H9002–/וְ–v

And he said to the people, Come away now from the tents of these evil men, without touching anything of theirs, or you may be taken in the punishment of their sins.

וְאַֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So on every side they went away from the tent of Korah Dathan, and Abiram: and Dathan and Abiram came out to the door of their tents, with their wives and their sons and their little ones.

וַאֲבִירָ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”וְדָתָ֨ן (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲבִירָ֜ם (וַ) va. “and”וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”וְטַפָּֽם׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

If these men have the common death of men, or if the natural fate of all men overtakes them, then the Lord has not sent me.

וּפְקֻדַּת֙ (וּ) u. “and”

But if the Lord does something new, opening the earth to take them in, with everything which is theirs, and they go down living into the underworld, then it will be clear to you that the Lord has not been honoured by these men.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the earth, opening her mouth, took them in, with their families, and all the men who were joined to Korah, and their goods.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

So they and all theirs went down living into the underworld, and the earth was shut over them, and they were cut off from among the meeting of the people.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down into the heart of the earth.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume.

וְאֵ֥שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָאתַ֙יִם֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Say to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he is to take out of the flames the vessels with the perfumes in them, turning the fire out of them, for they are holy;

וְיָרֵ֤ם (וְ) ve. “so”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And let the vessels of those men, who with their lives have made payment for their sin, be hammered out into plates as a cover for the altar; for they have been offered before the Lord and are holy; so that they may be a sign to the children of Israel.

וְעָשׂ֨וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִֽהְי֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

To be a sign, kept in memory for ever by the children of Israel, that no man who is not of the seed of Aaron has the right of burning spices before the Lord, so that he may not be like Korah and his band: as the Lord said to him by the mouth of Moses.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַ֣עֲדָת֔וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

But on the day after, all the children of Israel made an outcry against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have put to death the Lord's people.

וְעַֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now when the people had come together against Moses and Aaron, looking in the direction of the Tent of meeting, they saw the cloud covering it, and the glory of the Lord came before their eyes.

וְעַֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of meeting.

וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן (וְ) ve. “and”

Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them. And they went down on their faces.

וַאֲכַלֶּ֥ה (וַ) va. “so”

And Moses said to Aaron, Take your vessel and put in it fire from the altar, and sweet spices, and take it quickly into the meeting of the people, and make them free from sin: for wrath has gone out from the Lord, and the disease is starting.

וְתֶן־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׂ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹלֵ֧ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַפֵּ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And at the words of Moses, Aaron took his vessel, and went running among the people; and even then the disease had made a start among them; and he put spices in his vessel to take away the sin of the people.

וְהִנֵּ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he took his place between the dead and the living: and the disease was stopped.

וּבֵ֣ין (וּ) u. “and”

Now fourteen thousand, seven hundred deaths were caused by that disease, in addition to those who came to their end because of what Korah had done.

וּשְׁבַ֣ע (וּ) u. “and”

Then Aaron went back to Moses to the door of the Tent of meeting: and the disease came to a stop.

וְהַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Say to the children of Israel that they are to give you rods, one for every family, for every chief, the head of his father's house, making twelve rods; let every man's name be placed on his rod.

וְקַ֣ח (וְ) ve. “and”

And let Aaron's name be placed on the rod of Levi: for there is to be one rod for the head of every family.

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Moses gave these orders to the children of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him rods, one for the head of every family, making twelve rods: and Aaron's rod was among them.

וּמַטֵּ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

Now on the day after, Moses went into the Tent of witness; and he saw that Aaron's rod, the rod of the house of Levi, had put out buds, and was covered with buds and flowers and fruit.

וְהִנֵּ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord said to Moses, Put Aaron's rod back in front of the ark of witness, to be kept for a sign against this false-hearted people, so that you may put a stop to their outcries against me, and death may not overtake them.

וּתְכַ֧ל (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”