BRAGADAYJAH 438
Years of Wandering – Korah’s
Rebellion
While wandering in the wilderness,
a man by the name of Korah the son of Izhar, Levi’s grandson and two other men
Dathan and Abiram two descendants of Reuben conspired and rose up against
Moses, supported by some two and fifty of the prominent princes of Israel and a
large number of the people.
And they as a group
confronted Moses and Aaron and said, “You take too much unto yourselves, seeing
all of us is holy, all of us are the Lord’s just as well; and He is with us as
he is with you. What make you think that you are better than we are? What make you think you can Lord it over us?
Upon hearing their complaint
Moses fell on his knees in their presence and said, “By this time tomorrow, the
Lord, will show you who are his and who is holy and will cause that one he has
chosen to come near unto him. Take therefore your censors, you Korah and all
your followers, and put fire in them and put incense in them before the Lord
tomorrow and it shall come to pass the man whom the Lord has chosen he shall be
holy. It is you sons of Levi who have taken too much upon ourselves.
Do you think it is a small
thing that you among the children of Israel that the Lord has separated from
the congregation of Israel to bring you near unto himself to do the service of
the tabernacle of the Lord and to stand before the congregation to minister
unto them? And because the Lord drew you
near unto himself do you also seek the priesthood? For what cause are you gathered
together, and why are you murmuring against Aaron.
Thereupon Moses sent to
summon Dathan and Abiram but they said, “We will not come.”
No comments:
Post a Comment