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Numbers 16

Numbers 16 records a major rebellion against Moses and Aaron. Korah gathers Levites and princes to challenge the priestly order, while Dathan and Abiram reject Moses’ leadership and even describe Egypt as a land flowing with milk and honey. God vindicates the leadership he appointed: the earth swallows Dathan and Abiram’s households, fire consumes the incense-offering rebels, and the censers are made into a memorial covering for the altar. When the congregation complains again, a plague begins and Aaron stands with incense between the dead and living until it is stayed.

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Numbers 16 records a major rebellion against Moses and Aaron. Korah gathers Levites and princes to challenge the priestly order, while Dathan and Abiram reject Moses’ leadership and even describe Egypt as a land flowing with milk and honey. God vindicates the leadership he appointed: the earth swallows Dathan and Abiram’s households, fire consumes the incense-offering rebels, and the censers are made into a memorial covering for the altar. When the congregation complains again, a plague begins and Aaron stands with incense between the dead and living until it is stayed.

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Verses 1–11Korah and his company challenge Moses and AaronVerses 12–22Dathan and Abiram refuse Moses and the LORD warns of judgmentVerses 23–34The earth opens and swallows the rebelsVerses 35–40Fire consumes the men offering incense and the censers become a memorialVerses 41–50The congregation murmurs and Aaron makes atonement during the plague
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1Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath,…2And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the…3And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron,…4And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:5And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company,…6This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;7And put fire therein, and put incense in them before…8And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye…9Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the…10And he hath brought thee near to him, and all…11For which cause both thou and all thy company are…12And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons…13Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us…14Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that…15And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD,…16And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy…17And take every man his censer, and put incense in…18And they took every man his censer, and put fire…19And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the…20And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,21Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume…22And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God,…23And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,24Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about…25And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram;…26And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray…27So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan,…28And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD…29If these men die the common death of all men,…30But if the LORD make a new thing, and the…31And it came to pass, as he had made an…32And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up,…33They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive…34And all Israel that were round about them fled at…35And there came out a fire from the LORD, and…36And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,37Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that…38The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let…39And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they…40To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that…41But on the morrow all the congregation of the children…42And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered…43And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the…44And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,45Get you up from among this congregation, that I may…46And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put…47And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the…48And he stood between the dead and the living; and…49Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand…50And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the…