H9001–/וַ–v

And Moses sendeth to call for Dathan and for Abiram sons of Eliab, and they say, `We do not come up;

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Yea, unto a land flowing with milk and honey thou hast not brought us in, nor dost thou give to us an inheritance of field and vineyard; the eyes of these men dost thou pick out? we do not come up.'

וַתִּ֨תֶּן־ (וַ) va. “and”

And it is very displeasing to Moses, and he saith unto Jehovah, `Turn not Thou unto their present; not one ass from them have I taken, nor have I afflicted one of them.'

וַיִּ֤חַר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Moses saith unto Korah, `Thou and all thy company, be ye before Jehovah, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow;

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and take ye each his censer, and ye have put on them perfume, and brought near before Jehovah, each his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; and thou and Aaron, each his censer.'

וּנְתַתֶּ֤ם (וּ) u. “and”וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֞ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And they take each his censer, and put on them fire, and lay on them perfume, and they stand at the opening of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron.

וַיִּקְח֞וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעַמְד֗וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Korah assembleth against them all the company unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and the honour of Jehovah is seen by all the company.

וַיַּקְהֵ֨ל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”

and they fall on their faces, and say, `God, God of the spirits of all flesh -- the one man sinneth, and against all the company Thou art wroth!'

וַיִּפְּל֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And Moses riseth, and goeth unto Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel go after him,

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

and he speaketh unto the company, saying, `Turn aside, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and come not against anything that they have, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.'

וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר (וַ) va “and”

And they go up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, from round about, and Dathan, and Abiram have come out, standing at the opening of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their infants.

וַיֵּעָל֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Moses saith, `By this ye do know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works, that `they are' not from my own heart;

וַיֹּאמֶר֮ (וַ) va “and”

and if a strange thing Jehovah do, and the ground hath opened her mouth and swallowed them, and all that they have, and they have gone down alive to Sheol -- then ye have known that these men have despised Jehovah.'

וּפָצְתָ֨ה (וּ) u. “and”וּבָלְעָ֤ה (וּ) u. “and”וְיָרְד֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם (וִֽ) vi. “and”

And it cometh to pass at his finishing speaking all these words, that the ground which `is' under them cleaveth,

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּבָּקַ֥ע (וַ) va. “and”

and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them, and their houses, and all the men who `are' for Korah, and all the goods,

וַתִּפְתַּ֤ח (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּבְלַ֥ע (וַ) va. “and”

and they go down, they, and all that they have, alive to Sheol, and the earth closeth over them, and they perish from the midst of the assembly;

וַיֵּ֨רְד֜וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתְּכַ֤ס (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּאבְד֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

and fire hath come out from Jehovah, and consumeth the two hundred and fifty men bringing near the perfume.

וַתֹּ֗אכַל (וַ) va. “and”

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

`even' the censers of these sinners against their own souls; and they have made them spread-out plates, a covering for the altar, for they have brought them near before Jehovah, and they are hallowed; and they are become a sign to the sons of Israel.'

וַיִּקְדָּ֑שׁוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Eleazar the priest taketh the brazen censers which they who are burnt had brought near, and they spread them out, a covering for the altar --

וַיִּקַּ֞ח (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְרַקְּע֖וּם (וַֽ) va “and”

And all the company of the sons of Israel murmur, on the morrow, against Moses and against Aaron, saying, `Ye -- ye have put to death the people of Jehovah.'

וַיִּלֹּ֜נוּ (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, in the company being assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they turn towards the tent of meeting, and lo, the cloud hath covered it, and the honour of Jehovah is seen;

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְנוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּרָ֖א (וַ) va “and”

and Moses cometh -- Aaron also -- unto the front of the tent of meeting.

וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”