And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that [was] under them: (16:31)

And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that [appertained] unto Korah, and all [their] goods (16:32)

They, and all that [appertained] to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation (16:33)

And all Israel that [were] round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up [also] (16:34)

And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense (16:35)

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (16:36)

Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed (16:37)

The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates [for] a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel (16:38)

And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad [plates for] a covering of the altar: (16:39)

[To be] a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which [is] not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses (16:40)

But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord (16:41)

And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared (16:42)

And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation (16:43)

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (16:44)

Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces (16:45)

And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun (16:46)

And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people (16:47)

And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed (16:48)

Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah (16:49)

And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed (16:50)

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