gave commandment, and henceforward throughout your generations; ²⁴then it shall be, if ought be committed by inadvertence hid from the eyes of the assembly, that the whole assembly shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet odour to Jehovah, and its oblation and its drink-offering according to the ordinance, and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering. ²⁵And the priest shall make atonement for the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it was a sin of inadvertence, and they have brought before Jehovah their offering, as an offering by fire to Jehovah, and their sin-offering for their sin of inadvertence; ²⁶and it shall be forgiven the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; for with all the people there was a sin of inadvertence. ²⁷And if one soul sin through inadvertence, then he shall present a yearling she-goat for a sin-offering. ²⁸And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that hath done inadvertently, when he sinneth by inadvertence before Jehovah, to make atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. ²⁹For him that is born in the land among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them—there shall be one law for you, for him who doeth anything through inadvertence.

³⁰But the soul that doeth ought with a high hand, whether born in the land, or a stranger, he reproacheth Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. ³¹For he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment: that soul shall surely be cut off; his iniquity is upon him. ³²And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day. ³³And they that found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to the whole assembly. ³⁴And they put him in custody, for it was not declared what should be done to him. ³⁵And Jehovah said to Moses, The man shall certainly be put to death: the whole assembly shall stone him with stones outside the camp. ³⁶And the whole assembly led him outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

³⁷And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ³⁸Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them tassels on the corners of their garments, throughout their generations, and that they attach to the tassel of the corners a lace of blue; ³⁹and it shall be unto you for a tassel, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye seek not after the lusts of your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye go a whoring; ⁴⁰that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. ⁴¹I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am Jehovah your God.

Chapter 16

¹And Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, made bold, and with him Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, the sons of Reuben; ²and they rose up against Moses, with two hundred and fifty men of the children of Israel, princes of the assembly, summoned to the council, men of renown; ³and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, It is enough; for all the assembly, all of them are holy, and Jehovah is among them; and why do ye lift up yourselves above the congregation of Jehovah? ⁴When Moses heard this, he fell on his face. ⁵And he spoke to Korah and to all his band, saying, Even to-morrow will Jehovah make known who is his, and who is holy; and he will cause him to come near to him; and him whom he has chosen, him will he cause to come near to him. ⁶This do: take you censers, Korah, and all his band, ⁷and put fire therein, and lay incense thereon before Jehovah to-morrow; and it shall be that the man whom Jehovah doth choose, he shall be holy. It is enough, ye sons of Levi! ⁸And Moses said to Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi! ⁹Is it too little for you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the assembly of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the work of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the assembly to minister to them? ¹⁰—that he has brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee; and seek ye now the priesthood also? ¹¹For which cause thou and all thy band are banded together against Jehovah; and Aaron, who is he that ye murmur against him?

¹²And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said, We will not come up! ¹³Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that thou must make thyself altogether a ruler over us? ¹⁴Moreover, thou hast not brought us into a land flowing 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! ¹⁵Then Moses was very wroth, and said to Jehovah, Have no regard to their oblation: not one ass have I taken from them, neither have I hurt one of them. ¹⁶And Moses said to Korah, Be thou and all thy band before Jehovah, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow. ¹⁷And take each his censer, and put incense thereon, and present before Jehovah every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; and thou, and Aaron, each his censer. ¹⁸And they took each his censer, and put fire on them, and laid incense thereon, and stood before the entrance to the tent of meeting, as well as Moses and Aaron. ¹⁹And Korah gathered the whole assembly against them to the entrance of the tent of meeting. And the glory of Jehovah appeared to all the assembly. ²⁰And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, ²¹Separate yourselves from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them in a moment. ²²And they fell on their faces, and said, O •God, the God of the spirits of all flesh! shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with the whole assembly?

²³And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁴Speak unto the assembly, saying, Get you up from about the habitation of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. ²⁵And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. ²⁶And he spoke to the assembly, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye perish in all their sins. ²⁷And they got up from the habitation of Koran, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. And Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the entrance of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones. ²⁸And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah has sent me to do all these deeds, for they are not out of my own heart: ²⁹if these men die as all men die, and are visited with the visitation of all men, Jehovah has not sent me; ³⁰but if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, and all that they have, and they go down alive into Sheol, then ye shall know that these men have despised Jehovah. ³¹And it came to pass when he had ended speaking all these words, that the ground clave apart that was under them. ³²And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them…