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Numbers 16:31-45

  1. And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:

  2. And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

  3. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

  4. And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

  5. And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

  6. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  7. Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.

  8. The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

  9. And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:

  10. To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.

  11. But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.

  12. And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.

  13. And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.

  14. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  15. Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.