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Leviticus 26

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¹ Then Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.

² And he said to the congregation, "Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, or you will be swept away in all their sin."

³ So they got back from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the doorway of their tents with their wives and their sons and their little children.

⁴ Then Moses said, "By this you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works; for I do not act of my own accord.

⁵ If these men die the common death of all mankind or if what happens to everyone happens to them, then [you will know for sure that] the LORD has not sent me.

⁶ But if the LORD creates an entirely new thing, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up, along with all that belongs to them, and they descend alive into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), then you will understand that these men have spurned and rejected the LORD!"

⁷ As soon as Moses finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split open;

⁸ and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, and all the men who supported Korah, with all their possessions.

⁹ So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly.

¹⁰ All Israel who were around them fled at their outcry, for they said, "The earth may swallow us also."

¹¹ Fire also came forth from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.

¹² [2] Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

¹³ Tell Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest, that he is to pick up the censers from the midst of the blaze for they are holy; and you scatter the burning coals abroad. As for the censers of these people who have sinned at the cost of their lives, have the censers made into hammered sheets as a plating for the altar [of burnt offering], for they were presented before the LORD and they are sacred. They shall be a [warning] sign to the sons of Israel.

¹⁴ So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which the Levites who were burned had offered, and they were hammered out [into broad sheets] as a plating for the [bronze] altar [of burnt offering],

¹⁵ as a reminder to the sons of Israel so that no layman—that is, one who is not of the descendants of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD; so that he will not become like Korah and as his company—just as the LORD had said to him through Moses.

¹⁶ But on the next day the entire congregation of the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, "You have caused the death of the people of the LORD."

¹⁷ When the congregation was assembled against Moses and Aaron, they turned and looked at the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle), and behold, the cloud covered it and the glory and brilliance of the LORD appeared.

¹⁸ Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle),

¹⁹ and the LORD spoke to Moses saying,

²⁰ Get away from among this congregation, so that I may consume them immediately. Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces [in silence before the LORD].

²¹ Moses said to Aaron, "Take a censer and put fire in it from the altar and lay incense on it; then bring it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone forth from the LORD; the plague has begun!"

²² So Aaron took the burning censer as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and behold, the plague had [already] begun among the people; and he put on the incense and made atonement for the people.

²³ He stood between the dead and the living, so that the plague was brought to an end.

²⁴ But those who died in the plague were 14,700, besides those who died because of Korah.

²⁵ Then Aaron returned to Moses at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle), for the plague had been brought to an end.

²⁶ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

²⁷ Speak to the sons of Israel and get rods from them, a rod for each father's household, from all their leaders according to their fathers' households, twelve rods. Write every man's name on his rod, and write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi [his ancestor]; for there is one rod for the head of each of their fathers' households. You shall then deposit them in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) in front of [the ark of] the Testimony, where I meet with you. It shall be that the rod of the man whom I choose will bud, and I will no longer hear the constant grumblings of the Israelites, who are grumbling against you.

²⁸ So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a rod, one for each leader according to their fathers' households, twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

²⁹ So Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony (tabernacle).

³⁰ Now on the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony, and[1] the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had sprouted and put out buds and produced blossoms and yielded [ripe] almonds.

³¹ Moses brought out all the rods from the presence of LORD to all the Israelites; and they looked, and each man took his rod.

³² But the LORD said to Moses, "Put Aaron's rod back before the Testimony [in the ark], to be kept as a [warning] sign for the rebellious and contentious, so that you may put an end to their murmurings [of discontent] against Me, so that they do not die."

³³ And Moses did so; just as the LORD had commanded him, so he did.

³⁴ The sons of Israel said to Moses, "Look, we perish, we are doomed, all doomed!

³⁵ Everyone who approaches, who approaches the tabernacle of the LORD, must die. Are we to perish completely?"

³⁶ So the LORD said to Aaron, "You and your sons and your father's household (family) with you shall bear the guilt in connection with the sanctuary [that is, through your service as priests you will atone for the offenses which the people unknowingly commit when brought into contact with the manifestations of God's presence]; and you and your sons with you shall bear the guilt in connection with your priesthood [that is, your own unintentional offenses].

³⁷ But bring with you also your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father (ancestor), so that they may join with you and serve you [as assistants], while you and your sons with you are before the Tent of the Testimony [the Holy Place where only priests may go, and the Most Holy Place which only the high priest may enter].

³⁸ And the Levites shall attend to your duty [as assistants] and to the duties of all the tent (tabernacle); only they shall not approach the articles of the sanctuary and the altar, or both they and you will die.

³⁹ They shall join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting—all the service of the tent—and no stranger [no layman, anyone who is not a Levite] may approach you [and your sons].

⁴⁰ So you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar [of burnt offering and the altar of incense], so that there will no longer be wrath on the Israelites [as with Korah, Dathan, and Abiram].

⁴¹ Behold, I Myself have taken your fellow Levites from among the sons of Israel; they are a gift to you, given (dedicated) to the LORD, to do the service for the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle).

⁴² Therefore you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar [of burnt offering and the altar of incense] and [of the Holy of Holies] within the veil, and you are to serve. I am giving you the priesthood as a bestowed service, but the stranger (outsider, layman) who approaches shall be put to death."

⁴³ Then the LORD spoke to Aaron, "Now behold, I [the LORD] have entrusted you with My heave offerings, even all the holy gifts of the Israelites, I have given them to you as a portion, and to your sons as a continual allotment.

⁴⁴ This shall be yours of the most holy things, [reserved] from the fire: every offering of the people, every grain offering and sin offering and guilt offering, which they shall render (give) to Me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.

⁴⁵ You shall eat it as the most holy thing; every male [of your family] shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.

⁴⁶ This also is yours: the heave offering of their gift, including all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given them to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you as a continual allotment; everyone in your household who is [ceremonially] clean may eat it.

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1	Then Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
2	And he said to the congregation, "Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, or you will be swept away in all their sin."
3	So they got back from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the doorway of their tents with their wives and their sons and their little children.
4	Then Moses said, "By this you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works; for I do not act of my own accord.
5	If these men die the common death of all mankind or if what happens to everyone happens to them, then [you will know for sure that] the LORD has not sent me.
6	But if the LORD creates an entirely new thing, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up, along with all that belongs to them, and they descend alive into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), then you will understand that these men have spurned and rejected the LORD!"
7	As soon as Moses finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split open;
8	and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, and all the men who supported Korah, with all their possessions.
9	So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly.
10	All Israel who were around them fled at their outcry, for they said, "The earth may swallow us also."
11	Fire also came forth from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.
12	[2] Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
13	Tell Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest, that he is to pick up the censers from the midst of the blaze for they are holy; and you scatter the burning coals abroad. As for the censers of these people who have sinned at the cost of their lives, have the censers made into hammered sheets as a plating for the altar [of burnt offering], for they were presented before the LORD and they are sacred. They shall be a [warning] sign to the sons of Israel.
14	So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which the Levites who were burned had offered, and they were hammered out [into broad sheets] as a plating for the [bronze] altar [of burnt offering],
15	as a reminder to the sons of Israel so that no layman—that is, one who is not of the descendants of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD; so that he will not become like Korah and as his company—just as the LORD had said to him through Moses.
16	But on the next day the entire congregation of the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, "You have caused the death of the people of the LORD."
17	When the congregation was assembled against Moses and Aaron, they turned and looked at the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle), and behold, the cloud covered it and the glory and brilliance of the LORD appeared.
18	Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle),
19	and the LORD spoke to Moses saying,
20	Get away from among this congregation, so that I may consume them immediately. Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces [in silence before the LORD].
21	Moses said to Aaron, "Take a censer and put fire in it from the altar and lay incense on it; then bring it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone forth from the LORD; the plague has begun!"
22	So Aaron took the burning censer as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and behold, the plague had [already] begun among the people; and he put on the incense and made atonement for the people.
23	He stood between the dead and the living, so that the plague was brought to an end.
24	But those who died in the plague were 14,700, besides those who died because of Korah.
25	Then Aaron returned to Moses at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle), for the plague had been brought to an end.
26	Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
27	Speak to the sons of Israel and get rods from them, a rod for each father's household, from all their leaders according to their fathers' households, twelve rods. Write every man's name on his rod, and write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi [his ancestor]; for there is one rod for the head of each of their fathers' households. You shall then deposit them in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) in front of [the ark of] the Testimony, where I meet with you. It shall be that the rod of the man whom I choose will bud, and I will no longer hear the constant grumblings of the Israelites, who are grumbling against you.
28	So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a rod, one for each leader according to their fathers' households, twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
29	So Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony (tabernacle).
30	Now on the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony, and[1] the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had sprouted and put out buds and produced blossoms and yielded [ripe] almonds.
31	Moses brought out all the rods from the presence of LORD to all the Israelites; and they looked, and each man took his rod.
32	But the LORD said to Moses, "Put Aaron's rod back before the Testimony [in the ark], to be kept as a [warning] sign for the rebellious and contentious, so that you may put an end to their murmurings [of discontent] against Me, so that they do not die."
33	And Moses did so; just as the LORD had commanded him, so he did.
34	The sons of Israel said to Moses, "Look, we perish, we are doomed, all doomed!
35	Everyone who approaches, who approaches the tabernacle of the LORD, must die. Are we to perish completely?"
36	So the LORD said to Aaron, "You and your sons and your father's household (family) with you shall bear the guilt in connection with the sanctuary [that is, through your service as priests you will atone for the offenses which the people unknowingly commit when brought into contact with the manifestations of God's presence]; and you and your sons with you shall bear the guilt in connection with your priesthood [that is, your own unintentional offenses].
37	But bring with you also your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father (ancestor), so that they may join with you and serve you [as assistants], while you and your sons with you are before the Tent of the Testimony [the Holy Place where only priests may go, and the Most Holy Place which only the high priest may enter].
38	And the Levites shall attend to your duty [as assistants] and to the duties of all the tent (tabernacle); only they shall not approach the articles of the sanctuary and the altar, or both they and you will die.
39	They shall join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting—all the service of the tent—and no stranger [no layman, anyone who is not a Levite] may approach you [and your sons].
40	So you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar [of burnt offering and the altar of incense], so that there will no longer be wrath on the Israelites [as with Korah, Dathan, and Abiram].
41	Behold, I Myself have taken your fellow Levites from among the sons of Israel; they are a gift to you, given (dedicated) to the LORD, to do the service for the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle).
42	Therefore you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar [of burnt offering and the altar of incense] and [of the Holy of Holies] within the veil, and you are to serve. I am giving you the priesthood as a bestowed service, but the stranger (outsider, layman) who approaches shall be put to death."
43	Then the LORD spoke to Aaron, "Now behold, I [the LORD] have entrusted you with My heave offerings, even all the holy gifts of the Israelites, I have given them to you as a portion, and to your sons as a continual allotment.
44	This shall be yours of the most holy things, [reserved] from the fire: every offering of the people, every grain offering and sin offering and guilt offering, which they shall render (give) to Me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.
45	You shall eat it as the most holy thing; every male [of your family] shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.
46	This also is yours: the heave offering of their gift, including all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given them to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you as a continual allotment; everyone in your household who is [ceremonially] clean may eat it.

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