Numbers 16
New King James Version
Rebellion Against Moses and Aaron
16 Now (A)Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with (B)Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men; 2 and they rose up before Moses with some of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, (C)representatives of the congregation, men of renown. 3 (D)They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “You [a]take too much upon yourselves, for (E)all the congregation is holy, every one of them, (F)and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”
4 So when Moses heard it, he (G)fell on his face; 5 and he spoke to Korah and all his company, saying, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will show who is (H)His and who is (I)holy,[b] and will cause him to come near to Him. That one whom He chooses He will cause to (J)come near to Him. 6 Do this: Take censers, Korah and all your company; 7 put fire in them and put incense in them before the Lord tomorrow, and it shall be that the man whom the Lord chooses is the holy one. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!”
8 Then Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi: 9 Is it (K)a small thing to you that the God of Israel has (L)separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the work of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to serve them; 10 and that He has brought you near to Himself, you and all your brethren, the sons of Levi, with you? And are you seeking the priesthood also? 11 Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the Lord. (M)And what is Aaron that you complain against him?”
12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come up! 13 Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of (N)a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you should (O)keep acting like a prince over us? 14 Moreover (P)you have not brought us into (Q)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 will not come up!”
15 Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, (R)“Do not [c]respect their offering. (S)I have not taken one donkey from them, nor have I hurt one of them.”
16 And Moses said to Korah, “Tomorrow, you and all your company be present (T)before the Lord—you and they, as well as Aaron. 17 Let each take his censer and put incense in it, and each of you bring his censer before the Lord, two hundred and fifty censers; both you and Aaron, each with his censer.” 18 So every man took his censer, put fire in it, laid incense on it, and stood at the door of the tabernacle of meeting with Moses and Aaron. 19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Then (U)the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.
20 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 21 (V)“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may (W)consume them in a moment.”
22 Then they (X)fell[d] on their faces, and said, “O God, (Y)the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the (Z)congregation?”
23 So the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’ ”
25 Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him. 26 And he spoke to the congregation, saying, (AA)“Depart now from the tents of these wicked men! Touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.” 27 So they got away from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, their sons, and their little (AB)children.
28 And Moses said: (AC)“By this you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them (AD)of my own will. 29 If these men die naturally like all men, or if they are (AE)visited by the common fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me. 30 But if the Lord creates (AF)a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they (AG)go down alive into the pit, then you will understand that these men have rejected the Lord.”
31 (AH)Now it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart under them, 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and (AI)all the men with Korah, with all their goods. 33 So they and all those with them went down alive into the pit; the earth closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly. 34 Then all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up also!”
35 And (AJ)a fire came out from the Lord and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering incense.
36 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 37 “Tell Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, to pick up the censers out of the blaze, for (AK)they are holy, and scatter the fire some distance away. 38 The censers of (AL)these men who sinned [e]against their own souls, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar. Because they presented them before the Lord, therefore they are holy; (AM)and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.” 39 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned up had presented, and they were hammered out as a covering on the altar, 40 to be a [f]memorial to the children of Israel (AN)that no outsider, who is not a descendant of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his companions, just as the Lord had said to him through Moses.
Complaints of the People
41 On the next day (AO)all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.” 42 Now it happened, when the congregation had gathered against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the tabernacle of meeting; and suddenly (AP)the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. 43 Then Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of meeting.
44 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 45 “Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.”
And they fell on their faces.
46 So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a censer and put fire in it from the altar, put incense on it, and take it quickly to the congregation and make [g]atonement for them; (AQ)for wrath has gone out from the Lord. The plague has begun.” 47 Then Aaron took it as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and already the plague had begun among the people. So he put in the incense and made atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living; so (AR)the plague was stopped. 49 Now those who died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died in the Korah incident. 50 So Aaron returned to Moses at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, for the plague had stopped.
Footnotes
- Numbers 16:3 assume too much for
- Numbers 16:5 set aside for His use only
- Numbers 16:15 graciously regard
- Numbers 16:22 prostrated themselves
- Numbers 16:38 Or at the cost of their own lives
- Numbers 16:40 reminder
- Numbers 16:46 Lit. covering
Tirintii 16
Somali Bible
Qorax, Daataan Iyo Abiiraam
16 Haddaba Qorax ina Isehaar oo ahaa ina Qohaad, oo ka sii ahaa reer Laawi, isaga iyo Daataan iyo Abiiraam oo ahaa ilma Elii'aab, iyo Oon oo ahaa ina Feled oo reer Ruubeen ahaa ayaa rag watay, 2 oo waxay ku hor kaceen Muuse iyaga iyo reer binu Israa'iil qaarkood oo ahaa laba boqol iyo konton amiir oo shirka loo doortay oo wada caan ahaa. 3 Oo iyana way wada urureen oo gees ka noqdeen Muuse iyo Haaruun, oo waxay iyagii ku yidhaahdeen, Idinku filan, maxaa yeelay, shirka oo dhan qof kastaaba waa quduus, oo Rabbiguna waa dhex joogaa iyaga. Haddaba maxaad Rabbiga ururkiisa isaga sara marisaan? 4 Oo Muusena markuu taas maqlay ayuu wejiga dhulka dhigay. 5 Markaasuu la hadlay Qorax iyo guutadiisii oo dhan oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Berri subax ayaa Rabbigu muujin doonaa kuwa ah kuwiisa iyo kii quduus ah, wuuna soo dhowayn doonaa; oo kii uu isagu dooranayana wuu isu soo dhowayn doonaa. 6 Haddaba Qorax iyo guutadiisa oo dhammay, sidan yeela, oo waxaad qaadataan idammo, 7 oo berrito Rabbiga hortiisa iyaga dab ku shuba oo foox ku shida, oo kolkaas ninkii Rabbigu doorto, wuxuu ahaan doonaa quduus. Idinku filan reer Laawiyow. 8 Markaasaa Muuse wuxuu Qorax ku yidhi, Haddaba maqla reer Laawiyow. 9 Ma idinla yar tahay in Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil idiinka soocay shirka reer binu Israa'iil inuu idin soo dhowaysto si aad u samaysaan hawsha taambuugga Rabbiga oo aad shirka hortiisa istaagtaan oo u adeegtaan, 10 iyo inuu weliba idinka iyo walaalihiinna reer Laawi oo dhanba soo dhowaystay? Oo haddana ma waxaad doonaysaan wadaadnimada? 11 Haddaba adiga iyo guutadaada oo dhammu waxaad isu soo urursateen oo aad gees ka tihiin Rabbiga. Balse maxaa dhacay oo aad Haaruun ugu gunuustaan? 12 Markaasaa Muuse u cid diray Daataan iyo Abiiraam oo ahaa ilma Elii'aab, oo iyana waxay yidhaahdeen, Iman mayno. 13 Ma wax yar baa inaad naga soo kaxaysay dal caano iyo malab la barwaaqaysan, si aad noogu dishid cidlada dhexdeeda, oo aad weliba annaga amiir isaga kaayo dhigtid? 14 Oo weliba nama aadan geeyn dal caano iyo malab la barwaaqaysan, oo namana aadan siin dhul iyo beero canab ah oo aan dhaxalno. War ma waxaad doonaysaa inaad dadkan indhaha ka riddo? Annagu iman mayno. 15 Markaasaa Muuse aad u cadhooday, oo wuxuu Rabbiga ku yidhi, Adigu qurbaankooda ha aqbalin. Anigu iyaga dameerna kama qaadan, midkoodna waxba ma yeelin. 16 Markaasaa Muuse wuxuu Qorax ku yidhi, Berrito adiga iyo guutadaaduba Rabbiga hortiisa kaalaya, adiga iyo iyaga iyo Haaruunba. 17 Oo idinka nin waluba idankiisa ha qaato oo foox ha ku shubo, oo ninkiin kastaaba idankiisa Rabbiga ha hor keeno, kuwaasoo wada ah laba boqol iyo konton idan, oo weliba adiga iyo Haaruunna idammadiinna soo qaata. 18 Oo iyana nin waluba idankiisii buu soo qaatay, oo dab bay ku shubeen, fooxna way saareen, kolkaasay Muuse iyo Haaruun la istaageen iridda teendhadii shirka. 19 Markaasaa Qorax soo shirsaday shirkii oo dhan oo iyaga ka gees ah, oo wuxuu soo tubay iridda teendhadii shirka. Oo shirkii oo dhan waxaa u muuqatay ammaantii Rabbiga.
20 Markaasaa Rabbigu Muuse iyo Haaruun la hadlay oo wuxuu ku yidhi, 21 Idinku shirkan dhan isaga sooca aan iyaga daqiiqad ku baabbi'iyee. 22 Markaasay wejiga dhulka dhigeen, oo waxay yidhaahdeen, Ilaahow, adigoo ah Ilaaha binu-aadmiga oo dhan ruuxoodow, haddaba nin keliyahaa dembaabaye ma dadka shirka oo dhan baad u cadhoonaysaa? 23 Markaasaa Rabbigu Muuse la hadlay oo wuxuu ku yidhi, 24 Shirka la hadal, oo waxaad ku tidhaahdaa, War, ka ag kaca taambuugyada Qorax, iyo Daataan iyo Abiiraam. 25 Markaasaa Muuse wuxuu u kacay Daataan iyo Abiiraam, oo waayeelladii reer binu Israa'iilna isagay soo raaceen. 26 Markaasuu shirkii la hadlay, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Waan idin baryayaaye, Isaga fogaada nimankan sharka ah teendhooyinkooda, oo waxay iyagu leeyihiinna ha taabanina, yaan dembiyadooda aawadood laydiin baabbi'ine. 27 Haddaba waxay ka kaceen dhinac kasta ee taambuugyadii Qorax iyo Daataan iyo Abiiraam. Markaasay Daataan iyo Abiiraam soo bexeen, oo waxay istaageen iridda teendhooyinkoodii, iyaga iyo naagahoodii, iyo wiilashoodii, iyo dhallaankoodiiba. 28 Markaasaa Muuse wuxuu yidhi, Tanaad ku ogaanaysaan in Rabbigu ii soo diray inaan waxyaalahan oo dhan sameeyo, waayo, anigu maankayga uun kama samayn. 29 Haddii nimankanu ay u dhintaan sida caadiga u ah dadka oo dhan, ama iyaga loo booqdo sida dadka oo dhan loo soo booqdo, markaas Rabbigu ima uu soo dirin. 30 Laakiinse haddii Rabbigu wax cusub sameeyo, oo dhulku afka kala qaado oo uu iyaga iyo waxay leeyihiin oo dhan liqo, oo haddii iyagoo noolnool ay She'ool ku dhaadhacaan, de markaas waxaad garan doontaan in nimankanu Rabbiga quudhsadeen. 31 Oo kolkuu dhammeeyey waxyaalahaas uu ku hadlay oo dhan, ayaa dhulkii iyaga ka hooseeyey kala dillaacay, 32 oo dhulku afka kala qaaday oo liqay iyagii iyo reerahoodii, iyo dadkii Qorax oo dhan, iyo alaabtoodii oo dhan. 33 Haddaba iyagii iyo wixii ay lahaayeen oo dhammuba iyagoo noolnool ayay She'ool ku dhaadhaceen, markaasaa dhulkii ku dul xidhmay, oo iyana shirkii way ka halligmeen. 34 Markaasaa reer binu Israa'iilkii hareerahooda joogay waxay ka carareen qayladoodii, waayo, waxay isyidhaahdeen, War aarmaa dhulku innagana ina liqaa. 35 Markaasaa dab Rabbiga xaggiisa ka yimid oo baabbi'iyey laba boqol iyo kontonkii nin oo fooxa bixiyey.
36 Markaasaa Rabbigu Muuse la hadlay oo wuxuu ku yidhi, 37 La hadal Elecaasaar ina Haaruun wadaadka ah, oo u sheeg inuu idammada dabka ka bixiyo, adna dabka xagga shishe ku kala firdhi, waayo, iyagu waa quduus. 38 Oo idammada nimankan naftooda ku dembaabay ha laga dhigo dahaadh tuman oo meesha allabariga lagu dahaadho; waayo, Rabbiga hortiisay ku bixiyeen, oo sidaas daraaddeed iyagu waa quduus; oo calaamo bay reer binu Israa'iil u noqon doonaan. 39 Markaasaa wadaadkii Elecaasaar wuxuu soo qaaday idammadii naxaasta ahaa oo ay kuwii gubtay bixiyeen, oo inta la tumay ayaa meesha allabariga dahaadh looga dhigay, 40 inay taasu reer binu Israa'iil xusuus u noqoto, si uusan shisheeye aan Haaruun farcankiisa ahaynu Rabbiga hortiisa ugu soo dhowaan inuu foox u bixiyo, si uusan u noqon sidii Qorax iyo guutadiisa, sidii Rabbigu isaga ugula hadlay Muuse.
41 Laakiinse subaxdii dambe shirkii reer binu Israa'iil oo dhammu way u gunuuseen Muuse iyo Haaruun, oo waxay ku yidhaahdeen, Idinku dadkii Rabbiga waad layseen. 42 Oo kolkii shirkii oo dhammu ay soo urureen oo ay Muuse iyo Haaruun gees ka noqdeen, waxay soo fiiriyeen teendhadii shirka xaggeedii, oo bal eeg, daruurtii baa qarisay, oo waxaa muuqatay Rabbiga ammaantiisii. 43 Markaasaa Muuse iyo Haaruun waxay yimaadeen teendhadii shirka horteeda. 44 Oo Rabbigu Muuse la hadlay oo wuxuu ku yidhi, 45 Adigu shirkan ka soo kac, aan iyaga daqiiqad ku baabbi'iyee. Oo iyana markaasay wejiga dhulka dhigeen. 46 Kolkaasaa Muuse wuxuu Haaruun ku yidhi, War idankaaga qaad oo meesha allabariga dab kaga soo shubo, oo foox ku rid, oo haddiiba shirka u qaad, oo iyaga u kafaaro gud, waayo, cadho ayaa Rabbiga ka soo baxday, oo belaayadii way bilaabatay. 47 Markaasaa Haaruun qaaday sidii Muuse ku hadlay, oo shirkuu ku dhex orday, oo bal eeg, belaayadiina dadka way ku dhex bilaabatay; oo fooxii wuu shiday, dadkiina buu u kafaaro guday. 48 Markaasuu isdhex taagay kuwii dhintay iyo kuwii noolaa; oo belaayadiina way joogsatay. 49 Haddaba kuwii belaayada ku dhintay waxay ahaayeen afar iyo toban kun iyo toddoba boqol, oo aan lagu tirin kuwii ku dhintay xaalkii Qorax. 50 Markaasaa Haaruun Muuse ugu noqday iriddii teendhadii shirka; oo belaayadiina way joogsatay.
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