Numbers 16:11-35

¹¹and al thi gaderyng togidere stonde ayens the Lord? For whi what is Aaron, that ye grutchen ayens hym?

¹²Therfor Moises sente to clepe Dathan and Abiron, the sones of Heliab; whiche answeriden, We comen not.

¹³Whethir is it litil to thee, that thou leddist vs out of the lond that flowide with mylk and hony, to sle vs in the deseert, no but also thou be lord of vs?

¹⁴Verili thou hast bronyt vs in to the lond that flowith with streemys of mylk and hony, and hast youe to vs possessioun of feeldis, and of vyneris; whethir also thou wolt putte out oure iyen?

¹⁵We comen not. And Moises was wrooth greetli, and seide to the Lord, Biholde thou not the sacrifices of hem; thou wost that Y took neuere of hem, yhe, a litil asse, nethir Y turmentide ony of hem.

¹⁶And Moises seide to Chore, Thou and al thi congregacioun stonde asidis half bifor the Lord, and Aaron to morewe bi hym silf.

¹⁷Take ye alle bi you silf youre censeris, and putte ye encense in tho, and offre ye to the Lord, tweyn hundrid and fifti censeris; and Aaron holde his censer.

¹⁸And whanne thei hadden do this, while Moises and Aaron stoden,

¹⁹and thei hadden gaderid al the multitude to the `dore of the tabernacle ayens hem, the glorie of the Lord apperide to alle.

²⁰And the Lord spak to Moises and Aaron,

²¹and seide, Be ye departid fro the myddis of this congregacioun, that Y leese hem sodeynli.

²²Whiche felden lowe on the face, and seiden, Strongeste God of the spiritis of al fleisch, whethir `thin yre schal be fers ayens alle men, for o man synneth?

²³And the Lord seide to Moises,

²⁴Comaunde thou to al the puple, that it be departid fro the tabernaclis of Chore, and of Dathan, and of Abiron.

²⁵And Moises roos, and yede to Dathan and Abiron; and while the eldre men of Israel sueden hym,

²⁶he seide to the cumpeny, Go ye awey fro the tabernaclis of wickid men, and nyle ye touche tho thingis that parteynen to hem, lest ye ben wlappid in the synnes of hem.

²⁷And whanne thei hadden gon awei fro the tentis `of hem bi the cumpas, Dathan and Abiron yeden out, and stoden in the entryng of her tentis, with wyues, and fre children, and al the multitude.

²⁸And Moises seide, In this ye schulen wite that the Lord sente me, that Y schulde do alle thingis whiche ye seen, and Y brouyte not forth tho of myn owne herte.

²⁹If thei perischen bi customable deeth of men, and wounde visite hem, bi which also othere men ben wont to be visitid,

³⁰the Lord sente not me; but if the Lord doith a newe thing, that the erthe opene his mouth, and swolewe hem, and alle thingis that perteynen to hem, and thei goen doun quyke in to helle, ye schulen wite that thei blasfemeden the Lord.

³¹Therfor anoon as he cesside to speke, the erthe was brokun vndur her feet,

³²and the erthe openyde his mouth, and deuowride hem, with her tabernaclis, and al the catel `of hem;

³³and thei yeden doun quike in to helle, and weren hilid with erthe, and perischiden fro the myddis of the multitude.

³⁴And sotheli al Israel that stood bi the cumpas, fledde fro the cry of men perischinge, and seide, Lest perauenture the erthe swolewe also vs.

³⁵But also fier yede out fro the Lord, and killide tweyn hundrid and fifti men that offriden encense.