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Numbers 16:8-13 New English Translation (NET)

8. Moses said to Korah, “Listen now, you sons of Levi!

9. Does it seem too small a thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the community of Israel to bring you near to himself, to perform the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the community to minister to them?

10. He has brought you near and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, with you. Do you now seek the priesthood also?

11. Therefore you and all your company have assembled together against the Lord! And Aaron – what is he that you murmur against him?”

12. Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come up.

13. Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of the land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness? Now do you want to make yourself a prince over us?

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