## Numbers Chapter 16

###### Numbers 16:1
[Numbers 16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:1)

וַיִּקַּ֣ח קֹ֔רַח בֶּן־יִצְהָ֥ר בֶּן־קְהָ֖ת בֶּן־לֵוִ֑י וְדָתָ֨ן וַאֲבִירָ֜ם בְּנֵ֧י אֱלִיאָ֛ב וְא֥וֹן בֶּן־פֶּ֖לֶת בְּנֵ֥י רְאוּבֵֽן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Korach took, [Korach], the son of Yitzhar the son of Kehos, the son of Levi, and Dasan and Aviram the sons of Eliav, and On the son of Peles, the sons of Reuvein.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now Qoraĥ, the son of Yiżhar, the son of Qehat, the son of Levi, and Datan and Aviram, the sons of Eli᾽av, and On, the son of Pelet, of the sons of Re᾽uven, took men:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Korach set himself apart [from the midst of the congregation (to contend against the "awarding" of the priesthood to Aaron)], the son of Yitzhar, the son of Kehath, the son of Levi [("the son of Jacob" being omitted in consideration of Jacob's prayer (Genesis 49:6)], and Dathan and Aviram, the sons of Eliav [(of the tribe of Reuven, neighbors of Korach in the southern encampment — "Woe to the wicked one; woe to his neighbor!")], and On, the son of Peleth, sons [i.e., descendants] of Reuven.


###### Numbers 16:2
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וַיָּקֻ֙מוּ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י מֹשֶׁ֔ה וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים מִבְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים וּמָאתָ֑יִם נְשִׂיאֵ֥י עֵדָ֛ה קְרִאֵ֥י מוֹעֵ֖ד אַנְשֵׁי־שֵֽׁם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They rose up before Moshe with men from Bnei Yisroel [numbering] two hundred and fifty, who were the leaders of the congregation, those who were called to meetings, men of [prominent] name.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and they rose up before Moshe, with certain of the children of Yisra᾽el, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, regularly summoned to the congregation, men of renown:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they arose before Moses — and men of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty, chiefs of the congregation, designates of the time, people of name.


###### Numbers 16:3
[Numbers 16:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:3)

וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ עַל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵהֶם֮ רַב־לָכֶם֒ כִּ֤י כׇל־הָֽעֵדָה֙ כֻּלָּ֣ם קְדֹשִׁ֔ים וּבְתוֹכָ֖ם יְהֹוָ֑ה וּמַדּ֥וּעַ תִּֽתְנַשְּׂא֖וּ עַל־קְהַ֥ל יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They gathered against Moshe and Aharon, and they said to them: “You have [taken] too much for yourselves [and] since the entire congregation are all holy and Adonoy is in their midst, why do you raise yourselves above the assembly of Adonoy?”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and they gathered themselves together against Moshe and against Aharon, and said to them, You take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: why then do you raise yourselves up above the congregation of the Lord?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they banded against Moses and against Aaron and they said to them: [You have arrogated] too much for yourselves. For the entire congregation are all holy [(all of them heard things from the mouth of the L-rd on Sinai)], and the L-rd is in their midst, and why would you raise yourselves above the congregation of the L-rd? [If you (Moses) took kingship you should not have taken priesthood for your brother.]


###### Numbers 16:4
[Numbers 16:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:4)

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע מֹשֶׁ֔ה וַיִּפֹּ֖ל עַל־פָּנָֽיו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe heard, and he fell upon his face.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when Moshe heard it, he fell on his face:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses heard, and he fell on his face, ["felled" by their seditiousness].


###### Numbers 16:5
[Numbers 16:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:5)

וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר אֶל־קֹ֜רַח וְאֶֽל־כׇּל־עֲדָתוֹ֮ לֵאמֹר֒ בֹּ֠קֶר וְיֹדַ֨ע יְהֹוָ֧ה אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־ל֛וֹ וְאֶת־הַקָּד֖וֹשׁ וְהִקְרִ֣יב אֵלָ֑יו וְאֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִבְחַר־בּ֖וֹ יַקְרִ֥יב אֵלָֽיו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He spoke to Korach and to his entire congregation, saying: “[In the] morning, Adonoy will make known who is His, and who is holy, He will bring close to Him; and whoever He chooses, He will bring near to Him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and he spoke to Qoraĥ and to all his company, saying, Tomorrow morning the Lord will show who is his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near to him: even him whom he has chosen will he cause to come near to him.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he spoke to Korach and to his whole congregation, saying: In the morning [(Moses pushing them off on the chance of their repenting)], the L-rd will make known who is His [for levitical service] and the holy one [for the priesthood], and He will draw [them] near to Him. And whom He will choose, He will draw near to Him.


###### Numbers 16:6
[Numbers 16:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:6)

זֹ֖את עֲשׂ֑וּ קְחוּ־לָכֶ֣ם מַחְתּ֔וֹת קֹ֖רַח וְכׇל־עֲדָתֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Do this: Take, for yourselves, fire pans, Korach and his entire congregation,

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
This do; Take censers, Qoraĥ, and all his company;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do this: Take for yourselves fire-pans [coal-rakers with handles], Korach and his entire congregation.


###### Numbers 16:7
[Numbers 16:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:7)

וּתְנ֣וּ בָהֵ֣ן׀אֵ֡שׁ וְשִׂ֩ימוּ֩ עֲלֵיהֶ֨ן׀קְטֹ֜רֶת לִפְנֵ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ מָחָ֔ר וְהָיָ֗ה הָאִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה ה֣וּא הַקָּד֑וֹשׁ רַב־לָכֶ֖ם בְּנֵ֥י לֵוִֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
and place fire in them and put incense upon them before Adonoy, tomorrow; and it will be that the man who will be chosen by Adonoy, he is the holy one; [you have taken] too much upon yourselves, sons of Levi.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and put fire in them, and put incense in them before the Lord tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom the Lord chooses, he shall be holy: you take too much upon you, you sons of Levi.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And place in them fire, and put incense upon them before the L-rd tomorrow [(the offering of the incense being the choicest of the high-priestly services — but that which killed Nadav and Avihu, who were not elected for it)], and it shall be, the man whom the L-rd shall choose, he is the holy one [(I warn you: Just as we have only one G-d, we have only one high-priest; he shall be proved to be "the holy one"; the others, perforce, having offered "strange fire," shall die.)] A great thing have you taken upon yourselves, O sons of Levi [to contend with the Holy One Blessed be He].


###### Numbers 16:8
[Numbers 16:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:8)

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֖ה אֶל־קֹ֑רַח שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֖א בְּנֵ֥י לֵוִֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe said to Korach, “Please listen sons of Levi,

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe said to Qoraĥ, Hear, I pray you, sons of Levi:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses said to Korach [He began to speak to him gently, but seeing him to be adamant, and fearing that the other tribes might join him and perish with him, he began exhorting them, viz.:] Hear, I pray you, O sons of Levi.


###### Numbers 16:9
[Numbers 16:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:9)

הַמְעַ֣ט מִכֶּ֗ם כִּֽי־הִבְדִּיל֩ אֱלֹהֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֶתְכֶם֙ מֵעֲדַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְהַקְרִ֥יב אֶתְכֶ֖ם אֵלָ֑יו לַעֲבֹ֗ד אֶת־עֲבֹדַת֙ מִשְׁכַּ֣ן יְהֹוָ֔ה וְלַעֲמֹ֛ד לִפְנֵ֥י הָעֵדָ֖ה לְשָׁרְתָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
is it but a pittance for yourselves that the God of Israel has separated you from the [rest of the] congregation of Israel to bring you closer to Him to perform the services of the *Mishkan* of Adonoy, and to stand before the congregation to serve them?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
is it but a small thing to you, that the God of Yisra᾽el has separated you from the congregation of Yisra᾽el, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Is it too little for you that the G-d of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel to draw you near to Him to perform the service of the mishkan of the L-rd and to stand before the congregation [on the duchan (the platform) to sing] to serve them?


###### Numbers 16:10
[Numbers 16:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:10)

וַיַּקְרֵב֙ אֹֽתְךָ֔ וְאֶת־כׇּל־אַחֶ֥יךָ בְנֵי־לֵוִ֖י אִתָּ֑ךְ וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֖ם גַּם־כְּהֻנָּֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He brought you near with all of your brethern the sons of Levi with you, and yet you ask to be *kohanim* as well?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he has brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and do you seek the priesthood also?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And that He has brought you near and all of your brothers, the sons of Levi, with you [to that service from which He excluded the rest of the congregation of Israel] that you also seek priesthood!


###### Numbers 16:11
[Numbers 16:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:11)

לָכֵ֗ן אַתָּה֙ וְכׇל־עֲדָ֣תְךָ֔ הַנֹּעָדִ֖ים עַל־יְהֹוָ֑ה וְאַהֲרֹ֣ן מַה־ה֔וּא כִּ֥י (תלונו) [תַלִּ֖ינוּ] עָלָֽיו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Therefore, you and your entire congregation who are gathered against Adonoy; and what is Aharon that you rail against him?”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For which cause both thou and all thy company who are gathered together are against the Lord: and what is Aharon, that you murmur against him?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Therefore, you, and all of your congregation who are gathered [together with you] — it is against the L-rd [that you are gathered (for it is at His bidding that I conferred the high-priesthood upon Aaron)]; and Aaron, what is he that you rail against him!


###### Numbers 16:12
[Numbers 16:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:12)

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח מֹשֶׁ֔ה לִקְרֹ֛א לְדָתָ֥ן וְלַאֲבִירָ֖ם בְּנֵ֣י אֱלִיאָ֑ב וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ לֹ֥א נַעֲלֶֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe sent to call for Dasan and Avirom the sons of Eliav and they said “We will not go up.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe sent to call Datan and Aviram, the sons of Eli᾽av; but they said, We will not come up:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses sent to call to Dathan and to Aviram, the sons of Eliav [(— whence it is derived that one must not nurture dissension, Moses sending to conciliate them)], and they said: "We shall not go up." [Their mouths "tripped them up," for it is "down" that they went.]


###### Numbers 16:13
[Numbers 16:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:13)

הַמְעַ֗ט כִּ֤י הֶֽעֱלִיתָ֙נוּ֙ מֵאֶ֨רֶץ זָבַ֤ת חָלָב֙ וּדְבַ֔שׁ לַהֲמִיתֵ֖נוּ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר כִּֽי־תִשְׂתָּרֵ֥ר עָלֵ֖ינוּ גַּם־הִשְׂתָּרֵֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Is it but a pittance that you have brought us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the desert, that you must excercise power over us to make yourself powerful as well?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, and dost thou also make thyself a prince over us?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Is it too little that you brought us up from a land flowing milk and honey to put us to death in the desert [see 14:29] that you would also lord it over us!


###### Numbers 16:14
[Numbers 16:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:14)

אַ֡ף לֹ֣א אֶל־אֶ֩רֶץ֩ זָבַ֨ת חָלָ֤ב וּדְבַשׁ֙ הֲבִ֣יאֹתָ֔נוּ וַתִּ֨תֶּן־לָ֔נוּ נַחֲלַ֖ת שָׂדֶ֣ה וָכָ֑רֶם הַעֵינֵ֞י הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים הָהֵ֛ם תְּנַקֵּ֖ר לֹ֥א נַעֲלֶֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Even into a land flowing with milk and honey you have not brought us, and [not] given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards if you put those people’s eyes out, [even then] we would not go up.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Moreover thou hast not brought us to a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have neither brought us to a land flowing milk and honey, [nor] have you given us an inheritance of field and vineyard. Even if you put out the eyes of "those men" [(a euphemism for themselves)], we shall not go up.


###### Numbers 16:15
[Numbers 16:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:15)

וַיִּ֤חַר לְמֹשֶׁה֙ מְאֹ֔ד וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־יְהֹוָ֔ה אַל־תֵּ֖פֶן אֶל־מִנְחָתָ֑ם לֹ֠א חֲמ֨וֹר אֶחָ֤ד מֵהֶם֙ נָשָׂ֔אתִי וְלֹ֥א הֲרֵעֹ֖תִי אֶת־אַחַ֥ד מֵהֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe was extremely distressed, and said to Adonoy: “Do not turn to their offering; not a donkey did I sequester from any one of them nor have I done ill to any one of them.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe was much angered, and said to the Lord, Have no regard to their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, nor have I hurt one of them.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses was sorely grieved, and he said to the L-rd: Do not turn to their offering [(the incense that they will offer tomorrow)]. Not an ass of one of them have I taken [(Even the ass which I took (on their behalf) to transport my family from Midian to Egypt was not theirs but mine!)], and I have not done evil to one of them.


###### Numbers 16:16
[Numbers 16:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:16)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־קֹ֔רַח אַתָּה֙ וְכׇל־עֲדָ֣תְךָ֔ הֱי֖וּ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה אַתָּ֥ה וָהֵ֛ם וְאַהֲרֹ֖ן מָחָֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe said to Korach: “You and your entire congregation will be before Adonoy, you, and they, and Aharon, tomorrow.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe said to Qoraĥ, Be thou and all thy company before the Lord, thou, and they, and Aharon, tomorrow:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses said to Korach: You and all your congregation be before the L-rd — you and they [your congregation] and Aaron tomorrow.


###### Numbers 16:17
[Numbers 16:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:17)

וּקְח֣וּ**׀** אִ֣ישׁ מַחְתָּת֗וֹ וּנְתַתֶּ֤ם עֲלֵיהֶם֙ קְטֹ֔רֶת וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֞ם לִפְנֵ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ אִ֣ישׁ מַחְתָּת֔וֹ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּמָאתַ֖יִם מַחְתֹּ֑ת וְאַתָּ֥ה וְאַהֲרֹ֖ן אִ֥ישׁ מַחְתָּתֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Each man will take his firepan and place incense in them and you will offer before Adonoy each man his firepan, two hundred and fifty firepans, and you and Aharon will each take his own firepan.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and present before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aharon, each of you his censer.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And take each man his fire-pan and put incense upon them, and present before the L-rd, each man [of the two hundred and fifty], his fire-pan, two hundred and fifty fire-pans; and you and Aaron, each his fire-pan.


###### Numbers 16:18
[Numbers 16:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:18)

וַיִּקְח֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ מַחְתָּת֗וֹ וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ עֲלֵיהֶם֙ אֵ֔שׁ וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם קְטֹ֑רֶת וַֽיַּעַמְד֗וּ פֶּ֛תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵ֖ד וּמֹשֶׁ֥ה וְאַהֲרֹֽן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Each man took his firepan and they placed fire in them and they put incense in them and they stood at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting along with Moshe and Aharon.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense on them, and stood in the door of the Tent of Meeting with Moshe and Aharon.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And each man took his fire-pan and they placed fire upon them and put incense upon them. And they stood at the door of the tent of meeting, and Moses and Aaron.


###### Numbers 16:19
[Numbers 16:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:19)

וַיַּקְהֵ֨ל עֲלֵיהֶ֥ם קֹ֙רַח֙ אֶת־כׇּל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה אֶל־פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וַיֵּרָ֥א כְבוֹד־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־כׇּל־הָעֵדָֽה׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Korach congregated against them, the entire congregation at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of Adonoy appeared to the entire congregation.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Qoraĥ gathered all the congregation against them to the door of the Tent of Meeting: and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Korach convened against them the entire congregation [(whom he had instigated against them by mockery the night before)] at the door of the tent of meeting; and the glory of the L-rd appeared to the entire congregation [in a pillar of cloud].


###### Numbers 16:20
[Numbers 16:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:20)

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֖ן לֵאמֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying:

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:


###### Numbers 16:21
[Numbers 16:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:21)

הִבָּ֣דְל֔וּ מִתּ֖וֹךְ הָעֵדָ֣ה הַזֹּ֑את וַאֲכַלֶּ֥ה אֹתָ֖ם כְּרָֽגַע׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, and I will annihalate them in an instant.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Separate yourselves from the midst of this congregation, and I shall consume them this instant.


###### Numbers 16:22
[Numbers 16:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:22)

וַיִּפְּל֤וּ עַל־פְּנֵיהֶם֙ וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֵ֕ל אֱלֹהֵ֥י הָרוּחֹ֖ת לְכׇל־בָּשָׂ֑ר הָאִ֤ישׁ אֶחָד֙ יֶחֱטָ֔א וְעַ֥ל כׇּל־הָעֵדָ֖ה תִּקְצֹֽף׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They fell upon their faces, and they said: “Almighty, the God of the spirits of all flesh; if one man sins shall You be angry with the entire congregation?”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be angry with all the congregation?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they fell on their faces and they said: O G-d, the G-d of the spirits of all flesh, [who knows all of their thoughts (and can distinguish the guilty from the guiltless)], shall one man sin and You rage against the entire congregation!


###### Numbers 16:23
[Numbers 16:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:23)

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying:

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord spoke to Moshe, saying,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd spoke [(in acquiescence)] to Moses, saying:


###### Numbers 16:24
[Numbers 16:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:24)

דַּבֵּ֥ר אֶל־הָעֵדָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר הֵֽעָלוּ֙ מִסָּבִ֔יב לְמִשְׁכַּן־קֹ֖רַח דָּתָ֥ן וַאֲבִירָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Speak to the congregation, saying: “Depart from the vicinity of the dwelling of Korach, Dasan and Avirom.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Speak to the congregation, saying, Get up from about the dwelling of Qoraĥ, Datan, and Aviram.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Speak to the congregation, saying: Remove yourselves from around the dwelling of Korach, Dathan, and Aviram.


###### Numbers 16:25
[Numbers 16:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:25)

וַיָּ֣קׇם מֹשֶׁ֔ה וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ אֶל־דָּתָ֣ן וַאֲבִירָ֑ם וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ אַחֲרָ֖יו זִקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe rose up and went to Dasan and Avirom and the elders of Israel went along after him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe rose up and went to Datan and Aviram; and the elders of Yisra᾽el followed him.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses arose and he went to Dathan and Aviram, [thinking they would defer to him], and there went after him the elders of Israel.


###### Numbers 16:26
[Numbers 16:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:26)

וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר אֶל־הָעֵדָ֜ה לֵאמֹ֗ר ס֣וּרוּ נָ֡א מֵעַל֩ אׇהֳלֵ֨י הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים הָֽרְשָׁעִים֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה וְאַֽל־תִּגְּע֖וּ בְּכׇל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם פֶּן־תִּסָּפ֖וּ בְּכׇל־חַטֹּאתָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He spoke to the congregation, saying: “Please get away from the tents of these evil men, and do not touch anything belonging to them, lest you be swept away in all their transgressions.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And [(his overture failing)] he spoke to the congregation, saying: Depart, now, from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything that is theirs, lest you perish in all of their sins.


###### Numbers 16:27
[Numbers 16:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:27)

וַיֵּעָל֗וּ מֵעַ֧ל מִשְׁכַּן־קֹ֛רַח דָּתָ֥ן וַאֲבִירָ֖ם מִסָּבִ֑יב וְדָתָ֨ן וַאֲבִירָ֜ם יָצְא֣וּ נִצָּבִ֗ים פֶּ֚תַח אׇֽהֳלֵיהֶ֔ם וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֥ם וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם וְטַפָּֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They withdraw from the dwelling of Korach, Dasan and Avirom, and all around; and Dasan and Avirom went out, and stood at the door of their tents with their wives, children and infants.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So they went up from the dwelling of Qoraĥ, Datan, and Aviram, on every side: and Datan and Aviram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they removed themselves from around the dwelling of Korach, Dathan, and Aviram. And Dathan and Aviram went out standing [defiantly, to curse and to blaspheme] at the door of their tents, with their wives, their sons, and their little ones, [the fomenting of strife (unlike other transgressions) rendering even these susceptible to punishment by the Heavenly tribunal.]


###### Numbers 16:28
[Numbers 16:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:28)

וַיֹּ֘אמֶר֮ מֹשֶׁה֒ בְּזֹאת֙ תֵּֽדְע֔וּן כִּֽי־יְהֹוָ֣ה שְׁלָחַ֔נִי לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת אֵ֥ת כׇּל־הַֽמַּעֲשִׂ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה כִּי־לֹ֖א מִלִּבִּֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe said: “This is how you will know that Adonoy has sent me to perform all of these deeds, for, I did not devise them myself.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe said, Hereby you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of my own mind.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses said: By this shall you know that the L-rd sent me to do all these things [viz., to make Aaron high-priest; his sons, deputy priests, and Eltzafan (ben Uziel), the chief of the Kehathi], and that I did not do so of my own volition.


###### Numbers 16:29
[Numbers 16:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:29)

אִם־כְּמ֤וֹת כׇּל־הָֽאָדָם֙ יְמֻת֣וּן אֵ֔לֶּה וּפְקֻדַּת֙ כׇּל־הָ֣אָדָ֔ם יִפָּקֵ֖ד עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם לֹ֥א יְהֹוָ֖ה שְׁלָחָֽנִי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
If as all men die will these men meet their deaths, and the reckoning (fate) of all men will be reckoned upon them, then Adonoy has not sent me.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord has not sent me.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If as the death of all men these (men) will die and the fate of all men overtake them, then the L-rd has not sent me, [(but I will have acted of my own volition and he justly challenges me.)]


###### Numbers 16:30
[Numbers 16:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:30)

וְאִם־בְּרִיאָ֞ה יִבְרָ֣א יְהֹוָ֗ה וּפָצְתָ֨ה הָאֲדָמָ֤ה אֶת־פִּ֙יהָ֙ וּבָלְעָ֤ה אֹתָם֙ וְאֶת־כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָהֶ֔ם וְיָרְד֥וּ חַיִּ֖ים שְׁאֹ֑לָה וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּ֧י נִֽאֲצ֛וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה אֶת־יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
If Adonoy will create a [new] creation and the ground will open its mouth and swallow them along with all of their belongings, and they will go down alive to the grave, then you will know that these men have angered Adonoy.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But if the Lord creates a new thing, and the earth opens her mouth, and swallows them up, with all that appertain to them, and they go down alive into She᾽ol; then you shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But if the L-rd creates a [new] creation [a new kind of death], and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that is theirs, and they descend, living, to Sheol — then you will know that these men have rebelled against the L-rd [and that I have acted as His agent].


###### Numbers 16:31
[Numbers 16:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:31)

וַֽיְהִי֙ כְּכַלֹּת֔וֹ לְדַבֵּ֕ר אֵ֥ת כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַתִּבָּקַ֥ע הָאֲדָמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּחְתֵּיהֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
As he was finishing speaking all these words the ground beneath them split.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split beneath them:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it was, when he had finished speaking all of these things, that the earth split, which was beneath them.


###### Numbers 16:32
[Numbers 16:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:32)

וַתִּפְתַּ֤ח הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֶת־פִּ֔יהָ וַתִּבְלַ֥ע אֹתָ֖ם וְאֶת־בָּתֵּיהֶ֑ם וְאֵ֤ת כׇּל־הָאָדָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְקֹ֔רַח וְאֵ֖ת כׇּל־הָרְכֽוּשׁ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their houses and all the people belonging to Korach and all of the possessions.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained to Qoraĥ, and all their goods.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up them and their houses and all the men that were with Korach and all of the wealth.


###### Numbers 16:33
[Numbers 16:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:33)

וַיֵּ֨רְד֜וּ הֵ֣ם וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָהֶ֛ם חַיִּ֖ים שְׁאֹ֑לָה וַתְּכַ֤ס עֲלֵיהֶם֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ וַיֹּאבְד֖וּ מִתּ֥וֹךְ הַקָּהָֽל׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They, and all belonging to them, went down alive to the grave, and the earth covered them and they perished from among the assembly.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into She᾽ol, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they descended — they and all that was theirs — living, to Sheol. And the earth covered them, and they were lost from the midst of the congregation.


###### Numbers 16:34
[Numbers 16:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:34)

וְכׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֛ר סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם נָ֣סוּ לְקֹלָ֑ם כִּ֣י אָֽמְר֔וּ פֶּן־תִּבְלָעֵ֖נוּ הָאָֽרֶץ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
All of Yisroel who were around them fled from their uproar, for they said, perhaps the earth will swallow us.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
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.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And all of Israel that were around them fled at their sound [the sound of their being swallowed up], saying: Lest the earth swallow us.


###### Numbers 16:35
[Numbers 16:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/16:35)

וְאֵ֥שׁ יָצְאָ֖ה מֵאֵ֣ת יְהֹוָ֑ה וַתֹּ֗אכַל אֵ֣ת הַחֲמִשִּׁ֤ים וּמָאתַ֙יִם֙ אִ֔ישׁ מַקְרִיבֵ֖י הַקְּטֹֽרֶת׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
A fire came forth from Adonoy and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were bringing the incense.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And a fire went forth from the L-rd and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, the presenters of the incense.