The look on their countenance witnesses against them, And they declare their sin as Sodom; They do not hide [it.] Woe to their soul! For they have brought evil upon themselves.

Woe to the wicked! [It shall be] ill [with him,] For the reward of his hands shall be given him.

I have seen your adulteries And your [lustful] neighings, The lewdness of your harlotry, Your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! Will you still not be made clean?"

Thus says the Lord GOD: "Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!

"Woe to the worthless shepherd, Who leaves the flock! A sword [shall be] against his arm And against his right eye; His arm shall completely wither, And his right eye shall be totally blinded."

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in [yourselves,] nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

"But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass by justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over [them] are not aware [of them."]

And He said, "Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

"If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire [is] for you, but you should rule over it."

Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where [is] Abel your brother?" He said, "I do not know. [Am] I my brother's keeper?"

"So now you [are] cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

And Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment [is] greater than I can bear!

not as Cain [who] was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother's righteous.

Then the children of Israel moved, and camped in the plains of Moab on the side of the Jordan [across from] Jericho.

And Moab was exceedingly afraid of the people because they [were] many, and Moab was sick with dread because of the children of Israel.

Then he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which [is] near the River in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying: "Look, a people has come from Egypt. See, they cover the face of the earth, and are settling next to me!

So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the diviner's fee in their hand, and they came to Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak.

Then God came to Balaam and said, "Who [are] these men with you?"

'Look, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the earth. Come now, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to overpower them and drive them out.' "

So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, "Go back to your land, for the LORD has refused to give me permission to go with you."

Then Balak again sent princes, more numerous and more honorable than they.

'for I will certainly honor you greatly, and I will do whatever you say to me. Therefore please come, curse this people for me.' "

"Now therefore, please, you also stay here tonight, that I may know what more the LORD will say to me."

So Balaam rose in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

Now the donkey saw the Angel of the LORD standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand, and the donkey turned aside out of the way and went into the field. So Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back onto the road.

"Look, these [women] caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the LORD in the incident of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

"because they did not meet you with bread and water on the road when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

'Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose to make war against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.

'Then you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho. And the men of Jericho fought against you -- [also] the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I delivered them into your hand.

O My people, remember now What Balak king of Moab counseled, And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, From Acacia Grove to Gilgal, That you may know the righteousness of the LORD."

They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the [son] of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

"But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.

Now Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took [men;]

They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, "[You take] too much upon yourselves, for all the congregation [is] holy, every one of them, and the LORD [is] among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?"

and he spoke to Korah and all his company, saying, "Tomorrow morning the LORD will show who [is] His and [who is] holy, and will cause [him] to come near to Him. That one whom He chooses He will cause to come near to Him.

"put fire in them and put incense in them before the LORD tomorrow, and it shall be [that] the man whom the LORD chooses [is] the holy one. [You take] too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!"

"[Is it] a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the work of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to serve them;

"Therefore you and all your company [are] gathered together against the LORD. And what [is] Aaron that you complain against him?"

"[Is it] a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you should keep acting like a prince over us?

Then Moses was very angry, and said to the LORD, "Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, nor have I hurt one of them."

"Let each take his censer and put incense in it, and each of you bring his censer before the LORD, two hundred and fifty censers; both you and Aaron, each [with] his censer."

And Korah gathered all the congregation against them at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the congregation.

"Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment."

So the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.

So they got away from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, their sons, and their little children.

"If these men die naturally like all men, or if they are visited by the common fate of all men, [then] the LORD has not sent me.

Now it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart under them,

So they and all those with them went down alive into the pit; the earth closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly.

And a fire came out from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering incense.

The sons of Eliab [were] Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These [are] the Dathan and Abiram, representatives of the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the LORD;

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men; and they became a sign.