and the earthopenedits mouthand swallowedthem up along with Korah,when that companydied,when the firedevoured250men,so that they becamea warning.
The sonsof Israelatethe mannafortyyears,untilthey cameto an inhabitedland;they atethe mannauntilthey cameto the borderof the landof Canaan.
Becauseof them a cursewill be usedby allthe exilesfrom Judahwhoare in Babylon,saying,"May the LORDmakeyou like Zedekiahand like Ahab,whomthe kingof Babylonroastedin the fire,
"I will setMy faceagainst that manand makehim a signand a proverb,and I will cuthim offfrom amongMy people.So you will knowthat I am the LORD.
and they roseup beforeMoses,together with someof the sonsof Israel,two hundredand fiftyleadersof the congregation,chosenin the assembly,menof renown.
"As for the censersof thesemenwhohave sinnedat the cost of their lives,let them be madeinto hammeredsheetsfor a platingof the altar,sincethey did presentthem beforethe LORDand they are holy;and they shall be for a signto the sonsof Israel."
and writeAaron'snameon the rodof Levi;for there is onerodfor the head[of each] of their fathers'households.
"Our fatherdiedin the wilderness,yet he was not amongthe companyof those who gatheredthemselves together againstthe LORDin the companyof Korah;but he diedin his own sin,and he hadnosons.
and whatHe didto Dathanand Abiram,the sonsof Eliab,the sonof Reuben,when the earthopenedits mouthand swallowedthem, their households,their tents,and everylivingthingthat followedthem, amongallIsrael--
"They shall becomea signand a wonderon you and your descendantsforever.
and [if] He condemnedthe citiesof Sodomand Gomorrahto destructionby reducing [them] to ashes,having madethem an exampleto those who wouldlive ungodly[lives] thereafter;
justas Sodomand Gomorrahand the citiesaroundthem, since they in the samewayas theseindulged in gross immoralityand wentafterstrangeflesh,are exhibitedas an examplein undergoingthe punishmentof eternalfire.
Thiswill be the signto you whichwill comeconcerningyour twosons,Hophniand Phinehas:on the samedaybothof them will die.
