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6-7 Do this: You, Korah, and all those with you, take censers tomorrow and light them, and put incense upon them before the Lord, and we will find out whom the Lord has chosen.[a] You are the presumptuous ones, you sons of Levi.”

8-9 Then Moses spoke again to Korah: “Does it seem a small thing to you that the God of Israel has chosen you from among all the people of Israel to be near to himself as you work in the Tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the people to minister to them?

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 16:6 whom the Lord has chosen, literally, “whom Jehovah chooses to be the holy one.”

and tomorrow put burning coals(A) and incense(B) in them before the Lord. The man the Lord chooses(C) will be the one who is holy.(D) You Levites have gone too far!”

Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you Levites! Isn’t it enough(E) for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the Lord’s tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them?(F)

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