Torah
Bamidbar16
Numbers · Chapter 16
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took
men:
And they rose up before Mosheh, with certain of the children of Yisra'el, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:
And they gathered themselves together against Mosheh and against Aharon, and said unto them,
Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation
are holy, every one of them, and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
is
among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)?
And when Mosheh heard
it, he fell upon his face:
And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) will shew who
are his, and
who is holy; and will cause
him to come near unto him: even
him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
And put fire therein, and put incense in them before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) to morrow: and it shall be
that the man whom 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) doth choose, he
shall be holy:
ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
And Mosheh said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the Elohim of Yisra'el hath separated you from the congregation of Yisra'el, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the mishkan of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
And he hath brought thee near
to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
For which cause
both thou and all thy company
are
gathered together against 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): and what
is Aharon, that ye murmur against him?
And Mosheh sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
And Mosheh was very wroth, and said unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
And Mosheh said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), thou, and they, and Aharon, to morrow:
And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aharon, each
of you his censer.
And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the mishkan of the congregation with Mosheh and Aharon.
And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the mishkan of the congregation: and the glory of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) appeared unto all the congregation.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spake unto Mosheh and unto Aharon, saying,
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
And they fell upon their faces, and said, O Elohim, the Elohim of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spake unto Mosheh, saying,
Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the mishkan of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
And Mosheh rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Yisra'el followed him.
And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
So they gat up from the mishkan of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
And Mosheh said, Hereby ye shall know that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath sent me to do all these works; for
I have not
done them of mine own mind.
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men;
then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath not sent me.
But if 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that
appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that
was under them:
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that
appertained unto Korah, and all
their
goods.
They, and all that
appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
And all Yisra'el that
were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up
also.
And there came out a fire from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spake unto Mosheh, saying,
Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aharon the kohen, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates
for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Yisra'el.
And Eleazar the kohen took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad
plates for a covering of the altar:
To be a memorial unto the children of Yisra'el, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aharon, come near to offer incense before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said to him by the hand of Mosheh.
But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Yisra'el murmured against Mosheh and against Aharon, saying, Ye have killed the people of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Mosheh and against Aharon, that they looked toward the mishkan of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) appeared.
And Mosheh and Aharon came before the mishkan of the congregation.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spake unto Mosheh, saying,
Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
And Mosheh said unto Aharon, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an kapparah for them: for there is wrath gone out from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); the plague is begun.
And Aharon took as Mosheh commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an kapparah for the people.
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
And Aharon returned unto Mosheh unto the door of the mishkan of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
Torah
Bamidbar17
Numbers · Chapter 17
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spake unto Mosheh, saying,
Speak unto the children of Yisra'el, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of
their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.
And thou shalt write Aharon’s name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod
shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
And thou shalt lay them up in the mishkan of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
And it shall come to pass,
that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Yisra'el, whereby they murmur against you.
And Mosheh spake unto the children of Yisra'el, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses,
even twelve rods: and the rod of Aharon
was
among their rods.
And Mosheh laid up the rods before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) in the mishkan of witness.
And it came to pass, that on the morrow Mosheh went into the mishkan of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aharon for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
And Mosheh brought out all the rods from before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) unto all the children of Yisra'el: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto Mosheh, Bring Aharon’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
And Mosheh did
so: as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) commanded him, so did he.
And the children of Yisra'el spake unto Mosheh, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the mishkan of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
Torah
Bamidbar18
Numbers · Chapter 18
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto Aharon, Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee
shall minister before the mishkan of witness.
And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the mishkan: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the mishkan of the congregation, for all the service of the mishkan: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Yisra'el.
And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Yisra'el: to you
they are given
as a gift for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), to do the service of the mishkan of the congregation.
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your kohen’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your kohen’s office
unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spake unto Aharon, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Yisra'el; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
This shall be thine of the most holy things,
reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me,
shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.
In the most holy
place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
And this
is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Yisra'el: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), them have I given thee.
And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat
of it.
Every thing devoted in Yisra'el shall be thine.
Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH),
whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which
is twenty gerahs.
But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they
are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat
for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Yisra'el offer unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a b'rit of salt for ever before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spake unto Aharon, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I
am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Yisra'el.
And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Yisra'el for an inheritance, for their service which they serve,
even the service of the mishkan of the congregation.
Neither must the children of Yisra'el henceforth come nigh the mishkan of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
But the Levites shall do the service of the mishkan of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity:
it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Yisra'el they have no inheritance.
But the tithes of the children of Yisra'el, which they offer
as
an heave offering unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Yisra'el they shall have no inheritance.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spake unto Mosheh, saying,
Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Yisra'el the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH),
even a tenth
part of the tithe.
And
this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though
it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Yisra'el; and ye shall give thereof 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)’S heave offering to Aharon the kohen.
Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), of all the best thereof,
even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it
is your reward for your service in the mishkan of the congregation.
And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Yisra'el, lest ye die.