Numbers 15–17

15And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ^2aSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you, ³And ^bwill make an offering by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in ^†performing ^ca vow, or in a freewill offering, or ^din your solemn feasts, to make a ^esweet savour unto the Lord, of the herd, or of the flock: ⁴Then ^fshall he that offereth his offering unto the Lord bring ^ga meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled ^hwith the fourth part of an hin of oil. ⁵ⁱAnd the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. ^6kOr for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. ⁷And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the Lord. ⁸And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or ^lpeace offerings unto the Lord: ⁹Then shall he bring ^mwith a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. ¹⁰And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. ¹¹ⁿThus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. ¹²According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number. ¹³All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. ¹⁴And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; as ye do, so he shall do. ^15oOne ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, ^pan ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. ¹⁶One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

¹⁷And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ^18qSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you, ¹⁹Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of ^rthe bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the Lord. ^20sYe shall offer up a cake of ^tthe first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do ^uthe heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. ²¹Of ^tthe first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations. ²²And ^wif ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses, ²³Even all that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations; ²⁴Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance ^†without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the Lord, ^xwith his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the ^||manner, and ^yone kid of the goats for a sin offering. ^25zAnd the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their ignorance: ²⁶And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance. ²⁷And ^aif any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering. ^28bAnd the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. ^29cYe shall have one law for him that ^†sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. ^30dBut the soul that doeth ought ^†presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same ^ereproacheth the Lord; and ^fthat soul shall be cut off from among his people. ³¹Because he hath ^gdespised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.

³²And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that ^hgathered sticks upon the sabbath day. ³³And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. ³⁴And they put him ⁱin ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. ³⁵And the Lord said unto Moses, ^jThe man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall ^kstone him with stones without the camp. ³⁶And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses.

³⁷And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ³⁸Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them ^lthat they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: ³⁹And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye ^mseek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use ⁿto go a whoring: ⁴⁰That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be ^oholy unto your God. ⁴¹I am the Lord your God, ^pwhich brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.

16^*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 ye 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. ²⁰And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ^21xSeparate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them ^yin a moment. ²²And they ^zfell upon their faces, and said, O God, ^athe God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? ²³And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ²⁴Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. ²⁵And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. ²⁶And he spake unto the congregation, saying, ^bDepart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye ^cbe consumed in all their sins. ²⁷So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and ^dstood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. ²⁸And Moses said, ^cHereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them ^eof mine own mind. ²⁹If these men die ^†the common death of all men, or if they be ^fvisited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me. ³⁰But if the Lord ^†make a new…