1Suatu hari, Korah anak Izar, dari marga Kehat suku Lewi, bersekongkol dengan tiga orang dari suku Ruben, yaitu Datan dan Abiram, keduanya anak Eliab, serta On anak Pelet.2Mereka mengumpulkan sejumlah pendukung dari antara bangsa Israel termasuk 250 orang pemimpin, orang-orang terkemuka dari sukunya, untuk memberontak terhadap Musa.3Kemudian mereka beramai-ramai mendatangi Musa dan Harun dan berkata, “Kalian sudah keterlaluan! Seluruh umat Israel itu dikhususkan bagi TUHAN dan TUHAN ada di tengah-tengah kita! Kenapa kalian menganggap diri kalian lebih tinggi dari umat TUHAN lainnya?”4Mendengar perkataan itu, Musa bersujud dan berdoa kepada TUHAN.5Lalu Musa menjawab Korah dan gerombolannya itu, “Besok pagi TUHAN akan menunjukkan kepada kita siapa milik-Nya dan yang dikhususkan bagi-Nya. Hanya orang yang dipilih-Nya itu yang diizinkan TUHAN untuk mendekat ke hadapan-Nya.6Hai Korah dan semua pengikutmu, siapkanlah wadah pembakaran dupamu masing-masing.7Besok, taruhlah bara api dan dupa ke dalamnya, dan bawalah itu ke hadapan TUHAN. Nanti Dia akan menunjukkan siapa yang dipilih-Nya. Kalian orang Lewi, benar-benar keterlaluan!”8Lanjut Musa kepada Korah dan sekutunya, “Dengarkanlah, keturunan Lewi!9Allah Israel sudah mengkhususkan kalian dari antara umat Israel. Kalian diizinkan mendekat kepada-Nya, untuk melayani Dia di kemah-Nya dan menjadi perantara bagi umat-Nya. Apakah menurutmu itu hal sepele?10Korah, TUHAN sudah membawamu dan seluruh suku Lewi mendekat kepada-Nya. Apa sekarang kalian menuntut ingin menjadi imam juga?11Waktu kamu dan gerombolanmu bersungut-sungut terhadap Harun, sebenarnya kalian sedang memberontak terhadap TUHAN.”12Lalu Musa mengundang Datan dan Abiram, tetapi mereka menjawab, “Kami tidak mau datang!13Kamu membawa kami keluar dari negeri Mesir yang berlimpah dengan hasil alam untuk membunuh kami di padang belantara. Apakah menurutmu itu hal sepele? Dan sekarang kamu mau menjadi penguasa atas kami.14Bahkan, kamu tidak membawa kami ke negeri yang berlimpah dengan hasil alam, di mana ladang dan kebun anggur akan menjadi warisan kami. Kamu sudah menganggap kami seperti kerbau yang dicocok hidungnya! Kami tidak mau datang!”15Maka Musa menjadi sangat marah, lalu berkata kepada TUHAN, “Janganlah terima persembahan mereka. Aku tidak pernah menyakiti seorangpun dari mereka. Bahkan seekor keledai pun tidak pernah aku ambil dari mereka.”16Berkatalah Musa kepada Korah, “Besok pagi kamu dan semua pengikutmu harus datang menghadap TUHAN di kemah-Nya. Harun juga akan datang.17Kamu dan 250 pengikutmu harus datang semua dengan membawa wadah pembakaran dupa dan menaruh dupa di dalamnya sebagai persembahan kepada TUHAN. Harun juga akan membawa wadah pembakaran dupanya.”18Maka keesokan harinya, Korah dan para pengikutnya mengambil wadah pembakaran dupa mereka masing-masing dan menaruh bara api serta dupa ke dalamnya. Lalu mereka berdiri di depan kemah TUHAN bersama dengan Musa dan Harun.19Korah juga menghasut seluruh umat Israel untuk berkumpul di depan kemah TUHAN. Tetapi saat itu juga tampaklah kemuliaan TUHAN.20Lalu TUHAN berkata kepada Musa dan Harun,21“Menjauhlah dari orang-orang ini, karena Aku mau menghabisi mereka semua sekaligus!”22Tetapi Musa dan Harun bersujud serta berkata, “Ya Allah, Engkau Allah atas segala makhluk hidup. Apakah Engkau murka kepada seluruh umat hanya karena satu orang berbuat dosa?”23Maka jawab TUHAN kepada Musa,24“Suruhlah seluruh umat untuk menjauh dari kemah-kemah Korah, Datan, dan Abiram.”25Maka Musa berdiri lalu pergi ke kemah-kemah Datan dan Abiram, diikuti oleh para pemimpin Israel.26Kata Musa kepada umat Israel, “Menjauhlah dari kemah-kemah orang-orang jahat ini dan jangan sentuh apa pun milik mereka, supaya kalian tidak ikut binasa karena dosa mereka!”27Maka umat Israel menjauh dari kemah-kemah Korah, Datan dan Abiram. Datan dan Abiram keluar dari kemah-kemah mereka dan berdiri di depan kemah mereka bersama dengan istri dan anak-anak mereka.28Musa berkata kepada mereka, “Dengan cara ini kalian akan tahu bahwa saya mengerjakan hal-hal ini karena TUHANlah yang mengutus saya, bukan atas kemauan saya sendiri.29Jika orang-orang ini meninggal dengan cara yang wajar, maka jelaslah bahwa TUHAN tidak memilih saya.30Tetapi jika TUHAN melakukan sesuatu yang belum pernah terjadi sebelumnya, jika tanah seolah-olah membuka mulutnya dan menelan mereka beserta segala milik mereka, dan mereka hidup-hidup turun ke Syeol, maka kalian akan tahu bahwa mereka sudah melawan TUHAN.”31Begitu Musa selesai mengatakan itu, terbelahlah tanah di tempat Datan dan Abiram berdiri.32Bumi membuka mulutnya dan menelan mereka dan keluarga mereka, serta semua pengikut Korah dan segala milik mereka.33Mereka pun terperosok ke Syeol dalam keadaan hidup, lalu tanah itu kembali merapat. Demikianlah mereka lenyap dari antara umat Israel.34Mendengar jeritan mereka, semua orang Israel di sana lari ketakutan. “Jangan sampai kita juga ditelan bumi!” seru mereka.35Sementara itu, api datang dari TUHAN dan membakar habis 250 orang yang mempersembahkan dupa itu.36Berkatalah TUHAN kepada Musa,37“Orang-orang itu sudah mati terbakar habis karena dosa mereka. Tetapi wadah pembakaran dupa mereka menjadi kudus sesudah digunakan untuk mempersembahkan dupa kepada-Ku. Karena itu, suruhlah Eleazar anak Harun untuk mengambil wadah itu dari tempat kebakaran dan menebarkan bara apinya jauh-jauh. Semua wadah itu harus ditempa menjadi lempengan tipis untuk lapisan luar mezbah kurban, sebagai peringatan bagi orang Israel.”39Maka imam Eleazar mengambil wadah yang digunakan oleh mereka yang mati terbakar itu, dan semuanya ditempa menjadi lempengan tipis untuk lapisan luar mezbah,40sesuai dengan perintah TUHAN kepadanya melalui Musa. Lempengan itu menjadi peringatan kepada orang Israel bahwa hanya keturunan Harun yang boleh mempersembahkan dupa kepada TUHAN. Jika orang lain berbuat demikian, nasibnya akan sama dengan Korah dan para pengikutnya.41Tetapi besoknya, seluruh umat Israel bersungut-sungut kepada Harun dan Musa. Kata mereka, “Kalian sudah membunuh umat TUHAN!”42Sesudah umat berkumpul untuk melawan Musa dan Harun, mereka menengok ke kemah TUHAN dan melihat kemah itu tertutup awan dan cahaya kehadiran TUHAN terlihat di sana.43Lalu Musa dan Harun datang ke depan kemah TUHAN.44Di sana TUHAN berkata kepada Musa,45“Menjauhlah dari orang-orang ini, karena Aku mau menghabisi mereka semua sekaligus.” Maka bersujudlah Musa dan Harun untuk berdoa.46Kata Musa kepada Harun, “Cepat, ambil wadah pembakaran dupa, masukkan bara api dari mezbah ke dalamnya dan taruh dupa di atasnya. Bawa wadah pembakaran dupa itu ke tengah-tengah umat Israel untuk mendamaikan mereka dengan TUHAN. TUHAN sangat murka dan wabah sudah mulai.”47Maka Harun membawa wadah pembakaran dupa seperti yang diperintahkan Musa dan lari ke tengah-tengah umat yang sudah mulai terserang wabah itu. Di sana Harun membakar dupa supaya mereka didamaikan dengan TUHAN.48Harun berdiri di antara orang-orang yang sudah meninggal dan orang-orang yang masih hidup, dan wabah itu pun berhenti.49Sebanyak 14.700 orang meninggal karena wabah itu, tidak termasuk mereka yang mati karena perkara Korah.50Sesudah wabah itu berhenti, Harun kembali kepada Musa di depan Kemah TUHAN.
World English Bible (dengan Deuterokanonika)
1Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took some men.2They rose up before Moses, with some of the children of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown.3They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them! Why do you lift yourselves up above Yahweh’s assembly?”4When Moses heard it, he fell on his face.5He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.6Do this: have Korah and all his company take censers,7put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!”8Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi!9Is it a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of Yahweh’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;10and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? Do you seek the priesthood also?11Therefore you and all your company have gathered together against Yahweh! What is Aaron that you complain against him?”12Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, “We won’t come up!13Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but you must also make yourself a prince over us?14Moreover you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We won’t come up.”15Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, “Don’t respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them.”16Moses said to Korah, “You and all your company go before Yahweh, you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow.17Each man take his censer and put incense on it, and each man bring before Yahweh his censer, two hundred fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each with his censer.”18They each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and stood at the door of the Tent of Meeting with Moses and Aaron.19Korah assembled all the congregation opposite them to the door of the Tent of Meeting. Yahweh’s glory appeared to all the congregation.20Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,21“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!”22They fell on their faces, and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?”23Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,24“Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram!’”25Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.26He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!”27So they went away from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.28Moses said, “Hereby you shall know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; for they are not from my own mind.29If these men die the common death of all men, or if they experience what all men experience, then Yahweh hasn’t sent me.30But if Yahweh makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up with all that belong to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh.”31As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split apart.32The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their households, all of Korah’s men, and all their goods.33So they, and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol. The earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.34All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”35Fire came out from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.36Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,37“Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire away from the camp; for they are holy,38even the censers of those who sinned against their own lives. Let them be beaten into plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before Yahweh. Therefore they are holy. They shall be a sign to the children of Israel.”39Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which those who were burned had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,40to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger who isn’t of the offspring of Aaron, would come near to burn incense before Yahweh, that he not be as Korah and as his company; as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.41But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed Yahweh’s people!”42When the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they looked toward the Tent of Meeting. Behold, the cloud covered it, and Yahweh’s glory appeared.43Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting.44Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,45“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces.46Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, put fire from the altar in it, lay incense on it, carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from Yahweh! The plague has begun.”47Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the middle of the assembly. The plague had already begun among the people. He put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.48He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.49Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, in addition to those who died about the matter of Korah.50Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and the plague was stopped.