"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.
"Behold,allsoulsare Mine; the soulof the fatheras well as the soulof the sonis Mine. The soulwho sinswill die.
I, the LORD,have spoken,surelythisI will doto allthisevilcongregationwho are gatheredtogether againstMe. In thiswildernessthey shall be destroyed,and therethey will die.'"
Thus Korahassembledallthe congregationagainstthem at the doorwayof the tentof meeting.And the gloryof the LORDappearedto allthe congregation.
But those who diedby the plaguewere 14,700,besidesthose who diedon accountof Korah.
Now Zelophehadthe sonof Hepherhadnosons,but onlydaughters;and the namesof the daughtersof Zelophehadwere Mahlah,Noah,Hoglah,Milcahand Tirzah.
They stoodbeforeMosesand beforeEleazarthe priestand beforethe leadersand allthe congregation,at the doorwayof the tentof meeting,saying,
"Whyshould the nameof our fatherbe withdrawnfrom amonghis familybecausehe hadnoson?Giveus a possessionamongour father'sbrothers."
ThenHe saidagainto them, "I goaway,and you will seekMe, and will diein your sin;whereI am going,you cannotcome."
"ThereforeI saidto you that you will diein your sins;for unlessyou believethat I am[He], you will diein your sins."
Therefore,justas throughonemansinenteredinto the world,and deaththroughsin,and sodeathspreadto allmen,becauseallsinned--
sothat, as sinreignedin death,evensogracewould reignthroughrighteousnessto eternallifethroughJesusChristour Lord.
For the wagesof sinis death,but the free giftof Godis eternallifein ChristJesusour Lord.
