1 WaYaLaqach (And took men) Qarach (Korah), Ban (Now son) Yatzahar (Izhar), Ban (son) Qahath (Kohath), Ban (son) Laway (Levi), WaDathan (and Dathan) Abay-Ram (Abiram), Banay (son) Alay-Ab (Eliab), Ban (son) Palath (Peleth), Banay (son) Raawaban (Reuben):
2 WaYaQawamaw (And rose up) LaPanayam (before) Mashah (Moses), WaAyanashayam (and certain - plural) MaBanay (of children) Yashar-Al (Israel), Chamashayam (fifty) WaMaahathayam (and hundred - plural) Nashayaay (princes) Idah (called congregation), Qarayaay (called) Mawaid (Appointed Time for Meeting/Feast), Ayanashay (men) Sham (name);
3 WaYaQahalaw (And assembled together against against) Il (over) Mashah (Moses) WaIl (and over) Aharawan (Aaron), WaYaAmaraw (and said), “Alam (to them) Rab (many) Lakam (yourself you), KayaKal (surely every) HaIdah (the congregation) Kalam (their every) Qadawashayam (holy - plural everyone), WaBaThawakam (and their among) Yahawah (): WaMadawai (and for what reason?) ThaThaNashaaw ([reflexive] lift up) Il-Qahal (over above assembly) Yahawah ()?”
4 WaYaShamai (And heard), Mashah (Moses) WaYaNapal (and he fell) Il-Panayamaw (over his face):
5 WaYaDabar (And he spoke) Al (to) Qarach (Korah) WaAl-Kal (and to every) Idahathaw (his company), LaAmar (saying), “Baqar (morning) WaYaYadai (and show), Yahawah () Ath-Ashar-Law (the entirety of who/that for him) WaAth-HaQadawash (and the entirety of the holy), WaYaHaQarayab (and [causing] come): Alayaw (to him) WaAthaAsharaYaBachar (and the entirety of who/that he choose) Baw (within him) YaQarayab (he come) Alayaw (to him).
6 Zaath (This) Ishahaw (you Do): Laqachaw (you take) Lakam (for you) Machathahawath (censers), Qarach (Korah), WaKal (and every) Idahathaw (his company);
7 WaNathanaw (And you put) Ban (within him them) Ash (fire), WaShawayamaw (and you put) Ilayan (went up them) Qatarath (incense) LaPanayam (before) Yahawah () Machar (tomorrow): WaYaHayah (and came to pass) HaAyash (the man) Ashar-YaBachar (who/that chooses), Yahawah () Hawaa (which/who/that is) HaQadawash (the holy). Rab (many), Lakam (for you) Banay (son) Laway (Levi)!”
8 WaYaAmar (And said) Mashah (Moses) Al (to) Qarach (Korah), “Shamaiw (you hear) Naa (now), Banay (son) Laway (Levi)!
9 HaMait (Small thing), Makam (from you) Kay-YaHaBadayal (surely [causing] separated) Alahayam (God) Yashar-Al (Israel) Athakam (the entirety of you) MaIdahath (from congregation) Yashar-Al (Israel), LaHaQarayab (to [causing] bring near) Athakam (the entirety of you) Alayaw (himself), LaIbad (to do) Ath-Ibadahath (the entirety of service) Mashakan (Tabernacle / Dwelling Place) Yahawah (), WaLaImad (and to stand) LaPanayam (before) HaIdah (the congregation) LaSharatham (to minister them);
10 WaYaQarab (And he brought near), Athak (the entirety of you) WaAth-Kal (and the entirety of every) Achayak (your brothers) Banay (son) Laway (Levi)? Athak (entirety you) WaBaqashatham (and you seek) Gam (indeed / moreover) Kahanah (priesthood)?
11 LaKan (For sure) Athah (you) WaKal (and every) Idahathak (Therefore your company) HaNaYaidayam (who gathered together - plural against) Il (over) Yahawah (): WaAharawan (and Aaron), Mah (what / why / how) Hawaa (which/who/that is) KayaThaLawanaw (surely you murmur against) Ilayaw (went up him)?”
12 WaYaShalach (And sent) Mashah (Moses) LaQaraa (to call) LaDathan (Dathan) Abay-Ram (Abiram), Banay (son) Alay-Ab (Eliab); WaYaAmaraw (and said), “Laa (NOT) NaIlah (we come up):
13 HaMait (Small thing) KayaHaIlahayathanaw (surely you [causing] brought us up) MaAratz (from land) Zawabath (flowing) Chalab (milk) WaDabash (and honey), LaHaMawayathanaw (to [causing] kill us) BaMadabar (in wilderness), Kay-ThaThaSharar (surely also you [reflexive] make) Ilayanaw (went up us) Gam (indeed / moreover) HathaSharar ([reflexive] prince over)?
14 Ap (Indeed) Laa (NOT) Al-Aratz (to Earth/land) Zawabath (flowing) Chalab (milk) WaDabash (and honey), HaBawayaathanaw (Moreover you [causing] brought us) WaThaNathan (and you given) Lanaw (for us) Nachalahath (inheritance) Shadah (field / open country) WaKaram (and vineyards): HaIyanay (eyes) HaAyanashayam (these men) HaHam (the they / them) ThaNaqar (you put out)? Laa (NOT) NaIlah (we come up).”
15 WaYaCharah (And very angry), Mashah (Moses) Maad (exceedingly / very) WaYaAmar (and said) Al (to) Yahawah (), “Al (not) ThaPanah (respect) Al-Manachahatham (to their offering): Laa (NOT) Chamawar (𐤇𐤌𐤅𐤓) Achad (one) MaNashaathay (taken them) WaLaa (and donkey), HaRaiithay (wicked / dysfunctional / evil) Ath-Achadam (the entirety of one).”
16 WaYaAmar (And said) Mashah (Moses) Al (to) Qarach (Korah), “Athah (you) WaKal (and every) Idahathak (your company) Hayahaw (came to pass) LaPanayam (go before) Yahawah (), Athah (you) WaHam (and they / them) WaAharawan (and Aaron), Machar (tomorrow):
17 WaLaqachaw (And you take) Ayash (man) Machathahathaw (his censer), WaNathanatham (and you put) Ilayam (went up them) Qatarath (incense), WaHaQarabatham (and you [causing] bring) LaPanayam (before) Yahawah () Ayash (man) Machathahathaw (his censer), Chamashayam (fifty) WaMaahathayam (and hundred - plural) Machathahath (censers); WaAthah (and also), WaAharawan (and Aaron), Ayash (man) Machathahathaw (his censer).”
18 WaYaLaqachaw (And took) Ayash (man) Machathahathaw (his censer), WaYaNathanaw (and put) Ilayam (went up them) Ash (fire), WaYaShawayamaw (and laid) Ilayam (went up them) Qatarath (incense thereon), WaYaImadaw (and stood) Pathach (door) Ahal (tent) Mawaid (Appointed Time for Meeting/Feast) Mashah (Moses) WaAharawan (and Aaron).
19 WaYaQahal (And assembled) Ilayam (went up them) Qarach (Korah) Ath-Kal (the entirety of every) HaIdah (the congregation) Al-Pathach (to against to door) Ahal (tent) Mawaid (Appointed Time for Meeting/Feast): WaYaRaah (and appeared) Kabawad (glory) Yahawah () Al-Kal (to every) HaIdah (the congregation).
20 WaYaDabar (And spoke) Yahawah () Al (to) Mashah (Moses) WaAl (and to) Aharawan (Aaron), LaAmar (saying),
21 “HaBadalaw (You [causing] separate) MaThawak (from among) HaIdah (this congregation), HaZaath (this) WaAKalahah (And I consume) Atham (the entirety of them) KaRagai (as moment)!”
22 WaYaNapalaw (And fell) Il-Panayamam (over their faces), WaYaAmaraw (and said), “Al Alahayam (God), HaRawachath (the spirits) LaKal (every) Bashar (flesh), HaAyash (the man) Achad (one) YaChataa (sin), WaIlaKal (and over every) HaIdah (the congregation) ThaQatzap (you angry)?”
23 WaYaDabar (And spoke) Yahawah () Al (to) Mashah (Moses), LaAmar (saying),
24 “Dabar (Speaking) Al-HaIdah (to the congregation), LaAmar (saying), ‘HaIlahaw (you [causing] get away) MaSabayab (from surrounding) LaMashakan (around tent) Qarach (Korah), Dathan (Dathan), Abay-Ram (Abiram)!’”
25 WaYaQawam (And rose up) Mashah (Moses) WaYaYalak (and went) Al (to) Dathan (Dathan) Abay-Ram (Abiram); WaYaYalakaw (and followed) Acharayaw (after/following him) Zaqanay (elders) Yashar-Al (Israel).
26 WaYaDabar (And he spoke) Al-HaIdah (to the congregation), LaAmar (saying), “Sawaraw (you depart), Naa (please), MaIlaAhalay (from over tents) HaAyanashayam (the men), HaRashaiyam (these wicked - plural) HaAlah (these) WaAl (and not) ThaNagaiw (you touch) BaKal (in every) AsharaLam (who/that nothing theirs), Pan-ThaSapahaw (or else you lest consumed) BaKal (in every) Chataahatham (their sins)!”
27 WaYaIlahaw (And went) MaIlaMashakan (from over Tabernacle / Dwelling Place) Qarach (Korah), Dathan (Dathan) Abay-Ram (Abiram) MaSabayab (from every side) WaDathan (and Dathan), Abay-Ram (Abiram): Yatzaaw (came out), NaNatzabayam (stood - plural) Pathach (door) Ahalayam (their tents), WaNaAyashahayam (and their wives - emphatic), WaBanayam (and their sons), WaTapam (and their little ones).
28 WaYaAmar (And said), Mashah (Moses) “BaZaath (in this) ThaYadaiwan (you know - emphatic) Kay (surely) Yahawah () Shalachay (sent me) LaIshahawath (to do - plural) AthaKal (the entirety of every) HaMaishahayam (these works); HaAlah (these) Kay-Laa (surely NOT) MaLabay (from my own mind).
29 Am-KaMawath (Although - rhetorical as death) Kal (every) HaAdam (the men), YaMawathawan (men die - emphatic) Alah (these) WaPaqadahath (and after visitation) Kal (every) HaAdam (the men) YaPaqad (visited); Ilayam (went up them) Laa (NOT) Yahawah () Shalachay (sent me).
30 WaAm-Barayaah (And only / if only new thing), YaBaraa (make) Yahawah () WaPatzahathah (and open) HaAdamah (the ground) Ath-Pahayah (the entirety of its mouth), WaBalaih (and swallow up), Atham (the entirety of them) WaAth-Kal (and the entirety of appertain), AsharaLam (who/that for them) WaYaradaw (and they go down) Chayayam (alive - plural) shaawal (Sheol / afterlife); WaYadaitham (and you understand) WaYadaitham (and that these men) KayaNaatzaw (surely despised) HaAyanashayam (the man - plural) HaAlah (these) Ath (the entirety of) Yahawah ().”
31 WaYaHayah (And came to pass) KaKalahathaw (happened as made end him) LaDabar (speaking) AthaKal (the entirety of every) HaDabarayam (these words), HaAlah (these) WaThaBaqai (and 𐤁𐤒𐤏) HaAdamah (the ground) AsharaThachathayam (who/that split apart under them);
32 WaThaPathach (And opened) HaAratz (the earth) Ath-Pahayah (the entirety of its mouth), WaThaBalai (and swallowed up), Atham (the entirety of them) WaAth-Bayathayam (and the entirety of their households), WaAthaKal (and the entirety of every) HaAdam (the men appertained) Ashar (who/that) LaQarach (to Korah), WaAthaKal (and the entirety of every) HaRakawash (the goods).
33 WaYaYaradaw (And appertained went down) Ham (they / them) WaKal (and every) AsharaLam (who/that for them) Chayayam (alive - plural) shaawal (Sheol / afterlife): WaThaKasah (and closed), Ilayam (went up them) HaAratz (the earth) WaYaAbadaw (and perished) MaThawak (from among) HaQahal (the assembly).
34 WaKal (And every) Yashar-Al (Israel) AsharaSabayabathayam (who/that their surrounding) Nawasaw (around fled) LaQawalam (their cry); KayaAmaraw (surely they said), “Pan-ThaBalainaw (or else swallow us up) HaAratz (the earth)!”
35 WaAsh (And fire) Yatzaah (came forth) MaAth (from entirety) Yahawah (), WaThaAkal (and devoured) AthaHaChamashayam (the entirety of the fifty) WaMaahathayam (and hundred - plural) Ayash (man) MaQarayabay (come close) HaQatarath (the incense).
36 Yahawah () dabar (word / matter) to Mashah (Moses), amar (spoke),
37 "Amar (spoke) to the ban (son) of Yashar-Al (Israel), and rawam (will lift up) of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their kahan (priest) according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write every ban (son) amar (spoke) on his rod.
38 You shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Laway (Levi); for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.
39 You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
40 It shall happen, that the rod of the ayash (husband/individual man) whom I shall choose shall bud: and I will qarab (come close) to cease from me the murmurings of the ban (son) of Yashar-Al (Israel), which they murmur against you.
41 Mashah (Moses) amar (spoke) to the ban (son) of Yashar-Al (Israel); and all their princes amar (spoke) him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aharawan (Aaron) was il (over) their rods.
42 Mashah (Moses) laid up the rods before Yahawah () in the ahal (tent) of the testimony.
43 It happened on the next day, that Mashah (Moses) bawaa (come) into the ahal (tent) of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aharawan (Aaron) for the house of Laway (Levi) was budded, and bawaa (come) forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.
44 Mashah (Moses) brought out all the rods from before Yahawah () to all the children of Yashar-Al (Israel): and they looked, and took every man his rod.
45 Yahawah () said to Mashah (Moses), "Put back the rod of Aharawan (Aaron) panayam (before) the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that you may kalah (complete / finish) an end of their murmurings against me, that they not napal (fall / be cast down).
46 Mashah (Moses) nathan (give) so. As Yahawah () amar (spoke) him, so he nathan (give).
47 The children of Yashar-Al (Israel) dabar (word / matter) to Mashah (Moses), dabar (word / matter), "Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!
48 Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of Yahawah (), mawath (death)! Will we mawath (death) perish?
49 Now those who mawath (death) by the magapah (plague) were fourteen alap (thousand) and shabai (seven) maah (hundred), besides those who mawath (death) about the dabar (word / matter) of Qarach (Korah).
50 Aharawan (Aaron) shawab (turn back / repent) to Mashah (Moses) to the pathach (door) of the ahal (tent) of Meeting: and the magapah (plague) was itzar (stayed).