Numbers 16 Cross References - ACV

¹ Now 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, ² and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty rulers of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown, ³ and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, Ye take too much upon you, since all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and LORD is among them. Why then do ye lift up yourselves above the assembly of LORD? ⁴ And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face. ⁵ And he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, In the morning LORD will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him, even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near to him. ⁶ This do: Take you censers, Korah, and all his company, ⁷ and put fire in them, and put incense upon them before LORD tomorrow. And it shall be that the man whom LORD chooses, he is holy. Ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. ⁸ And Moses said to Korah, Hear now, ye sons of Levi. ⁹ Is 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 the tabernacle of LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them, ¹⁰ and that he has brought thee near, and all thy brothers the sons of Levi with thee? And ye seek the priesthood also? ¹¹ Therefore thou and all thy company are gathered together against LORD. And Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him? ¹² And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab. And they said, We will not come up. ¹³ Is it a small thing that thou have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must make thyself also a ruler over us? ¹⁴ Moreover thou have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will thou put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up. ¹⁵ And Moses was very angry, and said to LORD, Do not respect thou their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them. ¹⁶ And Moses said to Korah, Be thou and all thy company before LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow. ¹⁷ And take ye every man his censer, and put incense upon them, and bring ye before LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers, thou also, and Aaron, each his censer. ¹⁸ And they took every man 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. ¹⁹ And Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door of the tent of meeting. And the glory of LORD appeared to all the congregation. ²⁰ And LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, ²¹ Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. ²² And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will thou be angry with all the congregation? ²³ And LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁴ Speak to the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. ²⁵ And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him. ²⁶ And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. ²⁷ So they got up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. And Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones. ²⁸ And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that LORD has sent me to do all these works, for it is not of my own mind. ²⁹ If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men, then LORD has not sent me. ³⁰ But if LORD makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up, with all that pertains to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then ye shall understand that these men have despised LORD. ³¹ And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split asunder that was under them, ³² and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that pertained to Korah, and all their goods. ³³ So they, and all that pertained to them, went down alive into Sheol. And the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly. ³⁴ And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them, for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up. ³⁵ And fire came forth from LORD, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men who offered the incense. ³⁶ And LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ³⁷ Speak to 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 holy, ³⁸ even the censers of these sinners against their own lives, and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before LORD, therefore they are holy, and they shall be a sign to the sons of Israel. ³⁹ And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which those who were burnt had offered, and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, ⁴⁰ to be a memorial to the sons of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before LORD, that he not be as Korah, and as his company, as LORD spoke to him by Moses. ⁴¹ But on the morrow all the congregation of the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of LORD. ⁴² And it came to pass, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting, and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of LORD appeared. ⁴³ And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting. ⁴⁴ And LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ⁴⁵ Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. ⁴⁶ And Moses said to Aaron, Take thy censer, and put fire in it from off the altar, and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them, for there is wrath gone out from LORD. The plague has begun. ⁴⁷ And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly. And, behold, the plague had begun among the people. And he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. ⁴⁸ And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped. ⁴⁹ Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah. ⁵⁰ And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tent of meeting, and the plague was stopped.

³ Reuben, thou are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power. ⁴ Boiling over as water, thou shall not have the pre-eminence, because thou went up to thy father's bed, then thou defiled it; he went up to my couch.

¹⁸ And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty-three years.

²¹ And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

⁹ And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, who were renown men of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah when they strove against LORD, ¹⁰ and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, that time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became an example.

³ Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against LORD in the company of Korah, but he died in his own sin, and he had no sons.

⁶ and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben, how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel,

¹ And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but, inasmuch as he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and so the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. ² Now Judah prevailed above his brothers, and the ruler came from him, but the birthright was Joseph's),

¹¹ Woe to them! Because they went in the way of Cain, and rushed to the error of Balaam's reward, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

⁴ The giants were on the earth in those days. And also after that, when the sons of God came to the daughters of men, and they bore sons to them, the same were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

¹⁶ These are those who were called from the congregation, the rulers of the tribes of their fathers. They were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

⁹ And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, who were renown men of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah when they strove against LORD,

²⁴ And these were the heads of their fathers' houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.

³⁰ And of the sons of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.

¹⁴ And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty. For it was perfect, through my majesty which I had put upon thee, says the lord LORD.

¹⁰ These uncovered her nakedness. They took her sons and her daughters, and they killed her with the sword. And she became a byword among women, for they executed judgments upon her.

⁶ and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shall speak to the sons of Israel.

⁴⁵ And I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will be their God. ⁴⁶ And they shall know that I am LORD their God, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them. I am LORD their God.

¹ And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. ² And they said, Has LORD indeed spoken only with Moses? Has he not spoken also with us? And LORD heard it.

¹ And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried, and the people wept that night. ² And all the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. And the whole congregation said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt, or would that we had died in this wilderness! ³ And why does LORD bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey. Were it not better for us to return into Egypt? ⁴ And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

¹⁴ and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou LORD are in the midst of this people, for thou LORD are seen face to face, and thy cloud stands over them, and thou go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

⁷ and put fire in them, and put incense upon them before LORD tomorrow. And it shall be that the man whom LORD chooses, he is holy. Ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

¹¹ Therefore thou and all thy company are gathered together against LORD. And Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?

³⁴ And thou shall not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell, for I, LORD, dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel.

² For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands. Yea, the hand of the heads and rulers has been chief in this trespass.

¹⁷ The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands. The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

¹⁶ They also envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron the sanctified of LORD.

¹¹ What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says LORD. I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts. And I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he-goats. ¹² When ye come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand-to trample my courts? ¹³ Bring no more vain oblations. Incense is an abomination to me. New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies-I cannot bear iniquity and the solemn meeting. ¹⁴ Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates. They are a trouble to me. I am weary of bearing them. ¹⁵ And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood. ¹⁶ Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.

³ Thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. ⁴ Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of LORD, the temple of LORD, the temple of LORD, are these. ⁵ For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor, ⁶ if ye do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own hurt, ⁷ then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers from of old even for evermore. ⁸ Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. ⁹ Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known, ¹⁰ and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered, that ye may do all these abominations? ¹¹ Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says LORD. ¹² But go ye now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

⁹ And think not to say within yourselves, We have a father, Abraham. For I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ¹⁰ And even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

³⁹ To whom our fathers did not want to become obedient, but they thrust away, and turned back in their heart to Egypt,

⁵¹ Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers, ye also.

²⁸ For he is not a Jew in what is visible, nor is circumcision in what is visible, in flesh, ²⁹ but he is a Jew in what is hidden, and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit not a document, whose praise is not from men but from God.

⁵ Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel.

⁴⁵ Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.

⁶ And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces. And the glory of LORD appeared to them.

⁶ And Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they put dust upon their heads.

¹ And bring thou near to thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

⁴³ And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in to the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place, that they not bear iniquity, and die. It shall be a statute forever to him and to his seed after him.

² Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bullock of the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,

³ Then Moses said to Aaron, This is it that LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in those who come near me. And I will be glorified before all the people. And Aaron remained silent.

⁶ They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God. For they offer the offerings of LORD made by fire, the bread of their God. Therefore they shall be holy. ⁷ They shall not take a woman who is a harlot, or profane, neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband, for he is holy to his God. ⁸ Thou shall sanctify him therefore, for he offers the bread of thy God. He shall be holy to thee, for I LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.

¹² neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am LORD. ¹³ And he shall take a wife in her virginity. ¹⁴ A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a harlot, these he shall not take, but he shall take to wife a virgin of his own people. ¹⁵ And he shall not profane his seed among his people, for I am LORD who sanctifies him.

³ and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, Ye take too much upon you, since all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and LORD is among them. Why then do ye lift up yourselves above the assembly of LORD?

⁵ And it shall come to pass, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud. And I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they murmur against you.

²⁸ And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? And did I give to the house of thy father all the offerings of the sons of Israel made by fire?

⁴ Blessed is the man whom thou choose and cause to approach, that he may dwell in thy courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, thy holy temple.

²⁶ He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen.

⁵ And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. ⁶ But ye shall be named the priests of LORD. Men shall call you the ministers of our God. Ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory ye shall boast yourselves.

⁴⁶ And the chamber whose view is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to LORD to minister to him.

¹⁵ But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me. And they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the lord LORD: ¹⁶ they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.

¹⁸ Then ye shall return and discern between the righteous man and the wicked man, between him who serves God and him who does not serve him.

¹⁶ Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and appointed you, so that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that anything whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, he may give you.

² until a day in which he was taken up, having commanded, through the Holy Spirit, the apostles whom he chose,

²⁴ And having prayed, they said, Thou, Lord, knowing the hearts of all men, show which one of these two thou have chosen

² And while they were serving the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate to me now Barnabas and Saul for the work that I have called them.

⁷ And when much debate occurred, Peter having risen up, he said to them, Men, brothers, ye know that from past days among us, God chose the Gentiles to hear through my mouth the word of the good news, and to believe.

¹⁴ And he said, The God of our fathers appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous Man, and to hear a voice from his mouth,

¹³ But now in Christ Jesus ye, being formerly far off, became near in the blood of the Christ.

³ Thou therefore endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. ⁴ No man who serves in the military entangles himself in the affairs of life, so that he may please the man who enlisted the army.

¹⁹ Nevertheless the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, The Lord knows those who are his, and, Let every man who names the name of the Lord keep away from unrighteousness.

¹⁹ Having therefore, brothers, boldness for entrance into the holy things by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ which he inaugurated for us, a new and living way through the curtain, that is, his flesh, ²¹ and a great priest over the house of God, ²² let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our body washed in pure water.

¹⁴ Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.

⁵ ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶ It is therefore contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, chosen, precious. And he who believes in him will, no, not be shamed. ⁷ To you therefore who believe is the preciousness, but for men who disobey, A stone that the builders rejected, this became the head of the corner, ⁸ and, A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, men who stumble at the word, being disobedient, for which also they were set. ⁹ But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for an acquired possession, so that ye might broadly proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

⁶ and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him is the glory and the dominion into the ages of the ages. Truly.

⁹ And they sing a new song, saying, Thou are worthy to take the book and to open the seals of it, because thou were killed and purchased us from God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation. ¹⁰ And thou made them kings and priests to our God, and they will reign over the earth.

¹ And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each of them took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before LORD, which he had not commanded them.

¹² And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil. ¹³ And he shall put the incense upon the fire before LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, that he not die.

³⁵ And fire came forth from LORD, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men who offered the incense. ³⁶ And LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ³⁷ Speak to 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 holy, ³⁸ even the censers of these sinners against their own lives, and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before LORD, therefore they are holy, and they shall be a sign to the sons of Israel. ³⁹ And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which those who were burnt had offered, and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, ⁴⁰ to be a memorial to the sons of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before LORD, that he not be as Korah, and as his company, as LORD spoke to him by Moses.

⁴⁶ And Moses said to Aaron, Take thy censer, and put fire in it from off the altar, and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them, for there is wrath gone out from LORD. The plague has begun. ⁴⁷ And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly. And, behold, the plague had begun among the people. And he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. ⁴⁸ And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.

²¹ And Elijah came near to all the people, and said, How long do ye go limping between the two sides? If LORD be God, follow him, but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. ²² Then Elijah said to the people, I, even I only, am left a prophet of LORD, but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. ²³ Let them therefore give us two bullocks, and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under. And I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.

⁵ And he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, In the morning LORD will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him, even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near to him.

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel? ¹⁸ And he answered, I have not troubled Israel, but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of LORD, and thou have followed the Baalim.

²³ And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him while he taught, saying, By what authority do thou these things? And who gave thee this authority? ²⁴ And having answered, Jesus said to them, I also will ask you one word, which if ye tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵ The immersion of John, from where was it, from heaven or from men? And they deliberated with themselves, saying, If we should say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe him? ²⁶ But if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet. ²⁷ And having answered Jesus, they said, We know not. He said to them, And neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

⁴ Just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, for us to be holy and unblemished before him in love.

¹³ But we are indebted to express thanks to God always about you, brothers, beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation, in sanctification of spirit and belief of truth,

⁹ But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for an acquired possession, so that ye might broadly proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

¹⁵ And she said to her, Is it a small matter that thou have taken away my husband? And would thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee tonight for thy son's mandrakes.

⁵³ But the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the sons of Israel. And the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.

⁶ Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

⁴¹ And thou shall take the Levites for me (I am LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the sons of Israel. ⁴² And Moses numbered, as LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the sons of Israel. ⁴³ And all the firstborn males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three. ⁴⁴ And LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ⁴⁵ Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. And the Levites shall be mine. I am LORD.

¹⁴ Thus shall thou separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine. ¹⁵ And after that the Levites shall go in to do the service of the tent of meeting. And thou shall cleanse them, and offer them for a wave offering. ¹⁶ For they are wholly given to me from among the sons of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the sons of Israel, I have taken them to me.

¹³ Is it a small thing that thou have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must make thyself also a ruler over us?

² And thy brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined to thee, and minister to thee, but thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tent of the testimony. ³ And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tent. Only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they, nor ye. ⁴ And they shall be joined to thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, and a stranger shall not come near to you. ⁵ And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar, that there be no more wrath upon the sons of Israel. ⁶ And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the sons of Israel. They are a gift to you, given to LORD, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

⁸ At that time LORD set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of LORD, to stand before LORD to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.

²³ And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Does it seem to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

¹⁹ And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O lord LORD, but thou have spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and this too according to the manner of men, O lord LORD!

³ And he said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built. There shall no more be a burden upon your shoulders. Now serve LORD your God, and his people Israel.

⁴⁴ And on that day men were appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the heave offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites. For Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who served.

¹³ And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David. Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?

¹⁸ Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture, and to have drunk of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

¹⁰ But the Levites who went far from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity. ¹¹ Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house. They shall kill the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.

³ But it is a very small thing to me that I might be appraised by you or by a day of mankind. Yet neither do I appraise myself,

¹⁰ And thou shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

⁷ And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil, and ye shall serve. I give you the priesthood as a service of gift. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

¹⁰ Through pride a vain man causes contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

²¹ And he said to her, What do thou want? She says to him, Speak that these my two sons may sit, one at thy right hand and one at thy left hand in thy kingdom. ²² But having answered, Jesus said, Ye know not what ye are asking. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am going to drink, or to be immersed the immersion that I am immersed? They say to him, We are able.

²⁴ And also a dispute develop among them, which of them is considered to be greater.

¹⁰ with brotherly love toward each other, affectionate, leading each other in recognition,

³ in nothing according to selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility considering each other surpassing yourselves.

⁹ I wrote to the congregation, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first of them, did not accept us.

⁷ and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of LORD, for he hears your murmurings against LORD. And what are we, that ye murmur against us? ⁸ And Moses said, This shall be when LORD shall give you flesh to eat in the evening, and bread to the full in the morning, for that LORD hears your murmurings which ye murmur against him. And what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against LORD.

² Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do ye contend with me? Why do ye challenge LORD?

⁷ And LORD said to Samuel, Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to thee, for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.

¹⁶ He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.

²⁰ Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives any man whomever I may send, receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

⁴ While it remained, did it not remain to thee? And after it was sold, it was in thine authority. Why is it that thou have placed this matter in thy heart? Thou have not lied to men, but to God.

² So that he who resists the office of authority has opposed the ordinance of God, and those who have opposed will receive condemnation to themselves.

⁵ Who therefore is Paul and who is Apollos? But rather helpers through whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to each man.

¹⁰ And ye should not grumble as some of them grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

⁹ If a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man, whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

⁵ And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor. The child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

¹³ Therefore because of the Lord, ye should submit to every human establishment, whether to a king as being supreme, ¹⁴ or to governors as being sent by him for vengeance of evildoers and praise of well-doers.

⁸ Nevertheless in the same way also these men who dream, indeed defile flesh, and reject lordship, and speak evil of dignities.

¹¹ Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.

²² And Pharaoh ordered all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

¹⁴ And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Do thou think to kill me, as thou killed the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.

²³ And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.

³ And the sons of Israel said to them, Would that we had died by the hand of LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate bread to the full, for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

³ And the people thirsted there for water. And the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why have thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our sons and our cattle with thirst?

⁵ We remember the fish which we ate in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic,

² And all the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. And the whole congregation said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt, or would that we had died in this wilderness!

³ And the people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brothers died before LORD! ⁴ And why have ye brought the assembly of LORD into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?

² The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against LORD, and against his anointed, saying, ³ Let us break their bonds apart, and cast away their cords from us.

¹⁴ But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy behind him, saying, We do not want this man to reign over us.

²⁵ And he presumed his brothers understood that, by his hand, God was giving them salvation, but they did not understand. ²⁶ And on the next day he was seen by them as they fought, and he was reconciling them for peace, having said, Men, ye are brothers. Why is it that ye wrong each other? ²⁷ But the man doing wrong to his neighbor thrust him away, having said, Who appointed thee a ruler and a judge over us?

³⁵ This Moses whom they refused, having said, Who appointed thee a ruler and a judge? This man God sent, a ruler and a liberator by the hand of the agent who appeared to him in the bush.

⁸ And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

¹⁷ And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.

⁵ If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard.

¹¹ but the seventh year thou shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of thy people may eat, and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shall deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

²⁴ But I have said to you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples.

⁵ And why have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink.

⁸ And every daughter, who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the sons of Israel, shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the sons of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers. ⁹ So no inheritance shall move from one tribe to another tribe, for the tribes of the sons of Israel shall cling each one to his own inheritance. ¹⁰ Even as LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad,

²¹ And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes. And they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass, and he did grinding in the prison-house.

² And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out, and I will lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.

⁴ And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat of it. And LORD had respect to Abel and to his offering, ⁵ but he did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

¹⁹ And it came to pass, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. And Moses' anger grew hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount.

³ Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were upon the face of the earth.

⁶ This do: Take you censers, Korah, and all his company, ⁷ and put fire in them, and put incense upon them before LORD tomorrow. And it shall be that the man whom LORD chooses, he is holy. Ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

³ Here I am. Witness against me before LORD, and before his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or of whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? And I will restore it to you. ⁴ And they said, Thou have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have thou taken anything of any man's hand.

¹⁰ Hear the word of LORD, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. ¹¹ What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says LORD. I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts. And I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he-goats. ¹² When ye come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand-to trample my courts? ¹³ Bring no more vain oblations. Incense is an abomination to me. New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies-I cannot bear iniquity and the solemn meeting. ¹⁴ Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates. They are a trouble to me. I am weary of bearing them. ¹⁵ And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.

²² But I say to you, that every man who is angry at his brother without cause will be liable to the judgment, and whoever speaks an insult to his brother will be liable to the council, and whoever says, Foolish man, will be liable to the hell of fire.

⁵ And having looked around on them with anger, being grieved at the callousness of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as the other.

³³ I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. ³⁴ Ye yourselves know that these hands served my needs, and to those who were with me.

¹⁵ But I have used none of these things, and I did not write these things so that it should be done to me this way. For it is good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my boasting empty.

¹² For our pride is this (the testimony from our conscience), that we behave in the world in the simplicity and purity of God, not by fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and especially toward you.

² Make room for us. We wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we exploited no man.

¹⁴ Behold, a third time I fare readily to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not the things of you, but you. For the children ought not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. ¹⁵ And I most gladly will spend, and will be spent for your souls. Even though more earnestly loving you, the worse I am loved. ¹⁶ But let it be. I did not burden you. Nevertheless, being clever, I caught you with bait. ¹⁷ Any man of whom I have sent to you, did I exploit you through him?

²⁶ Be ye angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

¹⁰ Ye are witnesses, and God, how piously and justly and blamelessly we became to you who believe,

³ Here I am. Witness against me before LORD, and before his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or of whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? And I will restore it to you.

⁷ Now therefore stand still that I may plead with you before LORD concerning all the righteous acts of LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.

¹⁴ Remind them of these things, solemnly testifying in the sight of the Lord, not to brawl verbally, to nothing useful, to the ruin of those who hear.

⁷ and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of LORD, for he hears your murmurings against LORD. And what are we, that ye murmur against us?

¹⁰ And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of LORD appeared in the cloud.

⁶ And Moses said, This is the thing which LORD commanded that ye should do, and the glory of LORD shall appear to you.

²³ And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people. And the glory of LORD appeared to all the people.

⁵ And LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the tent, and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both came forth.

¹⁰ But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of LORD appeared in the tent of meeting to all the sons of Israel.

¹ Now 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, ² and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty rulers of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown,

⁴² And it came to pass, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting, and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of LORD appeared.

¹⁵ And when the morning arose, then the agents hurried Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. ¹⁶ But he lingered. And the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters, LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him forth, and set him outside the city. ¹⁷ And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life, do not look behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain. Escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. ¹⁸ And Lot said to them, Oh, not so, my lord. ¹⁹ Behold now, thy servant has found favor in thy sight, and thou have magnified thy loving kindness, which thou have shown to me in saving my life, and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die. ²⁰ Behold now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (is it not a little one?), and my soul shall live. ²¹ And he said to him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou have spoken. ²² Hasten thee, escape there, for I cannot do anything till thou have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

¹⁰ Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may grow hot against them, and that I may consume them. And I will make of thee a great nation.

⁵ And LORD said to Moses, Say to the sons of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people. If I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee. Therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do to thee.

¹² I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.

¹⁵ Now if thou shall kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

¹⁹ How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

³⁶ And the agent of LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

¹⁶ Their quiver is an open sepulcher. They are all mighty men.

⁴⁰ And with many more other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this crooked generation.

¹⁷ Therefore, Come ye out from among them, and be ye separated, says the Lord, And touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you

⁶ Let no man deceive you by empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. ⁷ Do not become ye therefore partakers with them.

²⁸ Therefore, receiving an immovable kingdom, we may have grace, through which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and awe. ²⁹ For our God is also a consuming fire.

⁴ And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out from her, my people, so that ye may not participate with her sins, and that ye may not receive from her plagues.

²³ And Abraham drew near, and said, Will thou consume righteous men with wicked men? ²⁴ Perhaps there are fifty righteous men within the city. Will thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous men that are in it? ²⁵ That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay a righteous man with a wicked man, that so the righteous man should be as the wicked man. Far be it from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

³² And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. Perhaps ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.

⁴ And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.

¹⁶ Let LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

¹ But the sons of Israel committed a trespass in what was set apart. For Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took from what was set apart, and the anger of LORD was kindled against the sons of Israel. ² And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai. ³ And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai. Do not make all the people to toil there, for they are but few. ⁴ So there went up there of the people about three thousand men. And they fled before the men of Ai. ⁵ And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty-six men. And they chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and smote them at the descent. And the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. ⁶ And Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they put dust upon their heads. ⁷ And Joshua said, Alas, O lord LORD, why have thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? Would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan! ⁸ Oh, Lord, what shall I say after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! ⁹ For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will encompass us around, and cut off our name from the earth, and what will thou do for thy great name? ¹⁰ And LORD said to Joshua, Get thee up. Why are thou thus fallen upon thy face? ¹¹ Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken from what was set apart, and have also stolen, and also dissembled. And they have even put it among their own stuff. ¹² Therefore the sons of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies because they have become accursed. I will not be with you any more unless ye destroy what was set apart from among you. ¹³ Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow. For thus says LORD, the God of Israel, There is what has been set apart in the midst of thee, O Israel. Thou cannot stand before thine enemies until ye take away the devoted thing from among you. ¹⁴ In the morning therefore ye shall be brought near by your tribes, and it shall be, that the tribe which LORD takes shall come near by families, and the family which LORD shall take shall come near by households, and the household which LORD shall take shall come near man by man. ¹⁵ And it shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of LORD, and because he has wrought folly in Israel. ¹⁶ So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken. ¹⁷ And he brought near the family of Judah, and he took the family of the Zerahites. And he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was taken. ¹⁸ And he brought near his household man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. ¹⁹ And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to LORD, the God of Israel, and make confession to him, and tell me now what thou have done. Hide it not from me. ²⁰ And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against LORD, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: ²¹ When I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them. And, behold, they are hid in the ground in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. ²² So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent. And, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. ²³ And they took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the sons of Israel, and they laid them down before LORD. ²⁴ And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his donkeys, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had, and they brought them up to the valley of Achor. ²⁵ And Joshua said, Why have thou troubled us? LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones. ²⁶ And they raised over him a great heap of stones, to this day, and LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called the valley of Achor to this day.

¹ And again the anger of LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.

¹⁷ And David spoke to LORD when he saw the agent who smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done perversely, but these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.

¹⁰ in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

⁷ and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

¹⁶ For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry, for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made.

¹ The burden of the word of LORD concerning Israel. Thus says LORD, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him:

¹⁸ So then, as through an offense of one man was for condemnation for all men, so also through a righteousness of one man was for justification of life for all men.

⁷ covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

⁹ Besides, we indeed have had chastisers-the fathers of our flesh-and we were turned around. Shall we not much more be subordinate to the Father of the spirits, and we will live?

²¹ Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.

¹⁶ And LORD said to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou know to be the elders of the people and officers over them. And bring them to the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with thee. ¹⁷ And I will come down and talk with thee there. And I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them, and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou not bear it thyself alone.

²⁵ And LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders. And it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.

³⁰ And Moses went into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

¹² And the men said to Lot, Have thou here any besides? Son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomever thou have in the city, bring them out of the place. ¹³ For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them has been great before LORD. And LORD has sent us to destroy it. ¹⁴ And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place, for LORD will destroy the city. But he seemed to his sons-in-law as a man jesting. ¹⁵ And when the morning arose, then the agents hurried Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

²¹ Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. ²² And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will thou be angry with all the congregation? ²³ And LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁴ Speak to the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.

¹⁷ And nothing of the devoted thing shall cling to thy hand, that LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he has sworn to thy fathers,

¹¹ Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from there. Touch no unclean thing. Go ye out of the midst of her. Cleanse yourselves, ye who bear the vessels of LORD.

¹⁴ And whoever will not receive you, nor hear your words, while departing that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.

²⁰ But Peter said to him, Thy silver with thee, may it be for destruction, because thou thought to obtain the gift of God by money.

⁵¹ But after shaking off the dust of their feet against them, they came to Iconium.

²² Lay hands hastily on no man, nor contribute to other sins. Keep thyself pure.

³⁰ And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. And she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out at the window. ³¹ And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, thou Zimri, thy master's murderer?

⁴ He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?

¹⁰ Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity, and array thyself with honor and majesty. ¹¹ Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger, and look upon everyone who is proud, and abase him.

¹⁸ Pride is before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

¹² Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.

¹⁴ Therefore hear the word of LORD, ye scoffers, who rule this people that is in Jerusalem.

¹² And he said, I will certainly be with thee. And this shall be the sign to thee, that I have sent thee: When thou have brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

¹ And Moses answered and said, But behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken to my voice, for they will say, LORD has not appeared to thee. ² And LORD said to him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod. ³ And he said, Cast in on the ground. And he cast it on the ground. And it became a serpent, and Moses fled from before it. ⁴ And LORD said to Moses, Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail (and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand), ⁵ that they may believe that LORD, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to thee. ⁶ And LORD said furthermore to him, Put now thy hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom. And when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as snow. ⁷ And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. (And he put his hand into his bosom again, and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.) ⁸ And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, nor hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. ⁹ And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, nor hearken to thy voice, that thou shall take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land. And the water which thou take out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

⁹ When Pharaoh shall speak to you, saying, Show a wonder for you, then thou shall say to Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.

¹³ If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of LORD, to do either good or bad of my own mind. What LORD speaks, that I will speak?

²² When a prophet speaks in the name of LORD, if the thing does not follow, nor come to pass, that is the thing which LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Thou shall not be afraid of him.

³⁶ And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening oblation, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, O LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou are God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.

¹⁶ Thus says LORD of hosts: Hearken not to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They teach you vanity. They speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of LORD.

¹⁷ And thou, son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, who prophesy out of their own heart, and prophesy thou against them.

⁹ For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those who served them. And ye shall know that LORD of hosts has sent me.

⁹ The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it. And thou shall know that LORD of hosts has sent me to you.

³⁰ I can from myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge. And my judgment is righteous because I seek not my will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

³⁶ But I have testimony greater than of John, for the works that the Father has given me so that I might complete them, the same works that I do, they testify about me that the Father has sent me.

³⁸ Because I have come down from heaven, not so that I might do my will, but the will of him who sent me.

⁴² And I had known that thou always hear me, but because of the multitude that stands by I spoke, so that they may believe that thou sent me.

¹¹ Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me. But if not, believe me because of the works themselves.

⁵ Thou shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, for I, LORD thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of those who hate me,

³⁴ And now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to thee. Behold, my agent shall go before thee. Nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.

²⁸ And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, LORD has not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, ye peoples, all of you.

²⁷ And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, LORD has not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, ye peoples, all of you.

¹⁵ But now, because he has not visited in his anger, nor does he greatly regard folly,

¹⁹ For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts, even one thing befalls them; as the one dies, so dies the other. Yea, they all have one breath, and man has no preeminence above the beasts; for all is vanity.

³ And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? To whom will ye flee for help? And where will ye leave your glory?

⁹ Shall I not visit for these things? says LORD. And shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

²² The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion. He will no more carry thee away into captivity. He will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom. He will uncover thy sins.

³³ So they, and all that pertained to them, went down alive into Sheol. And the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.

³ Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?

¹⁵ Let death come suddenly upon them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

²¹ For LORD will rise up as in mount Perazim. He will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

¹⁹ Behold, I will do a new thing. Now it shall spring forth. Shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

⁷ I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create evil. I am LORD who does all these things.

¹² I have made the earth, and created man upon it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host I have commanded.

²² How long will thou go here and there, O thou backsliding daughter? For LORD has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.

¹⁰ and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, that time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became an example. ¹¹ Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah did not die.)

¹⁷ The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. ¹⁸ And a fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked men.

¹¹ And now cursed are thou from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

¹⁷ And take ye every man his censer, and put incense upon them, and bring ye before LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers, thou also, and Aaron, each his censer.

³⁰ But if LORD makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up, with all that pertains to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then ye shall understand that these men have despised LORD.

¹¹ Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah did not die.)

²² The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

³⁷ the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

¹ How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

¹ LORD, thou have been favorable to thy land. Thou have brought back the captivity of Jacob.

¹ O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.

¹⁷ The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

¹⁴ Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure. And their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.

¹⁶ And the earth helped the woman. And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon cast out of his mouth.

¹⁵ The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

²³ But thou, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.

¹⁵ Let not the water flood overwhelm me, nor let the deep swallow me up. And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

⁷ Make haste to answer me, O LORD, my spirit fails. Hide not thy face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the pit.

⁹ Sheol from beneath is moved for thee, to meet thee at thy coming. It stirs up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

¹⁵ Yet thou shall be brought down to Sheol, to the utmost parts of the pit.

¹⁸ Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, to the nether parts of the earth, with those who go down into the pit.

³⁰ There are the rulers of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who have gone down with the slain. In the terror which they caused by their might they are put to shame. And they lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.

¹² And the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. ¹³ Every man who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of LORD, dies. Shall we all of us perish?

³ At the noise of the tumult the peoples have fled. At the lifting up of thyself the nations are scattered.

⁵ And ye shall flee by the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel. Yea, ye shall flee, just as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And LORD my God shall come, and all the holy ones with thee.

¹⁵ And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains. ¹⁶ And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. ¹⁷ Because the great day of his wrath has come, and who is able to stand?

² And there came forth fire from before LORD, and devoured them, and they died before LORD.

¹ And the people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the ears of LORD. And when LORD heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of LORD burnt among them, and devoured in the outermost part of the camp. ² And the people cried to Moses. And Moses prayed to LORD, and the fire abated. ³ And the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of LORD burnt among them.

² and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty rulers of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown,

¹⁰ and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, that time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became an example.

¹⁸ And a fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked men.

²⁸ Notwithstanding, nothing set apart, that a man shall set apart to LORD of all that he has, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; everything set apart is most holy to LORD.

¹⁸ And they took every man 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.

⁴⁰ to be a memorial to the sons of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before LORD, that he not be as Korah, and as his company, as LORD spoke to him by Moses.

¹⁰ And LORD said to Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a sign against the sons of rebellion, that thou may make an end of their murmurings against me, that they not die.

²³ Then king Solomon swore by LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

¹⁸ and these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

³⁶ But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.

² The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger sins against his own life.

⁸ And I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb. And I will cut him off from the midst of my people. And ye shall know that I am LORD.

¹⁰ Thou have devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against thy soul.

¹¹ Now all these things happened to those men for examples, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages came.

⁶ and he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, being reduced to ashes, having made an example of men who were going to be irreverent,

⁷ And Aaron shall burn in it incense of sweet spices. Every morning, when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn it. ⁸ And when Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before LORD throughout your generations. ⁹ Ye shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering. And ye shall pour no drink offering on it. ¹⁰ And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it once in the year, with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. Once in the year he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to LORD.

¹⁰ There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing. A sojourner of the priest's, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

⁵¹ And when the tabernacle sets forward, the Levites shall take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

³⁸ And those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel. And the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.

⁴ And they shall be joined to thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, and a stranger shall not come near to you. ⁵ And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar, that there be no more wrath upon the sons of Israel. ⁶ And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the sons of Israel. They are a gift to you, given to LORD, to do the service of the tent of meeting. ⁷ And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil, and ye shall serve. I give you the priesthood as a service of gift. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

¹ And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of LORD to Bethel. And Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. ² And he cried against the altar by the word of LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus says LORD: Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name. And upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones they shall burn upon thee. ³ And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which LORD has spoken: Behold, the altar shall be torn, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

¹⁶ But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against LORD his God. For he went into the temple of LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. ¹⁷ And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests of LORD, who were valiant men. ¹⁸ And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said to him, It does not pertain to thee, Uzziah, to burn incense to LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary. For thou have trespassed, neither shall it be for thine honor from LORD God. ¹⁹ Then Uzziah was angry. And he had a censer in his hand to burn incense. And while he was angry with the priests, the leprosy broke forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of LORD, beside the altar of incense. ²⁰ And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead. And they thrust him out quickly from there. Yea, he himself also hastened to go out, because LORD had smitten him. ²¹ And Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper. For he was cut off from the house of LORD, and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.

¹ Now 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, ² and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty rulers of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown, ³ and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, Ye take too much upon you, since all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and LORD is among them. Why then do ye lift up yourselves above the assembly of LORD? ⁴ And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face. ⁵ And he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, In the morning LORD will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him, even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near to him.

⁷ And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow. ⁸ LORD has returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul in whose stead thou have reigned. And LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son, and, behold, thou are taken in thine own mischief because thou are a man of blood.

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel?

¹³ They soon forgot his works. They did not wait for his counsel,

²³ Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy.

²⁵ but murmured in their tents, and did not hearken to the voice of LORD. ²⁶ Therefore he swore to them, that he would overthrow them in the wilderness, ²⁷ and that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands. ²⁸ They also joined themselves to Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. ²⁹ Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them. ³⁰ Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, and so the plague was stayed. ³¹ And that was reckoned to him for righteousness to all generations for evermore. ³² They also angered him at the waters of Meribah, so that it went ill with Moses because of them, ³³ because they were rebellious against his spirit, and he spoke ill-advisedly with his lips. ³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples, as LORD commanded them, ³⁵ but mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works, ³⁶ and served their idols, which became a snare to them. ³⁷ Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons, ³⁸ and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. And the land was polluted with blood. ³⁹ Thus they were defiled with their works, and played the harlot in their doings. ⁴⁰ Therefore the wrath of LORD was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance. ⁴¹ And he gave them into the hand of the nations. And those who hated them ruled over them. ⁴² Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. ⁴³ Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity. ⁴⁴ Nevertheless he regarded their distress when he heard their cry. ⁴⁵ And he remembered his covenant for them, and relented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. ⁴⁶ He also made them to be pitied by all those who carried them captive. ⁴⁷ Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. ⁴⁸ Blessed be LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Truly. Praise ye LORD.

¹¹ LORD, thy hand is lifted up, yet they do not see. But they shall see thy zeal for the people, and be put to shame. Yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.

¹³ And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah. And he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou are falling away to the Chaldeans. ¹⁴ Then Jeremiah said, It is false. I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he did not hearken to him. So Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the rulers.

⁴ Then the rulers said to the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death, inasmuch as he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them. For this man seeks not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

³ But Baruch the son of Neriah set upon thee against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away captive to Babylon.

¹⁰ Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.

¹¹ Blessed are ye when they revile you, and persecute you, and say every evil word, being deceitful against you because of me.

²⁸ saying, Did we not command by an order for you not to teach in this name? And behold, ye have filled Jerusalem of your doctrine, and intend to bring upon us this man's blood.

²⁸ crying out, Men, Israelites, help. This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. And besides he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place.

⁸ through glory and disrepute, through slander and commendation; as deceitful, and yet true;

¹⁶ And the glory of LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

³⁴ Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of LORD filled the tabernacle. ³⁵ And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud abode thereupon, and the glory of LORD filled the tabernacle.

¹⁹ And Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door of the tent of meeting. And the glory of LORD appeared to all the congregation.

²¹ Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. ²² And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will thou be angry with all the congregation?

²⁴ Speak to the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.

²⁶ And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

¹⁶ And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the agent of LORD standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

³⁹ And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face praying, and saying, My Father, if it be possible, may this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I want, but as thou.

²⁴ And there came forth fire from before LORD, and consumed the burnt offering and the fat upon the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

⁶ And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither tear your clothes, that ye not die, and that he not be angry with all the congregation, but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which LORD has kindled.

¹¹ And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself. ¹² And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil. ¹³ And he shall put the incense upon the fire before LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, that he not die. ¹⁴ And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-seat on the east. And he shall sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times before the mercy-seat. ¹⁵ Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat. ¹⁶ And he shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins. And so he shall do for the tent of meeting that dwells with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.

¹⁹ And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to do the service of the sons of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the sons of Israel, that there be no plague among the sons of Israel, when the sons of Israel come near to the sanctuary.

³³ While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of LORD was kindled against the people, and LORD smote the people with a very great plague.

⁵ And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar, that there be no more wrath upon the sons of Israel.

¹³ And it shall be to him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the sons of Israel.

²² And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked LORD to wrath.

²⁴ Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but did not finish. And wrath came for this upon Israel. Neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David.

²⁹ Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.

² Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

⁶ Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar. ⁷ And he touched my mouth with it, and said, Lo, this has touched thy lips, and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin forgiven.

¹¹ For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the Gentiles. And in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name is great among the Gentiles, says LORD of hosts.

⁹ Much more then, now having been made righteous by his blood, we will be saved from the wrath through him. ¹⁰ For if, while being enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more having been reconciled we will be saved by his life.

²⁵ Whereupon he is able also to save to the uttermost those who come to God through him, being always alive in order to intercede on their behalf. ²⁶ For such a high priest is fitting for us, devout, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and having become higher than the heavens. ²⁷ Who has no need to offer up sacrifices each day, as those high priests, first for his own sins, then for those of the people, for this he did, once, when he offered up himself.

²⁵ And not so that he might offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the Holy things each year with blood by another, ²⁶ since it would be necessary for him to suffer often, from the foundation of the world. But now once, at the end of the ages, he was made known for an annulment of sin by the sacrifice of himself.

¹ My little children, I write these things to you so that ye may not sin. And if any man does sin, we have an advocate with the Father-righteous Jesus Christ. ² And he is the atonement for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

³ And another agent came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer. And much incense was given to him, so that he would give with the prayers of all the sanctified upon the golden altar before the throne. ⁴ And the vapor of the incense, with the prayers of the sanctified, ascended before God out of the agent's hand. ⁵ And the agent who took the censer, also filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it to the earth. And there occurred thunders, and voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

⁴⁶ And Moses said to Aaron, Take thy censer, and put fire in it from off the altar, and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them, for there is wrath gone out from LORD. The plague has begun.

⁶ And, behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting. ⁷ And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand. ⁸ And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the sons of Israel.

¹⁰ They shall teach Jacob thine ordinances, and Israel thy law. They shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt offering upon thine altar. ¹¹ Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands. Smite through the loins of those who rise up against him, and of those who hate him, that they not rise again.

¹⁰ Yet it pleased LORD to bruise him. He has put him to grief. When thou shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of LORD shall prosper in his hand. ¹¹ He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied. By the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many, and he shall bear their iniquities. ¹² Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors. Yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

⁴⁴ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

²¹ Be thou not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.

³⁵ And fire came forth from LORD, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men who offered the incense.

⁸ And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the sons of Israel. ⁹ And those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand. ¹⁰ And LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ¹¹ Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the sons of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the sons of Israel in my jealousy.

¹⁶ And when the agent stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, LORD relented of the evil, and said to the agent who destroyed the people, It is enough. Now stay thy hand. And the agent of LORD was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. ¹⁷ And David spoke to LORD when he saw the agent who smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done perversely, but these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.

²⁵ And David built there an altar to LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So LORD was entreated for the land, and the plague was halted from Israel.

²⁶ And David built there an altar to LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon LORD. And he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. ²⁷ And LORD commanded the agent, and he put up his sword again into the sheath of it.

³⁰ Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, and so the plague was stayed.

¹⁴ After these things Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou have become well. Sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee.

¹⁰ and to await his Son from the heavens whom he raised from the dead-Jesus-who rescues us from the coming wrath.

⁵ For there is one God, and one mediator of God and men, the man Jesus Christ, ⁶ who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony for their own times.

²⁴ but he, because of his remaining into the age, has the priesthood unchangeable. ²⁵ Whereupon he is able also to save to the uttermost those who come to God through him, being always alive in order to intercede on their behalf.

¹⁶ Confess ye the trespasses to each other, and pray for each other so that ye may be healed. A working supplication of a righteous man is very powerful.

³² and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that pertained to Korah, and all their goods. ³³ So they, and all that pertained to them, went down alive into Sheol. And the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly. ³⁴ And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them, for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up. ³⁵ And fire came forth from LORD, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men who offered the incense.

⁹ And those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.

¹⁴ So LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel, and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

¹ Because of this we ought to give more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest we might slip away. ² For if the word spoken through agents became certain, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward, ³ how will we escape, having neglected so great a salvation? Which first, having taken to be spoken by the Lord, was verified for us by those who heard;

²⁸ Any man who has disregarded the law of Moses dies without mercies from two or three witnesses. ²⁹ By how much worse punishment do ye think he will deserve who has trampled the Son of God, and who considered profane the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who treated the Spirit of grace contemptuously?

²⁵ Watch, that ye not refuse him who speaks. For if those men did not escape, having refused him who spoke a divine message on earth, much more we, those who turn away from him from the heavens,

⁴³ And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.

²⁶ And David built there an altar to LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon LORD. And he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. ²⁷ And LORD commanded the agent, and he put up his sword again into the sheath of it. ²⁸ At that time, when David saw that LORD had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. ²⁹ For the tabernacle of LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon. ³⁰ But David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid because of the sword of the agent of LORD.