Numbers 15–17

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²‘Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye come in unto the land of your dwellings, which I am giving to you, ³then ye have prepared a fire-offering to Jehovah, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, at separating a vow or free-will-offering, or in your appointed things, to make a sweet fragrance to Jehovah, out of the herd, or out of the flock.

⁴‘And he who is bringing near his offering to Jehovah hath brought near a present of flour, a tenth deal, mixed with a fourth of the hin of oil; ⁵and wine for a libation, a fourth of the hin thou dost prepare for the burnt-offering or for a sacrifice, for the one lamb; ⁶or for a ram thou dost prepare a present of flour, two-tenth deals, mixed with oil, a third of the hin; ⁷and wine for a libation, a third part of the hin, thou dost bring near—a sweet fragrance to Jehovah.

⁸‘And when thou makest a son of the herd a burnt-offering or a sacrifice, at separating a vow or peace-offerings to Jehovah, ⁹then he hath brought near for the son of the herd a present of flour, three-tenth deals, mixed with oil, a half of the hin; ¹⁰and wine thou bringest near for a libation, a half of the hin—a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah; ¹¹thus it is done for the one ox, or for the one ram, or for a lamb of the sheep or of the goats.

¹²‘According to the number that ye prepare, so ye do to each, according to their number; ¹³every native doth thus with these, at bringing near a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah; ¹⁴and when a sojourner sojourneth with you, or whoso is in your midst to your generations, and he hath made a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah, as ye do so he doth.

¹⁵‘One statute is for you of the congregation and for the sojourner who is sojourning, a statute age-during to your generations: as ye are so is the sojourner before Jehovah; ¹⁶one law and one ordinance is to you and to the sojourner who is sojourning with you.’ ¹⁷And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ¹⁸‘Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, In your coming in unto the land whither I am bringing you in, ¹⁹then it hath been, in your eating of the bread of the land, ye heave up a heave-offering to Jehovah; ²⁰the beginning of your dough a cake ye heave up—a heave-offering; as the heave-offering of a threshing-floor, so ye do heave it. ²¹Of the beginning of your dough ye do give to Jehovah a heave-offering—to your generations.

²²‘And when ye err, and do not all these commands which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses, ²³the whole that Jehovah hath charged upon you by the hand of Moses, from the day that Jehovah hath commanded, and henceforth, to your generations, ²⁴then it hath been, if from the eyes of the company it hath been done in ignorance, that all the company have prepared one bullock, a son of the herd, for a burnt-offering, for sweet fragrance to Jehovah, and its present, and its libation, according to the ordinance, and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering.

²⁵‘And the priest hath made atonement for all the company of the sons of Israel, and it hath been forgiven them, for it is ignorance, and they—they have brought in their offering, a fire-offering to Jehovah, even their sin-offering before Jehovah for their ignorance; ²⁶and it hath been forgiven to all the company of the sons of Israel, and to the sojourner who is sojourning in their midst; for to all the company it is done in ignorance.

²⁷‘And if one person sin in ignorance, then he hath brought near a she-goat, daughter of a year, for a sin-offering; ²⁸and the priest hath made atonement for the person who is erring, in his sinning in ignorance before Jehovah, by making atonement for him, and it hath been forgiven him; ²⁹for the native among the sons of Israel, and for the sojourner who is sojourning in their midst—one law is to you, for him who is doing anything through ignorance.

³⁰‘And the person who doth aught with a high hand—of the native or of the sojourner—Jehovah he is reviling, and that person hath been cut off from the midst of his people; ³¹because the word of Jehovah he despised, and His command hath broken—that person is certainly cut off; his iniquity is on him.’ ³²And the sons of Israel are in the wilderness, and they find a man gathering wood on the sabbath-day, ³³and those finding him gathering wood bring him near unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto all the company, ³⁴and they place him in ward, for it is not explained what is to be done to him. ³⁵And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘The man is certainly put to death, all the company stoning him with stones, at the outside of the camp.’ ³⁶And all the company bring him out unto the outside of the camp, and stone him with stones, and he dieth, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

³⁷And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ³⁸‘Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, and they have made for themselves fringes on the skirts of their garments, to their generations, and they have put on the fringe of the skirt a ribbon of blue, ³⁹and it hath been to you for a fringe, and ye have seen it, and have remembered all the commands of Jehovah, and have done them, and ye search not after your heart, and after your eyes, after which ye are going a-whoring; ⁴⁰so that ye remember and have done all My commands, and ye have been holy to your God; ⁴¹I am Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt to become your God; I, Jehovah, am your God.’

Chapter 16

¹And Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, taketh both Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, ²and they rise up before Moses, with men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty, princes of the company, called of the convention, men of name, ³and they are assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and say unto them, ‘Enough of you! for all the company—all of them are holy, and in their midst is Jehovah; and wherefore do ye lift yourselves up above the assembly of Jehovah?’ ⁴And Moses heareth, and falleth on his face, ⁵and he speaketh unto Korah, and unto all his company, saying, ‘Morning!—and Jehovah is knowing those who are his, and him who is holy, and hath brought near unto Him; even him whom He doth fix on He bringeth near unto Him. ⁶This do: take to yourselves censers, Korah, and all his company, ⁷and put in them fire, and put on them perfume, before Jehovah to-morrow, and it hath been, the man whom Jehovah chooseth, he is the holy one;—enough of you, sons of Levi.’ ⁸And Moses saith unto Korah, ‘Hear ye, I pray you, sons of Levi; ⁹is it little to you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the company of Israel to bring you near unto Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the company to serve them?— ¹⁰yea, He doth bring thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee—and ye have sought also the priesthood! ¹¹Therefore, thou and all thy company who are met are against Jehovah; and Aaron, what is he, that ye murmur against him?’

¹²And Moses sendeth to call for Dathan and for Abiram sons of Eliab, and they say, ‘We do not come up; ¹³is it little that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to put us to death in a wilderness that thou also certainly makest thyself prince over us? ¹⁴Yea, unto a land flowing with milk and honey thou hast not brought us in, nor dost thou give to us an inheritance of field and vineyard; the eyes of these men dost thou pick out? we do not come up.’ ¹⁵And it is very displeasing to Moses, and he saith unto Jehovah, ‘Turn not Thou unto their present; not one ass from them have I taken, nor have I afflicted one of them.’ ¹⁶And Moses saith unto Korah, ‘Thou and all thy company, be ye before Jehovah, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow; ¹⁷and take ye each his censer, and ye have put on them perfume, and brought near before Jehovah, each his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; and thou and Aaron, each his censer.’ ¹⁸And they take each his censer, and put on them fire, and lay on them perfume, and they stand at the opening of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron. ¹⁹And Korah assembleth against them all the company unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and the honour of Jehovah is seen by all the company. ²⁰And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ²¹‘Be ye separated from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;’ ²²and they fall on their faces, and say, ‘God, God of the spirits of all flesh—the one man sinneth, and against all the company Thou art wroth!’

²³And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²⁴‘Speak unto the company, saying, Go ye up from round about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’ ²⁵And Moses riseth, and goeth unto Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel go after him, ²⁶and he speaketh unto the company, saying, ‘Turn aside, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and come not against anything that they have, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.’ ²⁷And they go up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, from round about, and Dathan, and Abiram have come out, standing at the opening of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their infants. ²⁸And Moses saith, ‘By this ye do know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works, that they are not from my own heart; ²⁹if according to the death of all men these die—or the charge of all men is charged upon them—Jehovah hath not sent me; ³⁰and if a strange thing Jehovah do, and the ground hath opened her mouth and swallowed them, and all that they have, and they have gone down alive to Sheol—then ye have known that these men have despised Jehovah.’ ³¹And it cometh to pass at his finishing speaking all these words, that the ground which is under them cleaveth, ³²and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them, and their houses, and all the men who are for Korah, and all the goods, ³³and they go down, they, and all that they have, alive to Sheol,…