Moses

The men whom Moshe had sent to reconnoiter the land and who, when they returned, made the entire community complain against him by giving an unfavorable report about the land -

When Moshe told these things to all the people of Isra'el, the people felt great remorse.

Moshe answered, "Why are you opposing what ADONAI said? You won't succeed!

But they were presumptuous and went on up toward the high parts of the hill-country, even though the ark for the covenant of ADONAI - and Moshe - stayed in the camp.

ADONAI said to Moshe,

ADONAI said to Moshe,

"'If by mistake you fail to observe all these mitzvot that ADONAI has spoken to Moshe,

yes, everything that ADONAI has ordered you to do through Moshe, from the day ADONAI gave the order and onward through all your generations,

Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moshe, Aharon and the whole congregation.

Then ADONAI said to Moshe, "This man must be put to death; the entire community is to stone him to death outside the camp."

So the whole community brought him outside the camp and threw stones at him until he died, as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.

ADONAI said to Moshe,

rebelled against Moshe. Siding with them were 250 men of Isra'el, leaders of the community, key members of the council, men of reputation.

They assembled themselves against Moshe and Aharon and said to them, "You take too much on yourselves! After all, the entire community is holy, every one of them, and ADONAI is among them. So why do you lift yourselves up above ADONAI's assembly?"

When Moshe heard this he fell on his face.

Then Moshe said to Korach, "Listen here, you sons of Levi!

Then Moshe sent to summon Datan and Aviram, the sons of Eli'av. But they replied, "We won't come up!

Moshe was very angry and said to ADONAI, "Don't accept their grain offering! I haven't taken one donkey from them, I've done nothing wrong to any of them."

Moshe said to Korach, "You and your group, be there before ADONAI tomorrow -you, they and Aharon.

Each man took his fire pan, put fire in it, laid incense on it and stood at the entrance to the tent of meeting with Moshe and Aharon.

ADONAI said to Moshe and Aharon,

ADONAI answered Moshe,

Moshe got up and went to Datan and Aviram, and the leaders of Isra'el followed him.

Moshe said, "Here is how you will know that ADONAI has sent me to do all these things and that I haven't done them out of my own ambition:

ADONAI said to Moshe,