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Therefore that place was named Kivrot-HaTa'avah [graves of greed], because there they buried the people who were so greedy.

That place was called the Valley of Eshkol [cluster], because of the cluster which the people of Isra'el cut down there.

But the men who had gone with him said, "We can't attack those people, because they are stronger than we are";

However, Moshe replied to Adonai , "When the Egyptians hear about this — [and they will,] because it was from among them that you, by your strength, brought this people up —

But my servant Kalev, because he had a different Spirit with him and has fully followed me — him I will bring into the land he entered, and it will belong to his descendants.

Don't go up there, because Adonai isn't with you. If you do, your enemies will defeat you.

The cohen is to make atonement for the whole community of the people of Isra'el; and they will be forgiven; because it was a mistake; and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire, to Adonai , and their sin offering before Adonai for their mistake.

The whole community of the people of Isra'el will be forgiven, likewise the foreigner staying with them; because for all the people it was a mistake.

Because he has had contempt for the word of Adonai and has disobeyed his command, that person will be cut off completely; his offense will remain with him.'"

They kept him in custody, because it had not yet been decided what to do to him.

"Tell El‘azar the son of Aharon the cohen to remove the fire pans from the fire, and scatter the smoldering coals at a distance, because they have become holy.

Also the fire pans of these men, whose sin cost them their lives, have become holy, because they were offered before Adonai . Therefore, have them hammered into plates to cover the altar. This will be a sign for the people of Isra'el."

Moshe said to Aharon, "Take your fire pan, put fire from the altar in it, lay incense on it, and hurry with it to the assembly to make atonement for them, because anger has gone out from Adonai , and the plague has already begun!"

because I have given to the L'vi'im as their inheritance the tenths of the produce which the people of Isra'el set aside as a gift for Adonai . This is why I have said to them that they are to have no inheritance among the people of Isra'el."

You may eat it anywhere, you and your households; because it is your payment in return for your service in the tent of meeting.

Moreover, because you will have set aside from it its best parts, you will not be committing any sin because of it; for you are not to profane the holy things of the people of Isra'el, or you will die.'" Haftarah Korach: Sh'mu'el Alef (1 Samuel) 11:14 – 12:22 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Korach: 2 Timothy 2:8–21; Y'hudah (Jude) 1–25

Anyone who touches a corpse, no matter whose dead body it is, and does not purify himself has defiled the tabernacle of Adonai . That person will be cut off from Isra'el, because the water for purification was not sprinkled on him. He will be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him.

The person who remains unclean and does not purify himself will be cut off from the community because he has defiled the sanctuary of Adonai . The water for purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

Because the community had no water, they assembled themselves against Moshe and Aharon.

But Adonai said to Moshe and Aharon, "Because you did not trust in me, so as to cause me to be regarded as holy by the people of Isra'el, you will not bring this community into the land I have given them."