8. Moses also said to Korah, “Listen, you Levites!
9. Isn’t it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the community of Israel? The Lord has brought you near himself to do the work for his tent and stand in front of the community to serve them.
10. He has brought you and all the other Levites near himself, but now you demand to be priests.
11. So you and all your followers have joined forces against the Lord! Who is Aaron that you should complain about him?”
12. Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab. But they said, “We won’t come!
13. Isn’t it enough that you brought us out of a land flowing with milk and honey only to kill us in the desert? Do you also have to order us around?
14. Certainly you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us any fields and vineyards to own. Do you think you can still pull the wool over our eyes? We won’t come.”
15. Moses became angry and said to the Lord, “Don’t accept their offering. I haven’t taken anything from them, not even a donkey. And I haven’t mistreated any of them.”
16. Moses said to Korah, “Tomorrow you and all your followers must come into the Lord’s presence. Aaron will also be there with you.
17. Each man will take his incense burner and put incense in it. They will offer all 250 incense burners to the Lord. Then you and Aaron offer your incense burners.”
18. So each man took his incense burner, put burning coals and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
19. When Korah had gathered all his followers—those who opposed Moses and Aaron—at the entrance to the tent of meeting, the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole group.
20. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
21. “Move away from these men, and I’ll destroy them in an instant.”