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Números 16 — Bíblia World English Bible | Gospelmais
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1Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took some men.
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1Getting on his high horse one day, Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, along with a few Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—
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2They rose up before Moses, with some of the children of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown.
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2rebelled against Moses. He had with him 250 leaders of the congregation of Israel, prominent men with positions in the Council.
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3They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them! Why do you lift yourselves up above Yahweh’s assembly?”
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3They came as a group and confronted Moses and Aaron, saying, "You've overstepped yourself. This entire community is holy and God is in their midst. So why do you act like you're running the whole show?"
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4When Moses heard it, he fell on his face.
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4On hearing this, Moses threw himself facedown on the ground.
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5He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.
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5Then he addressed Korah and his gang: "In the morning God will make clear who is on his side, who is holy. God will take his stand with the one he chooses.
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6Do this: take censers, Korah, and all his company;
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6"Now, Korah, here's what I want you, you and your gang, to do: Tomorrow, take censers.
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7and put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!”
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7In the presence of God, put fire in them and then incense. Then we'll see who is holy, see whom God chooses. Sons of Levi, you've overstepped yourselves!"
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8Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi!
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8Moses continued with Korah, "Listen well now, sons of Levi.
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9Is it a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of Yahweh’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;
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9Isn't it enough for you that the God of Israel has selected you out of the congregation of Israel to bring you near him to serve in the ministries of The Dwelling of God, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?
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10and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? Do you seek the priesthood also?
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10He has brought you and all your brother Levites into his inner circle, and now you're grasping for the priesthood too.
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11Therefore you and all your company have gathered together against Yahweh! What is Aaron that you murmur against him?”
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11It's God you've ganged up against, not us. What do you have against Aaron that you're bad-mouthing him?"
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12Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, “We won’t come up!
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12Moses then ordered Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, to appear, but they said, "We're not coming.
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13Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but you must also make yourself a prince over us?
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13Isn't it enough that you yanked us out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? And now you keep trying to boss us around!
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14Moreover you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We won’t come up.”
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14Face it, you haven't produced: You haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, you haven't given us the promised inheritance of fields and vineyards. You'd have to poke our eyes out to keep us from seeing what's going on. Forget it, we're not coming."
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15Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, “Don’t respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them.”
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15Moses' temper blazed white-hot. He said to God, "Don't accept their Grain-Offering. I haven't taken so much as a single donkey from them; I haven't hurt a single hair of their heads."
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16Moses said to Korah, “You and all your company go before Yahweh, you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow.
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16Moses said to Korah, "Bring your people before God tomorrow. Appear there with them and Aaron.
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17Each man take his censer, and put incense on them, and each man bring before Yahweh his censer, two hundred fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer.”
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17Have each man bring his censer filled with incense and present it to God—all 250 censers. And you and Aaron do the same, bring your censers."
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18They each took his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense on it, and stood at the door of the Tent of Meeting with Moses and Aaron.
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18So they all did it. They brought their censers filled with fire and incense and stood at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron did the same.
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19Korah assembled all the congregation opposite them to the door of the Tent of Meeting. Yahweh’s glory appeared to all the congregation.
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19It was Korah and his gang against Moses and Aaron at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. The entire community could see the Glory of God.
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20Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
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20God said to Moses and Aaron,
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21“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!”
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21"Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I can finish them off and be done with them."
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22They fell on their faces, and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?”
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22They threw themselves on their faces and said, "O God, God of everything living, when one man sins are you going to take it out on the whole community?"
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23Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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23God spoke to Moses:
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24“Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram!’”
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24"Speak to the community. Tell them, Back off from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram."
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25Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
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25Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram. The leaders of Israel followed him.
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26He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!”
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26He then spoke to the community: "Back off from the tents of these bad men; don't touch a thing that belongs to them lest you be carried off on the flood of their sins."
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27So they went away from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.
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27So they all backed away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram by now had come out and were standing at the entrance to their tents with their wives, children, and babies.
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28Moses said, “Hereby you shall know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; for they are not from my own mind.
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28Moses continued to address the community: "This is how you'll know that it was God who sent me to do all these things and that it wasn't anything I cooked up on my own.
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29If these men die the common death of all men, or if they experience what all men experience, then Yahweh hasn’t sent me.
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29If these men die a natural death like all the rest of us, you'll know that it wasn't God who sent me.
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30But if Yahweh makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up, with all that belong to them, and they go down alive into Sheol ; then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh.”
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30But if God does something unprecedented—if the ground opens up and swallows the lot of them and they are pitched alive into Sheol—then you'll know that these men have been insolent with God."
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31As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split apart.
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31The words were hardly out of his mouth when the Earth split open.
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32The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households, all of Korah’s men, and all their goods.
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32Earth opened its mouth and in one gulp swallowed them down, the men and their families, all the human beings connected with Korah, along with everything they owned.
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33So they, and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol. The earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.
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33And that was the end of them, pitched alive into Sheol. The Earth closed up over them and that was the last the community heard of them.
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34All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”
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34At the sound of their cries everyone around ran for dear life, shouting, "We're about to be swallowed up alive!"
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35Fire came out from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.
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35Then God sent lightning. The fire cremated the 250 men who were offering the incense.
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36Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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36God spoke to Moses:
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37“Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire away from the camp; for they are holy,
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37"Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, Gather up the censers from the smoldering cinders and scatter the coals a distance away for these censers have become holy.
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38even the censers of these sinners against their own lives. Let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before Yahweh. Therefore they are holy. They shall be a sign to the children of Israel.”
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38Take the censers of the men who have sinned and are now dead and hammer them into thin sheets for covering the Altar. They have been offered to God and are holy to God. Let them serve as a sign to Israel, evidence of what happened this day."
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39Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,
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39So Eleazar gathered all the bronze censers that belonged to those who had been burned up and had them hammered flat and used to overlay the Altar,
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40to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who isn’t of the offspring of Aaron, would come near to burn incense before Yahweh, that he not be as Korah, and as his company; as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.
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40just as God had instructed him by Moses. This was to serve as a sign to Israel that only descendants of Aaron were allowed to burn incense before God; anyone else trying it would end up like Korah and his gang.
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41But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed Yahweh’s people!”
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41Grumbling broke out the next day in the community of Israel, grumbling against Moses and Aaron: "You have killed God's people!"
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42When the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, They looked toward the Tent of Meeting. Behold, the cloud covered it, and Yahweh’s glory appeared.
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42But it so happened that when the community got together against Moses and Aaron, they looked over at the Tent of Meeting and there was the Cloud—the Glory of God for all to see.
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43Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting.
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43Moses and Aaron stood at the front of the Tent of Meeting.
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44Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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44God spoke to Moses:
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45“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces.
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45"Back away from this congregation so that I can do away with them this very minute."They threw themselves facedown on the ground.
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46Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, and put fire from off the altar in it, and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from Yahweh! The plague has begun.”
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46Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer and fill it with incense, along with fire from the Altar. Get to the congregation as fast as you can: make atonement for them. Anger is pouring out from God—the plague has started!"
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47Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the middle of the assembly. Behold, the plague has begun among the people. He put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
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47Aaron grabbed the censer, as directed by Moses, and ran into the midst of the congregation. The plague had already begun. He put burning incense into the censer and atoned for the people.
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48He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
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48He stood there between the living and the dead and stopped the plague.
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49Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah.
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49Fourteen thousand seven hundred people died from the plague, not counting those who died in the affair of Korah.
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50Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and the plague was stopped.
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50Aaron then went back to join Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. The plague was stopped.