^{1 Ref} Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Pallu, the son of Reuben, made themselves ready,

^{2 Ref} And came before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty chiefs of the people, men of good name who had a place in the meeting of the people.

^{3 Ref} They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord?

^{4 Ref} And Moses, hearing this, went down on his face;

^{5 Ref} And he said to Korah and his band, In the morning the Lord will make clear who are his, and who is holy, and who may come near him: the man of his selection will be caused to come near him.

^{6 Ref} So do this: let Korah and all his band take vessels for burning perfumes;

^{7 Ref} And put spices on the fire in them before the Lord tomorrow; then the man marked out by the Lord will be holy: you take overmuch on yourselves, you sons of Levi.

⁸ And Moses said to Korah, Give ear now, you sons of Levi:

^{9 Ref} Does it seem only a small thing to you that the God of Israel has made you separate from the rest of Israel, letting you come near himself to do the work of the House of the Lord, and to take your place before the people to do what has to be done for them;

^{10 Ref} Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?

^{11 Ref} So you and all your band have come together against the Lord; and Aaron, who is he, that you are crying out against him?

^{12 Ref} Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: and they said, We will not come up:

^{13 Ref} Is it not enough that you have taken us from a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the waste land, but now you are desiring to make yourself a chief over us?

^{14 Ref} And more than this, you have not taken us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us a heritage of fields and vine-gardens: will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.

^{15 Ref} Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.

^{16 Ref} And Moses said to Korah, You and all your band are to come before the Lord tomorrow, you and they and Aaron:

^{17 Ref} And let every man take a vessel for burning perfumes, and put sweet spices in them; let every man take his vessel before the Lord, two hundred and fifty vessels; you and Aaron and everyone with his vessel.