33. And they descended alive, the ground closing around them, into the underworld, and they perished from the midst of the mulititude.
34. Yet truly, all of Israel, which was standing all around, took flight at the clamor of those who were perishing, saying, "Lest perhaps the earth may swallow us whole also."
35. Then, too, a fire, going forth from the Lord, put to death the two hundred fifty men who were offering the incense.
36. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
37. "Instruct Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, to take up the censers which lie in the burning, and to scatter the fire to one side and another, because they were sanctified
38. in the deaths of these sinners. And let him form them into plates, and affix them to the altar, because incense had been offered in them to the Lord, and they were sanctified, and so that the sons of Israel may discern in them a sign and a memorial."
39. Therefore, Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, by which those whom the burning devoured had made an offering, and he formed them into plates, affixing them to the altar,
40. so that the sons of Israel would have, thereafter, something to admonish them, lest any stranger, or anyone who is not of the offspring of Aaron, might approach to offer incense to the Lord, and lest he endure what happened to Korah, and to all his congregation, when the Lord spoke to Moses.
41. Then, the following day, the entire multitude of the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying: "You have put to death the people of the Lord."
42. And when there arose a sedition, and the tumult increased,
43. Moses and Aaron fled to the tabernacle of the covenant. But after they had entered it, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
44. And the Lord said to Moses:
45. "Withdraw from the midst of this multitude, and I will destroy them immediately." And while they were lying on the ground,
46. Moses said to Aaron: "Take the censer, and draw fire into it from the altar; place incense upon it, and continue on, quickly, to the people, to pray for them. For already wrath has gone forth from the Lord, and the scourge rages."
47. When Aaron had done this, and he ran into the midst of the multitude, which the burning fire was now destroying, and he offered the incense.