Numbers 16:13-27

¹³Is it a small matter to thee, that thou hast brought us out of a land that flowed with milk and honey, to kill us in the desert, except thou rule also like a lord over us?

¹⁴Thou best brought us indeed into a land that floweth with rivers of milk and honey, and hast given us possessions of fields and vineyards; wilt thou also pull out our eyes? We will not come.

¹⁵Moses therefore being very angry, raid to the Lord: Respect not their sacrifices: thou knowest that I have not taken of them so much as a young ass at any time, nor have injured any of them.

¹⁶And he said to Core: Do thou and thy congregation stand apart before the Lord tomorrow, and Aaron apart.

¹⁷Take every one of you censers, and put incense upon them, offering to the Lord two hundred and fifty censers: let Aaron also hold his censer.

¹⁸When they had done this, Moses and Aaron standing,

¹⁹And had drawn up all the multitude against them to the door of the tabernacle, the glory of the Lord appeared to them all.

²⁰And the Lord speaking to Moses and Aaron, said:

²¹Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may presently destroy them.

²²They fell flat on their face, and said: O most mighty, the God of the spirits of all flesh, for one man’s sin shall thy wrath rage against all?

²³And the Lord said to Moses:

²⁴Command the whole people to separate themselves from the tents of Core and Dathan and Abiron.

²⁵And Moses arose, and went to Dathan and Abiron: and the ancients of Israel following him,

²⁶He said to the multitude: Depart from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be involved in their sins.

²⁷And when they were departed from their tents round about, Dathan and Abiron coming out stood in the entry of their pavilions with their wives and children, and all the people.