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They assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, "You have gone too far! All the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. So why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord ?"

So each man took his censer, and they put fire in the censers and laid incense on them, and they stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.

Separate yourselves from this congregation, so that I may consume them in a moment.

So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram; the elders of Israel followed him.

So they got away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrance of their tents, together with their wives, their children, and their little ones.

So they with all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol; the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.

So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that had been presented by those who were burned; and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar—

a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, shall approach to offer incense before the Lord , so as not to become like Korah and his company—just as the Lord had said to him through Moses.

"Get away from this congregation, so that I may consume them in a moment." And they fell on their faces.

So Aaron took it as Moses had ordered, and ran into the middle of the assembly, where the plague had already begun among the people. He put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.

So Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the covenant.

And the Lord said to Moses, "Put back the staff of Aaron before the covenant, to be kept as a warning to rebels, so that you may make an end of their complaints against me, or else they will die."

Moses did so; just as the Lord commanded him, so he did.

So bring with you also your brothers of the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, in order that they may be joined to you, and serve you while you and your sons with you are in front of the tent of the covenant.

You yourselves shall perform the duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar, so that wrath may never again come upon the Israelites.

They shall purify themselves with the water on the third day and on the seventh day, and so be clean; but if they do not purify themselves on the third day and on the seventh day, they will not become clean.

Now there was no water for the congregation; so they gathered together against Moses and against Aaron.

So Moses took the staff from before the Lord , as he had commanded him.

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through their territory; so Israel turned away from them.

The Lord listened to the voice of Israel, and handed over the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their towns; so the place was called Hormah.