and his sons Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. (These are the Dathan and Abiram who were chosen by the community. They defied Moses and Aaron and joined the followers of Korah when they rebelled against the LORD.

The ground opened and swallowed them, and they died with Korah and his followers when fire destroyed 250 men; they became a warning to the people.

"Our father died in the wilderness without leaving any sons. He was not among the followers of Korah, who rebelled against the LORD; he died because of his own sin.

Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

Izhar had three sons: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.

How terrible for them! They have followed the way that Cain took. For the sake of money they have given themselves over to the error that Balaam committed. They have rebelled as Korah rebelled, and like him they are destroyed.

"Reuben, my first-born, you are my strength And the first child of my manhood, The proudest and strongest of all my sons.

You are like a raging flood, But you will not be the most important, For you slept with my concubine And dishonored your father's bed.

These are the descendants of Reuben, the oldest of Jacob's sons. (Because he had sex with one of his father's concubines, he lost the rights belonging to the first-born son, and those rights were given to Joseph.

It was the tribe of Judah, however, that became the strongest and provided a ruler for all the tribes.)