Dathan and Abiram Defy Moses

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Then Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab. But they answered: We will not come.

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Is it a small matter to thee, that thou hast brought us out of a land that flowed with milk and honey, to kill us in the desert, except thou rule also like a lord over us?

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Thou hast brought us indeed into a land that floweth with rivers of milk and honey, and hast given us possessions of fields and vineyards; wilt thou also pull out our eyes? We will not come.

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Moses therefore being very angry, said to the Lord: Respect not their sacrifices: thou knowest that I have not taken of them so much as a young ass at any time, nor have injured any of them.

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And he said to Core: Do thou and thy congregation stand apart before the Lord to morrow, and Aaron apart.

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Take every one of you censers, and put incense upon them, offering to the Lord two hundred and fifty censers: let Aaron also hold his censer.

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When they had done this, Moses and Aaron standing,

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And had drawn up all the multitude against them to the door of the tabernacle, the glory of the Lord appeared to them all.

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