English Standard Version

Numbers 16:18-29 English Standard Version (ESV)

18. So every man took his censer and put fire in them and laid incense on them and stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.

19. Then Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.

20. And the 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 on their faces and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?”

23. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

24. “Say to the congregation, Get away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”

25. Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.

26. And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins.”

27. So they got away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents, together with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.

28. And Moses said, “Hereby you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and that it has not been of my own accord.

29. If these men die as all men die, or if they are visited by the fate of all mankind, then the Lord has not sent me.