6-7. Korah, now here is what you and your followers must do: get some fire pans, fill them with coals and incense, and place them near the sacred tent. And the man the Lord chooses will be his priest. Korah, this time you Levites have gone too far!
8-9. You know that the God of Israel has chosen you Levites from all Israel to serve him by being in charge of the sacred tent and by helping the community to worship in the proper way. What more do you want?
10. The Lord has given you a special responsibility, and now, Korah, you think you should also be his priest.
11. You and your followers have rebelled against the Lord, not against Aaron.
12. Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, but they sent back this message: “We won't come!
13. It's bad enough that you took us from our rich farmland in Egypt to let us die here in the desert. Now you also want to boss us around!
14. You keep promising us rich farmlands with fertile fields and vineyards—but where are they? Stop trying to trick these people. No, we won't come to see you.”
15. Moses was very angry and said to the Lord, “Don't listen to these men! I haven't done anything wrong to them. I haven't taken as much as a donkey.”
16. Then he said to Korah, “Tomorrow you and your followers must go with Aaron to the Lord's sacred tent.