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‘The Lord was not able to bring them into the land he swore to give them, so he killed them in the wilderness.'

But my servant Caleb has a different attitude than the others have. He has remained loyal to me, so I will bring him into the land he explored. His descendants will possess their full share of that land.

So the whole community took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Does it seem insignificant to you that the God of Israel has chosen you from among all the community of Israel to be near him so you can serve in the Lord 's Tabernacle and stand before the people to minister to them?

Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord , "Do not accept their grain offerings! I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, and I have never hurt a single one of them."

You and each of your 250 followers must prepare an incense burner and put incense on it, so you can all present them before the Lord . Aaron will also bring his incense burner."

So each of these men prepared an incense burner, lit the fire, and placed incense on it. Then they all stood at the entrance of the Tabernacle with Moses and Aaron.

"Get away from all these people so that I may instantly destroy them!"

So Moses got up and rushed over to the tents of Dathan and Abiram, followed by the elders of Israel.

So all the people stood back from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Then Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrances of their tents, together with their wives and children and little ones.

So they went down alive into the grave, along with all their belongings. The earth closed over them, and they all vanished from among the people of Israel.

So Eleazar the priest collected the 250 bronze incense burners that had been used by the men who died in the fire, and the bronze was hammered into a thin sheet to overlay the altar.

This would warn the Israelites that no unauthorized person—no one who was not a descendant of Aaron—should ever enter the Lord 's presence to burn incense. If anyone did, the same thing would happen to him as happened to Korah and his followers. So the Lord 's instructions to Moses were carried out.

"Get away from all these people so that I can instantly destroy them!" But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground.

So Moses gave the instructions to the people of Israel, and each of the twelve tribal leaders, including Aaron, brought Moses a staff.

So Moses did as the Lord commanded him.

There was no water for the people to drink at that place, so they rebelled against Moses and Aaron.

So Moses did as he was told. He took the staff from the place where it was kept before the Lord .

Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with the staff, and water gushed out. So the entire community and their livestock drank their fill.

So Moses did as the Lord commanded. The three of them went up Mount Hor together as the whole community watched.