98 Korabs NUMBERS X V I rebellion. -- and it (hall be , that the man whom Iehovah faid, And ye Jhallnot feeke afteryear hert,and after your eyes,after which yegoe a whoring,Nam. t 5.39. ae if he Jhould fay , there (hall not any one of yore be drawne after ha owne fender underflaxding (or knowledge,) as to tmagiae that hie cogitation can attaixe to the truth: (o have oar wife menPaid, AF- TER TOVR (HEART; tha(meaneth)hereftes; and AFTER TOVR EYES, thin uwhoredome. Andthu H an occafion for a man to deprive himfelfe of the world (or life) that is to come. Maimony treat. of Idolatrie, ch, z. fell. 3. AMAAAIMaIMAAIMAì'iAA CHAP. XVI. t Korah, Dathan, e4biram, and On,with 250 Prince[, rift up againfl L?ttofes and eilaron, about the Prieflhood & government ofthe Church.s Ma- fes referreth the trial! of the caufe unto God, and re- proveth Korahs ambition, r zliefendeth fer Dathan and eAbiram ,who reproach him , and willnot come up. i ç He prayeth againfl them, 16 and gat hereth Korah and his company with their cenfers,beforethe Tabernacle. 20 The Lord theatnetb to confume the rebels , andcommandeth the people to feparate frons them. 3 1 The earth fwalloweth up Dathan, Abirano, and all Korahs men,andafire from the Lord devou- reth the 2 S o that burnedincenfe.; 6 The cenfers are refereed to cover the altar , for aligne ante Ifrael. 41 eilll the congregation murmure again/( Mofes and Aaron , as they that had killed the Lordt people, 44 The Lord killeth 14700 of them with a plague, 46 .Aaron by incenfe fayeth the plague: Dag I Nd Korah the fonne oflzhar, the fon A of Kohath,the fonne of Levi,he tooke men ; and Dathan and Abiram the fonnes of Eliab,and On the fonne of Peleth, 2 fonnesofReuben. And they rofe up before Mofes, andmen ofthe fonnes of Ifrael, two hundred and fiftie, Princes of the congrega- tion,the called ofthe affembly,menofname. 3 And they gathered themfelves together, a- gain(# Mofesand again(} Aaron,and fard un- to them; Tee take too much uponyou;for all the congregation, all ofthem are holy, and Jehovah te among them ; and wherefore lift ye up your felves above the Church ofle- 4 hovah e And Mofes heard ir, and fell upon 5 his face. And hee fpake unto Korah, and unto all his congregation, faying , Even in the morning Jehovah will make knowne him that is his, and who is holy and whom he will caufe to come neere unto him : even him whom hehath chofen,hee will caufe to 6 come neere unto him. This doe yee : take unto you cenfers, Korah and all his congre- 7 galion. And put ye fire in them, and put incenfe on them beforeIehovah to morrow, Both choofe,hefhallbe holy yetake too much upon you,ye fons of Levi. And Mofes Paid unto Korah,Heare I pray you,ye fons of Le- vi. Is it a fmallthing for you,thatthe God of Ifrael bath feparated you, from the con- gregation oflfrael, to bringyou neere unto him,to ferve the fervice of the Tabernacle of Jehovah , and to (land before the congrega- tion to minifter unto them t And he bath brought thee neere, and all thy brethren the fonnes of Levi with thee ; and fecke yee the Priefthood allo t' For which caufe,thou and all thy congregation are gathered together again(} Jehovah : and Aaron what a he, that ye murmure again(} him e And Mofes Pent to call Dathan and Abiram, the Eons of Eli - ab:and they faid,We will not come up. Is ir a fmal thing that thon haft brought usup out of the land that floweth with milke and ho- ney, to kill us in the wilderneffe: that thou make(} thy felfe a Prince over us, even ma. king thy felfe a Prince! Moreover,thou haft not brought us into a land that floweth with milke & honey,& givéunto vs an inheririce of field & vineyard:wilt thou dig out the eies of thefe men r we will not come up. And Moles was very wroth; and he Paid unto Ie- hovah,Refpeet not thoutheir offering;( have not taken one affe from them,neither have I hurt one of them. And Mofes laid unto Korah ; Thou and all thy congregation, be yee before Ichovah ; thou and they , and Aaron , to morrow. And take yee every man his cenfer, and put incenfe on them;and bring ye neere before Jehovah, every man his cenfer, two hundred and fiftiecenfers:& thou and Aaron, each man his cenfer. And they tooke every man his cenfcr,and put fire on them, and put incenfe on them : and they flood at the doore of the Tent of the con- gregation, and Mofes and Aaron. And Korah gathered again(} them , all the con- gregation,unto the doore of the Tent of the congregation , and the glory of Jehovah ap- peared unto all the congregation. And Jehovah fpake unto Mofes, and unto Aaron, faying; Separate your felves from a- mongthis congregation, and I will confume them,as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces, and laid; O God, the God of the fpirits ofall fle(h; (hall one man fin,and wilt thou be fervently wroth with all the con- gregation And Jehovah fpake unto Mofes , laying; Speake unto the congregation , laying : Get g 9 Io II I2 13 14 If 16 17 18 19 20 1I 22 13 24
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=