unto Moses, saying:

Speak unto the congregation, saying, Depart ye round about from the tabernacle of Korah, and from the tabernacle of Dathan, and from the tabernacle of Abiram.

And Moses arose, and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.

And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart from the tabernacles of these ungodly men, and touch nothing that is theirs, lest peradventure ye perish in any of their sins.

And they went up from the tabernacle of Korah, and Dathan, and Abiram. And Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents with their wives, and their sons, and their children.

And Moses said, By this ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works, and not of mine own heart:

If they die as all men die, or are afflicted as all men are afflicted, the LORD hath not sent me.

But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up with all that they have, that they may go down alive into hell; then ye shall know that these men have blasphemed the LORD.

And when he had uttered all these words, the earth rent beneath them; 32. And she opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the people that were with Korah, and all their substance.

And they went down alive into hell with all that they had, and the earth covered them, and they perished out of the congregation.

And all Israel that were round about them fled from their cry: for they said: Lest the earth swallow us up also!

And the fire went out from the LORD, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the pans out of the fire, and scatter the fire to and fro.

For the pans of such sinners are sanctified by their souls, to be beaten into broad plates, and to hang the altar therewith: for they are offered before the LORD, and sanctified, and shall be for a sign unto the children of Israel.

And Eleazar the priest took the brasen pans which the burnt offering had offered, and smote them into plates to hang upon the altar,

In remembrance of the children of Israel, lest any stranger come near, which is not of the seed of Aaron, to offer incense before the LORD, lest he be like Korah and his band, as the LORD spake unto him by the hand of Moses.

And the next morning all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying: Ye have killed the LORD’S people.

And when the congregation was gathered together against Moses and Aaron, they turned unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.

And Moses and Aaron went in unto the tabernacle of the congregation.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

Arise out of this congregation, and I will destroy them suddenly. And they fell on their faces.

And Moses said unto Aaron, Take the pan, and put fire therein from the altar, and put incense thereon, and go in haste unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for the fury is gone out from the LORD, and the plague is begun.

And Aaron took as Moses had said unto him, and ran into the midst of the congregation, (and, behold, the plague was begun among the people,) and burned incense, and made an atonement for the people.

And stood between the dead and the living. And the plague was stayed.

And of them that died in the plague there were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died with Korah.

And Aaron came again unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the plague was stayed.
(Numbers)
Chapter 17
Aaron’s priesthood is confirmed by the greening rod.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them twelve staves, of every ruler of his father’s house one, and write every man’s name upon his stave.

But the name of Aaron shalt thou write upon the rod of Levi. For there shall be a rod for the head of every house of their fathers.

And put them in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, when I testify unto you.

And whomsoever I shall choose, the rod thereof shall be green, to silence the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.

And Moses spake unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him twelve staves, every prince a stave, after the house of their fathers: and the stave of Aaron was also among their staves.

And Moses laid the staves before the LORD in the tabernacle of the testimony.

And it came to pass in the morning, when Moses went into the tabernacle of the testimony, that he found the rod of Aaron the house of Levi green, and the blossom sprung up, and bearing almonds.

And Moses brought forth all the staves of the LORD before all the children of Israel, that they might see them: and every man took his stave.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, that it may be kept for a sign unto the disobedient children, that their murmuring may cease from me, that they die not.

Moses did as the LORD commanded him.

And the children of Israel said unto Moses, Behold, we perish, and perish: we are all destroyed, and perish.

He that cometh nigh unto the tabernacle of the LORD dieth. Shall we perish?
(Numbers)
Chapter 18
Office and maintenance of the priests and Levites.

And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons, and thy father’s house with thee, shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

But thy brethren of the tribe of Levi thy father shalt thou take unto thee, to be with thee, and to minister unto thee: and thou and thy sons with thee before the tabernacle of the testimony.

And they shall wait upon thy service, and upon the service of all the tabernacle. But they shall not come near unto the vessels of the sanctuary, nor near unto the altar, lest both they and ye die,

But they shall be with thee, to minister in the tabernacle of the congregation in all the service of the tabernacle. And no stranger shall join himself unto you.

Now therefore wait for the service of the sanctuary, and for the service of the altar, that there be no more fierceness upon the children of Israel.

For, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel, and have given them unto you for a present unto the LORD, to minister in the tabernacle of the congregation.

But thou, and thy sons with thee, shall keep your priesthood, to minister in all the business of the altar, and within the vail: for your priesthood I give you for a ministry, a gift. If a stranger comes here, he shall die.

And the LORD said unto Aaron, Behold, I have given thee my heave offerings of all that the children of Israel sanctify, for thy priestly office, and unto thy sons for a perpetual statute.

This shalt thou have of the most holy things, which they offer: All their offerings, with all their meat offering, and with all their sin offering, and with all their trespass offering, which they give unto me, the -shall be the most holy unto thee, and to thy sons.

In the most holy place shalt thou eat it. That which is male shall eat thereof: for it shall be holy unto thee.

I have also given the heave offering of their offering of all the wave offerings of the children of Israel unto thee, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters, with thee for a perpetual statute: he that is clean in thine house shall eat thereof.

All the best oil, and all the best wine, and the best corn of their firstfruits, which they give unto the LORD, have I given thee.

The first fruit of all that is in their land, which they bring unto the LORD, shall be thine: he that is clean in thine house shall eat thereof.

All that is bound in Israel shall be thine.

All that his mother breaketh of all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be man or beast, shall be thine: but let the first fruit of man be loosed, and let the first fruit of unclean beast also be loosed.

And they shall redeem it when it is a month old: and thou shalt redeem it for money, for five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

But the firstfruits of an ox, or of a lamb, or of a goat, shalt thou not redeem: for they are holy: their blood shalt thou sprinkle upon the altar, and their fat shalt thou burn for an offering of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Their flesh shall be thine, even as the wave breast and the right shoulder are thine.

All the heave offerings, which the children of Israel sanctify unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and thee, for a perpetual statute. This shall be an everlasting covenant before the LORD, to thee, and to thy seed with thee.

And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no possession in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: for I am thy part,