The rebellion of Korah, BEFORE CHRIST 1490. NUMBERS, XVI. garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: 39 And 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; See Deut. 29. and that ye "seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use "to go a whoring: 40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be Lev. 11. 44, holy unto your God. 19. Job 31.7. n Ps. 73. 27. & 106. 39. James 4. 4. 41 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God. 3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? fch. 14. 5. & 4 And when Moses heard it, fell upon his face: 20. 6. ver. 3. Lev. 21. 6, 7, 8, 12, 15. he 5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. 6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; BEFORE CHRIST about 1471. h Exod. 28. 1. ch. 17. 5. 1 Sam. 2. 28. Ps. 105. 26. 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the ch. 3. 10. man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. 8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: 9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated 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? 10 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? 11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: " and what "Exod. 16. 8. is Aaron, that ye murmur against him? 1 Cor. 3. 5. 12 ¶ And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab : which said, We will not come up: 13 Is it a small thing that thou ver. 9. hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? • Exod. 2. 14. Acts 7.27,35. P Lev. 20. 24. 14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with Exod. 3. 8. milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou 2 put out the eyes of these Heb. bore out men? we will not come up. r q 2 Gen. 4. 4, 5. 15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not 1 Sam. 12. 3. taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. Acts 20. 33. 2 Cor. 7. 2. 16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company be- ver. 6, 7. fore the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: t1 Sam. 12. 3, 7. Korah, Dathan, and Abiram ver. 45. See Gen. 19. Jer. 51. 6. y ver. 45. Exod. 32. 10. & 33. 5. ver. 45. ch. 14. 5. a ch. 27. 16. Job 12. 10. Eccles. 12. 7. Isai. 57. 16. Zech. 12. 1. Hebr. 12. 9. 14. Isai. 52. 11. 2 Cor. 6. 17. Rev. 18. 4. NUMBERS, XVI. are swallowed up of the earth. 17 And take 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. 18 And 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. 19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and "the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. 20 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may y consume them in a moment. Ꮓ a 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? 23 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. 26 And he spake unto the conGen. 19. 12, gregation, saying, 'Depart, I pray from the tents of these wicked you, men, and touch nothing of their's, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, Deut. 18. 22. and their little children. • Exod. 3. 12. Zech. 2. 9, 11. & 4. 9. John 5. 36. d ch.24. 13. Jer. 23. 16. Ezek. 13. 17. John 5. 30. & 6. 38. has every man dieth. C 28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. 29 If these men die 2the common death of all men, or if they be e visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me. BEFORE CHRIST about 1471. & 32. 34. Job 35. 15. Isai. 10. 3. Jer. 5. 9. 30 But if the LORD 2 make fa new thing, and the earth open her Exod. 20. 5. mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. 31 And it came to pass, as he ¶ had made an end of speaking all ver. 33. these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: 32 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. 33 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. 34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. 37 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. 38 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. 39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: 40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, Pthat no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, 1 a Aaron stayeth the plague. BEFORE CHRIST about 1471. 9 ch. 14. 2. NUMBERS, XVII. saying, Aaron's rod flourisheth. come near to offer incense before AND the LORD spake unto Moses, 42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of Exod. 40. 34. the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. ver. 19. ch. 20. 6. t ver. 21, 24. ver. 22. ch. 20. 6. r 43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. 44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And "they fell upon their faces. 46 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 19. & 11. 33. gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. * Lev. 10. 6. & 18. 5. 1 Chron. 27. 24. Ps. 106. 29. 47 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. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. 49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. 50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed. CHAPTER XVII. 1 Aaron's rod among all the rods of the tribes 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod. 3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. BEFORE CHRIST about 1471. 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will Exod. 25. 22. meet with you. a b & 29. 42, 43. & 30. 36. 5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, ch. 16. 5. shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby ch. 16. 11. they murmur against you. 2 6 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod Heb. a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. d for one prince, a rod for one prince. 7 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of Exod. 38. 21. witness. 8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel and they looked, and took every man his rod. 12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. 13h Whosoever cometh any thing ch. 1. 51, 53. near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying? & 18. 4, 7. • ch. 17. 13. CHAPTER XVIII. 1 The charge of the priests and Levites. 9 The priests' portion. 21 The Levites' portion. 25 The heave offering to the priests out of the Levites' portion. AND the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy Exod. 28.38. father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may See Gen. 29. be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. 34. d ch. 3. 6, 7. e ch. 3. 10. 36. 6 ch. 16. 40. e 3 And they shall keep thy charge, 1 ch. 3. 25, 31, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. h ch. 4. 15. i ch. 3. 10. * Exod. 27. 21. & 30. 7. Lev. 24. 3. 1 ch. 16. 46. m ch. 3. 12, 45. 4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. k 5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel. m 6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from n ch. 3. 9. & 8. among the children of Israel: "to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 19. 7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, ▸ Hebr. 9. 3,6. and P within the vail; and ye shall 8 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given Lev. 6. 16, thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anoint-Exod. 29. 29. ing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. 9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of their's, every meat offering of their's, and every sin offering of their's, and every "trespass offering of their's, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. Lev. 3. 2, 5. NUMBERS, XIX. tion, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, *which is twenty gerahs. m 17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy : thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. 18 And the flesh of them shall be Exod. 29. 26, thine, as the "wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine. 28. Lev. 7. 31, 32, 34. ver. 11. P Lev. 2. 13. 2 Chron. 13. 5. 19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: Pit is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee. 20 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. 21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their Ezek. 44. 28. service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. Deut. 10. 9. & 12. 12. & 14. 27, 29. & 18. 1, 2. Josh. 13. 14, 33. & 14. 3. & 18.7. Ps. 16. 5. ver. 24, 26. Lev. 27. 30, 32. Neh. 10. 37. & 12. 44. Hebr. 7.5, 8, 9. 'ch. 3. 7, 8. + ch. 1.51. " Lev. 22.9. 2 Heb. to die. 1 ch. 3. 7. 2 ver. 21. 8 26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the Neh. 10. 38. tithe. 27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress. 28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest. 24 "But the tithes of the children AND the LORD spake unto Moses of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they & 14. 27, 29. shall have no inheritance. f a Deut. 21. 3. 1 Sam. 6. 7. |