Numbers 16

Korah, Dathan, and Abiram lead a rebellion against Moses and Aaron's leadership, challenging their authority over Israel. YHWH confirms Moses' leadership by causing the earth to swallow the rebels alive and consuming 250 men with fire from heaven, while their bronze censers are hammered into a memorial covering for the altar.

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וַ/יִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤒𐤄𐤋𐤅 vayiqahalu and they assembled and they assembled themselves and they assembled themselves HC/VNw3mp עַל 𐤏𐤋 al against upon against HR מֹשֶׁ֣ה 𐤌𐤔𐤄 mosheh Moses Mosheh Mosheh HNp וְ/עַֽל 𐤅/𐤏𐤋 veal and against and upon and against HC/R אַהֲרֹ֗ן 𐤀𐤄𐤓𐤍 aharon Aaron Aharon Aharon HNp וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 vayomeru and they said and they said and they said HC/Vqw3mp אֲלֵ/הֶם֮ 𐤀𐤋/𐤄𐤌 alehem to them toward them to them HR/Sp3mp רַב 𐤓𐤁 rav too much great too much HAamsa לָ/כֶם֒ 𐤋/𐤊𐤌 lakhem for you for you HR/Sp2mp כִּ֤י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for HC כָל 𐤊𐤋 khal kila (Swahili) all all of all of HNcmsc הָֽ/עֵדָה֙ 𐤄/𐤏𐤃𐤄 haedah the congregation the appointed assembly the appointed assembly HTd/Ncfsa כֻּלָּ֣/ם 𐤊𐤋/𐤌 kulam kila (Swahili) of them the entirety of them all of them HNcmsc/Sp3mp קְדֹשִׁ֔ים 𐤒𐤃𐤔𐤉𐤌 qedoshim holy set-apart ones holy ones HAampa וּ/בְ/תוֹכָ֖/ם 𐤅/𐤁/𐤕𐤅𐤊/𐤌 uvetokham and among them and in their midst and in their midst HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp3mp יְהוָ֑ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp וּ/מַדּ֥וּעַ 𐤅/𐤌𐤃𐤅𐤏 umadua why then and why? and why? HC/Ti תִּֽתְנַשְּׂא֖וּ 𐤕𐤕𐤍𐤔𐤀𐤅 titenaseu do you exalt yourselves you lift yourselves up you lift yourselves up HVti2mp עַל 𐤏𐤋 al-2 above upon over HR קְהַ֥ל 𐤒𐤄𐤋 qehal the assembly assembly of the assembly HNcmsc יְהוָֽה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah-2 Nyambe (Lozi) of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp
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וַ/יְדַבֵּ֨ר 𐤅/𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 vayedaber and he spoke he declared and he spoke HC/Vpw3ms אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward to HR קֹ֜רַח 𐤒𐤓𐤇 qorach Korah Qorach Qorach HNp וְ/אֶֽל 𐤅/𐤀𐤋 veel and to and toward and to HC/R כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal kila (Swahili) all entirety of all of HNcmsc עֲדָת/וֹ֮ 𐤏𐤃𐤕/𐤅 adato his assembly his appointed assembly his assembly HNcfsc/Sp3ms לֵ/אמֹר֒ 𐤋/𐤀𐤌𐤓 lemor saying to say to say HR/Vqc בֹּ֠קֶר 𐤁𐤒𐤓 boqer buka (Bemba) morning daybreak daybreak HNcmsa וְ/יֹדַ֨ע 𐤅/𐤉𐤃𐤏 veyoda and he will make known and may he make known and he will make known HC/Vhj3ms יְהוָ֧ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] object-marker [·] HTo אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher who that-which who HTr ל֛/וֹ 𐤋/𐤅 lo is his to him HR/Sp3ms וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet and [dom] and object-marker [·] HC/To הַ/קָּד֖וֹשׁ 𐤄/𐤒𐤃𐤅𐤔 haqadosh the holy one the Set-Apart One the Set-Apart One HTd/Aamsa וְ/הִקְרִ֣יב 𐤅/𐤄𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤁 vehiqeriv and he will bring near and he brought near and he caused to approach HC/Vhq3ms אֵלָ֑י/ו 𐤀𐤋𐤉/𐤅 elayv to him toward him to him HR/Sp3ms וְ/אֵ֛ת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet-2 and [dom] and object-marker [·] HC/To אֲשֶׁ֥ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher-2 whom that-which who HTr יִבְחַר 𐤉𐤁𐤇𐤓 yivechar he chooses he chooses he will choose HVqi3ms בּ֖/וֹ 𐤁/𐤅 bo in him of him HR/Sp3ms יַקְרִ֥יב 𐤉𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤁 yaqeriv he will bring near he will bring near he will cause to approach HVhi3ms אֵלָֽי/ו 𐤀𐤋𐤉/𐤅 elayv-2 to him toward him to him HR/Sp3ms
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וּ/תְנ֣וּ 𐤅/𐤕𐤍𐤅 utenu and put and give and put HC/Vqv2mp בָ/הֵ֣ן 𐤁/𐤄𐤍 vahen in them in them in them HR/Sp3fp אֵ֡שׁ 𐤀𐤔 esh fire fire fire HNcbsa וְ/שִׂימוּ֩ 𐤅/𐤔𐤉𐤌𐤅 vesimu and put you (masculine plural) set and you (masculine plural) set HC/Vqv2mp עֲלֵי/הֶ֨ן 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤄𐤍 aleyhen on them upon them (fem.) upon them HR/Sp3fp קְטֹ֜רֶת 𐤒𐤈𐤓𐤕 qetoret incense fragrant smoking-compound incense HNcfsa לִ/פְנֵ֤י 𐤋/𐤐𐤍𐤉 lifeney before to the face of to before the face of HR/Ncbpc יְהוָה֙ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp מָחָ֔ר 𐤌𐤇𐤓 machar tomorrow the after-day tomorrow HNcmsa וְ/הָיָ֗ה 𐤅/𐤄𐤉𐤄 vehayah and it shall be and he/it became and it shall be HC/Vqq3ms הָ/אִ֛ישׁ 𐤄/𐤀𐤉𐤔 haish the man the man the man HTd/Ncmsa אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher whom that-which who HTr יִבְחַ֥ר 𐤉𐤁𐤇𐤓 yivechar chooses he chooses he will choose HVqi3ms יְהוָ֖ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah-2 Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp ה֣וּא 𐤄𐤅𐤀 hu he he he HPp3ms הַ/קָּד֑וֹשׁ 𐤄/𐤒𐤃𐤅𐤔 haqadosh the holy one the Set-Apart One the Set-Apart One HTd/Aamsa רַב 𐤓𐤁 rav too much great great HAamsa לָ/כֶ֖ם 𐤋/𐤊𐤌 lakhem for you for you HR/Sp2mp בְּנֵ֥י 𐤁𐤍𐤉 beney Bene (Bemba) sons of sons of sons of HNcmpc לֵוִֽי 𐤋𐤅𐤉 levi Levi Joined-One Levi HNp
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הַ/מְעַ֣ט 𐤄/𐤌𐤏𐤈 hameat too little the small amount the little amount HTi/Ncmsa מִ/כֶּ֗ם 𐤌/𐤊𐤌 mikem for you from you (masculine plural) from you HR/Sp2mp כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki that for/because because HC הִבְדִּיל֩ 𐤄𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤋 hivedil has separated he set apart he separated HVhp3ms אֱלֹהֵ֨י 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 elohey Mulimu (Lozi) God mighty ones of Elohim of HNcmpc יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael of Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp אֶתְ/כֶם֙ 𐤀𐤕/𐤊𐤌 etekhem you you marked as object [·] HTo/Sp2mp מֵ/עֲדַ֣ת 𐤌/𐤏𐤃𐤕 meadat from the congregation from the assembly-of from the assembly-of HR/Ncfsc יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael-2 of Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp לְ/הַקְרִ֥יב 𐤋/𐤄𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤁 lehaqeriv to bring near to bring near to bring near HR/Vhc אֶתְ/כֶ֖ם 𐤀𐤕/𐤊𐤌 etekhem-2 you you marked as object [·] HTo/Sp2mp אֵלָ֑י/ו 𐤀𐤋𐤉/𐤅 elayv to him toward him to him HR/Sp3ms לַ/עֲבֹ֗ד 𐤋/𐤏𐤁𐤃 laavod to do to serve to serve HR/Vqc אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et the object-marker [·] HTo עֲבֹדַת֙ 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤕 avodat service service-work of service-work of HNcfsc מִשְׁכַּ֣ן 𐤌𐤔𐤊𐤍 mishekan of the tabernacle dwelling of dwelling of HNcmsc יְהוָ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp וְ/לַ/עֲמֹ֛ד 𐤅/𐤋/𐤏𐤌𐤃 velaamod ima (Bemba) and to stand and to stand and to stand HC/R/Vqc לִ/פְנֵ֥י 𐤋/𐤐𐤍𐤉 lifeney before to the face of to before the face of HR/Ncbpc הָ/עֵדָ֖ה 𐤄/𐤏𐤃𐤄 haedah the congregation the appointed assembly the assembly HTd/Ncfsa לְ/שָׁרְתָֽ/ם 𐤋/𐤔𐤓𐤕/𐤌 lesharetam to minister to them to minister to them to minister to them HR/Vpc/Sp3mp
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וּ/קְח֣וּ 𐤅/𐤒𐤇𐤅 uqechu and take you men take and you men take HC/Vqv2mp אִ֣ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish each man man man HNcmsa מַחְתָּת֗/וֹ 𐤌𐤇𐤕𐤕/𐤅 machetato his censer his coal-removal pan his coal-removal pan HNcfsc/Sp3ms וּ/נְתַתֶּ֤ם 𐤅/𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤌 unetatem and put and you shall give and you shall put HC/Vqq2mp עֲלֵי/הֶם֙ 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤄𐤌 aleyhem on them upon them upon them HR/Sp3mp קְטֹ֔רֶת 𐤒𐤈𐤓𐤕 qetoret incense fragrant smoking-compound incense HNcfsa וְ/הִקְרַבְתֶּ֞ם 𐤅/𐤄𐤒𐤓𐤁𐤕𐤌 vehiqeravetem and bring and you shall bring near and you shall cause to approach HC/Vhq2mp לִ/פְנֵ֤י 𐤋/𐤐𐤍𐤉 lifeney before to the face of to before the face of HR/Ncbpc יְהוָה֙ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp אִ֣ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish-2 each man man man HNcmsa מַחְתָּת֔/וֹ 𐤌𐤇𐤕𐤕/𐤅 machetato-2 his censer his coal-removal pan his coal-removal pan HNcfsc/Sp3ms חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤌 chamishim fifty fifty fifty HAcbpa וּ/מָאתַ֖יִם 𐤅/𐤌𐤀𐤕𐤉𐤌 umatayim and two-hundred and two hundred and two hundred HC/Acbda מַחְתֹּ֑ת 𐤌𐤇𐤕𐤕 machetot censers coal-removal firepans coal-removal pans HNcfpa וְ/אַתָּ֥ה 𐤅/𐤀𐤕𐤄 veatah and you and you (masculine singular) and you HC/Pp2ms וְ/אַהֲרֹ֖ן 𐤅/𐤀𐤄𐤓𐤍 veaharon and Aaron and Aharon and Aharon HC/Np אִ֥ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish-3 each man man man HNcmsa מַחְתָּתֽ/וֹ 𐤌𐤇𐤕𐤕/𐤅 machetato-3 his censer his coal-removal pan his coal-removal pan HNcfsc/Sp3ms
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וַ/יְדַבֵּ֨ר 𐤅/𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 vayedaber and he spoke he declared and he spoke HC/Vpw3ms אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward to HR הָ/עֵדָ֜ה 𐤄/𐤏𐤃𐤄 haedah the congregation the appointed assembly the congregation HTd/Ncfsa לֵ/אמֹ֗ר 𐤋/𐤀𐤌𐤓 lemor saying to say to say HR/Vqc ס֣וּרוּ 𐤎𐤅𐤓𐤅 suru get away Turn aside Turn aside HVqv2mp נָ֡א 𐤍𐤀 na please please please HTe מֵ/עַל֩ 𐤌/𐤏𐤋 meal from upon from upon from upon HR/R אָהֳלֵ֨י 𐤀𐤄𐤋𐤉 aholey tents of tents of tents of HNcmpc הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֤ים 𐤄/𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 haanashim the men the men the men HTd/Ncmpa הָֽ/רְשָׁעִים֙ 𐤄/𐤓𐤔𐤏𐤉𐤌 hareshaim the wicked the lawbreaking ones the wicked ones HTd/Aampa הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה 𐤄/𐤀𐤋𐤄 haeleh these these ones these HTd/Pdxcp וְ/אַֽל 𐤅/𐤀𐤋 veal and not and do not and do not HC/Tn תִּגְּע֖וּ 𐤕𐤂𐤏𐤅 tigeu touch you (masculine plural) will touch you (masculine plural) will touch HVqj2mp בְּ/כָל 𐤁/𐤊𐤋 bekhal kila (Swahili) in all in the whole of in all HR/Ncmsc אֲשֶׁ֣ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher that that-which that which HTr לָ/הֶ֑ם 𐤋/𐤄𐤌 lahem to them to them HR/Sp3mp פֶּן 𐤐𐤍 pen lest lest lest HC תִּסָּפ֖וּ 𐤕𐤎𐤐𐤅 tisafu you be swept away you will be swept away you will be swept away HVNi2mp בְּ/כָל 𐤁/𐤊𐤋 bekhal-2 kila (Swahili) in all in the whole of in all HR/Ncmsc חַטֹּאתָֽ/ם 𐤇𐤈𐤀𐤕/𐤌 chatotam their sins their wrongdoings their sinning HNcfpc/Sp3mp
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וַ/יֵּעָל֗וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤏𐤋𐤅 vayealu Aleya (Bemba) and they went up and they were raised up and they went up HC/VNw3mp מֵ/עַ֧ל 𐤌/𐤏𐤋 meal from upon from upon from upon HR/R מִשְׁכַּן 𐤌𐤔𐤊𐤍 mishekan dwelling dwelling of dwelling of HNcmsc קֹ֛רֶח 𐤒𐤓𐤇 qorech Korah Qorach Qorach HNp דָּתָ֥ן 𐤃𐤕𐤍 datan Dathan Dathan Datan HNp וַ/אֲבִירָ֖ם 𐤅/𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤌 vaaviram and Abiram And My-Father-Is-Exalted and Aviram HC/Np מִ/סָּבִ֑יב 𐤌/𐤎𐤁𐤉𐤁 misaviv from around from around from around HR/Ncbsa וְ/דָתָ֨ן 𐤅/𐤃𐤕𐤍 vedatan and Dathan and Dathan and Datan HC/Np וַ/אֲבִירָ֜ם 𐤅/𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤌 vaaviram-2 and Abiram And My-Father-Is-Exalted and Aviram HC/Np יָצְא֣וּ 𐤉𐤑𐤀𐤅 yatseu came out they went out they went out HVqp3cp נִצָּבִ֗ים 𐤍𐤑𐤁𐤉𐤌 nitsavim standing those stationed those being set HVNrmpa פֶּ֚תַח 𐤐𐤕𐤇 petach entrance opening-of entrance-of HNcmsc אָֽהֳלֵי/הֶ֔ם 𐤀𐤄𐤋𐤉/𐤄𐤌 aholeyhem their tents their tents their tents HNcmpc/Sp3mp וּ/נְשֵׁי/הֶ֥ם 𐤅/𐤍𐤔𐤉/𐤄𐤌 unesheyhem and their wives and their women and their women HC/Ncfpc/Sp3mp וּ/בְנֵי/הֶ֖ם 𐤅/𐤁𐤍𐤉/𐤄𐤌 uveneyhem Bene (Bemba) and their sons and their sons and their sons HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp וְ/טַפָּֽ/ם 𐤅/𐤈𐤐/𐤌 vetapam and their little ones their toddlers their toddlers HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp
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וְ/אִם 𐤅/𐤀𐤌 veim but if and if but if HC/C בְּרִיאָ֞ה 𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤀𐤄 beriah creation a created thing a created thing HNcfsa יִבְרָ֣א 𐤉𐤁𐤓𐤀 yivera (Yoruba) he creates he will create he will create HVqi3ms יְהוָ֗ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp וּ/פָצְתָ֨ה 𐤅/𐤐𐤑𐤕𐤄 ufatsetah and she opens and she opened and it opens HC/Vqq3fs הָ/אֲדָמָ֤ה 𐤄/𐤀𐤃𐤌𐤄 haadamah the ground the cultivated ground the cultivated land HTd/Ncfsa אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et its object-marker [·] HTo פִּ֨י/הָ֙ 𐤐𐤉/𐤄 piha mouth her mouth her mouth HNcmsc/Sp3fs וּ/בָלְעָ֤ה 𐤅/𐤁𐤋𐤏𐤄 uvaleah and swallows and she swallowed and it swallows HC/Vqq3fs אֹתָ/ם֙ 𐤀𐤕/𐤌 otam them them [·] HTo/Sp3mp וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet and and object-marker [·] HC/To כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal kila (Swahili) all entirety of all of HNcmsc אֲשֶׁ֣ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher that that-which that which HTr לָ/הֶ֔ם 𐤋/𐤄𐤌 lahem belongs to them belongs to them HR/Sp3mp וְ/יָרְד֥וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤅 veyaredu and they go down and they descended and they went down HC/Vqq3cp חַיִּ֖ים 𐤇𐤉𐤉𐤌 chayim hai (Swahili) alive lives alive HAampa שְׁאֹ֑לָ/ה 𐤔𐤀𐤋/𐤄 sheolah to Sheol the underworld realm that Sheol HNp/Sd וִֽ/ידַעְתֶּ֕ם 𐤅/𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤕𐤌 vidaetem then you will know and you will know and you will know HC/Vqq2mp כִּ֧י 𐤊𐤉 ki that for/because that HC נִֽאֲצ֛וּ 𐤍𐤀𐤑𐤅 niatsu have despised they scorned intensely they have despised HVpp3cp הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֥ים 𐤄/𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 haanashim the men the men the men HTd/Ncmpa הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה 𐤄/𐤀𐤋𐤄 haeleh these these ones these HTd/Pdxcp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 - object-marker [·] HTo יְהוָֽה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah-2 Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp
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