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Moses felt the Lord's fury as if it were his own, rolling within the pillar of cloud high above. All of Israel had gathered to witness and millions of eyes turned upward. All except Moses. He gripped his firepan tightly, glaring at the 250 pretenders before him. At their forefront stood Korah, defiant. Dathan and Abiram, however, were absent, likely hiding in their tents and leaving Korah and his followers to face judgment alone. Typical, Moses thought, all talk. But when the moment to lead arose, they were nowhere to be found. The thunder swelled, growing to a deafening roar at its peak. Moses heard the Lord's voice, booming yet discernible only to him, the chosen intermediary for Israel.

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Moses, take your brother and separate yourselves from the community. What will you do to them? They will know that I am an all consuming fire.

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Moses, stomach dropped out in fear, his momentary anger forgotten. In a moment of horror and clarity, Moses recalled his bitter words against the people the night before in his anger, he had asked the Lord to reject these men, despite knowing it would mean their deaths. And now the Lord was declaring his intention to destroy the entire community. Regret flooded Moses body as he remembered his calling, remembered his duty. Aaron must have read Moses distress and discerned the divine fury in the thunder, because he was immediately at Moses side. Aaron's face was etched in concern. I don't like this, Moses.

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What's going to happen? Whatever happens, stay by my side, no matter what.

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Moses desperately grasped Aaron's arm, and they both delicately set down their fire pans and and fell face down before the Lord. At last, Moses, remembering his role as Israel's advocate, shouted above the din.

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My God. The God who gives breath to all. The God of the spirits of all flesh and understands all people. When one man sins, will you vent your wrath on the whole community?

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The wind swirled overhead and the thunder clapped in violent rage. Moses felt Aaron stiffen beside him, as if he understood immediately what the Lord intended to do. Aaron lifted his voice to the Lord as well, swelling with compassion for the people. His shouts were nearly muted against the warm wind raging through the canyons.

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Lord, you know the hearts of all men. You know that one man has sinned against you and led others astray. Please spare the rest of the children of Israel.

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A long moment passed, and the two men remained on their faces before the Lord, awaiting their God's decision.

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Tell the people to get away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.

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The thunder and lightning seemed to retreat within the clouds. Moses peered upward, wondering what was happening. No, the light wasn't receding. It was being redirected, aimed like an arrow. Moses and Aaron slowly got up from the ground.

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Joshua, quickly. We have no time to waste. Alert the elders and spread warning to the camp. They need to steer clear from Korah. I'm on it, Moses.

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Thunder clapped again, and this time lightning struck closer to Korah and his followers. Yet Korah remained unflinching, resolved in his rebellion. Moses had to give him credit. Though misguided, Korah was a strong leader. What wasted potential. Joshua acted swiftly, alerting the elders to spread the warning through the camp. Korah and his followers stood with their fire pans, eyes shifting suspiciously to Moses and Aaron. When Joshua returned and nodded to Moses, it signaled the warning had spread. Keep away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. Moses, followed by Aaron, strode purposely through the courtyard, ignoring Korah and his men. Their fate was sealed beyond intervention. The rebels made their offering to the Lord and Waited, hoping that he might accept them as Israel's new leaders. Lightning cracked and thunder echoed from the swirling cloud above. Moses shouted to the crowd, everyone back.

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Back. The Lord is coming.

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Korah cackled from behind, mocking Moses further even above the war drums of the thunder.

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Enough, old man. Your time commanding us is through. After today, the people will have a new regime.

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Moses frowned, raising his voice to address the rebels.

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Get away from the tents of these wicked men. Don't touch anything that belongs to them or you'll be swept away because of all their sins.

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The people edged back even further from the tent as dread began to set on the faces of Dathan Abiram and Korah's families. They eyed the crowd warily and cowered at Moses words. The inciters jaws were set. However, they seemed stubbornly determined to maintain their traitorous stance until the bitter end. Korra raised his voice to the crowd.

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Don't listen to this old fool. You're safe under my Enough, Kora, you rebellious fool.

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Moses bellowed to the crowd, his aged and frail voice turned back to life by the strength and conviction of his heart.

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Listen to me, Israel. This is how you will know that the Lord sent me to do all these things and that it was not of my own will. If these men die naturally, as all people do, and suffer the fate of all, then I will relent and acknowledge that I've been the greedy power monger these men accused me of being. It will be a sign to you that the Lord has not sent me. But if the Lord brings about something unprecedented, if the ground opens its mouth and swallows them all, if it opens and swallows them along with all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men despise the Lord. And you will know that Aaron and I have indeed been appointed to lead you.

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Moses proclamation was coupled with a bolt of lightning striking the earth. Then silence. All was still.

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Is that it?

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Moses looked Korah in the eyes. To Korah's surprise, they were filled with tears. Then the silence broke. The ground began to quake. It was as if the thunder in the skies dove underground to fuel its every movement. A jagged crack began to form around the empty space left around the tents of the traitors. The people of Israel fell backward over themselves to get away. However, the cracks did not expand beyond the boundary left around the tents of Dathan Abiran and Korah. The crack began to widen and split, revealing the hungry maw of Sheol itself. Beneath the earth's surface. Korah fell and scrambled backward. The members of their households, even the women and the children, tried to run, but to no avail. The greedy ground consumed them all. The usurpers, their families, their possessions, even their desperate cries. Everything, once it all, tumbled out of sight into the darkness below. A horrified Israel watched as the ground knit itself back together, leaving only open space and silence where the two household had been. Not a soul stirred in the eerie stillness until the lightning in the cloud pillar resumed its frenetic crackling, drawing the eyes of Israel back to the tabernacle, where Korah's 250 followers still waited, abandoned by their leader. The thunder that had animated the ground seemed to spring from the earth and back into the skies to join the supernatural cacophony. The lightning leaped out of the cloud pillar and hurled itself toward the ground, fracturing into what was surely 250 bolts of lightning. Even from this distance, Moses knew that a holy fire had consumed the remaining rebels. It may have been his imagination, but Moses could have sworn he could see the smoke from their charred bodies wafting upward, intermingling with the incense from their now discarded fire pans. The people of Israel erupted in terror, fearing that the earth may swallow them all as well.

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Aaron was still reeling from the past day's events when the complaints began again. The Lord had instructed his third son, Eleazar, now the heir, to retrieve the firepans from the remains of Korah's followers to prevent further defilement of the holy space. Eliezer had then melted down the firepans into sheets to cover the altar of Burnt Offering, a solemn reminder to Israel of the rebellion. The morning sun had only begun to glint off the scuffed, singed plates fixed to the altar, the smoke from the morning's ascension offering still rising when the crowd gathered again at the entrance. The terror of watching the earth swallow people alive had stripped them of reason, blinding them to the warning of the previous day. Aaron's eyes burned from the smoke as he stood at the tabernacle's front, watching his sons and Joshua try to calm the restless crowd.

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It's their fault. They're murderers.

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Aaron saw Joshua hurry off at that, undoubtedly to retrieve Moses. Aaron sighed. They would need to go and comfort them. They were understandably spooked, and since the uncertainty of being barred from the Promised Land, the tenuous unity of the Israelite people hung by a thread. There wasn't much keeping them together now, but they had to try. For the sake of the next generation, they had to try. As Aaron approached, the inflamed crowd gathered against them. Moses appeared from the other direction, and the crowd howled and grumbled all the more.

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You killed the Lord's people. You provoked the anger of the Lord against us.

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Aaron saw Moses flinch, and he wondered if the crowd's frantic words stung Moses with their underlying truth, the sins of of Korah and the Others were grievous, but the people did not realize how deeply their mistrust wounded him. Before either brother could respond, the glory of the Lord blazed once more above the tabernacle, lightning crackling and thunder darkening the sky. Aaron spun to face it, his chest tightening with dread as he recalled the same force that had struck down his eldest sons. In their pride, he struggled to push away thoughts of their final moments in the most holy place. Gasping as if the air had been stolen from him. His pulse roared in his ears, barely masking the wails of the terrified crowd behind him. The Lord spoke words that only Moses could hear, for suddenly, Moses was at Aaron's side, guiding him to his knees before the tabernacle despite the crushing weight on his chest. And Aaron felt the familiar urgency rising within him, the urgency to pray, to intercede for the people. Even with their countless failures, betrayals, and flagrant disrespect for the Lord, he knew what he had to do. Peace, Lord.

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Please show me what I.

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Show me what I can do to

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atone for the people. Help me. Guide them so that they turn away from their sin. There has to be another way. Please show me.

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Over the thunder and the commotion of the desperate people behind him, Aaron could have sworn he felt a sense of satisfaction press down on him. He felt his lungs open, his anxiety lifted and his breathing became easier. He turned to Moses and grasped his arms and searched his eyes. Surely the Lord had given him an answer. There had to be something they could do to make this right. Moses met his gaze and fumbled for speech as the moaning began behind them. They both turned to see and gaped in horror, along with the rest of Israel.

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It's another plague. Look. What do we do now?

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Aaron whipped his head to his brother, panic again mounting within him. Moses tore his own eyes away from the flailing crowd behind them, people already crumpling and writhing in response to the rapid diseases attacking their bodies, and desperately instructed Aaron.

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Aaron, you must hurry. Take your fire pan, place fire from the altar inside and add incense. Go into the community and make atonement for them. Go quickly. The plague has already begun. The wrath of the Lord goes before us.

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Aaron wasted no time. He sprang to his feet, grabbed his firepan from the holy place, filled it with live coals from the altar of incense, and rushed back into the courtyard. This was no ritual or remedy he had known of, but he trusted in his brother's guidance, and he hoped the Lord would honor it. He ran through the assembly where those at the entrance of the tabernacle now lay dead, their faces and hands marred by the plague ahead. Men, women, and children, everyone who had come out of their tents were convulsing, showing the first signs of death. An invisible wave of plague seemed to advance before him, and Aaron raced to stay ahead of it. The incense took effect as he reached the afflicted, their cries silenced and symptoms receding. The smoke from the firepan meant to carry prayers in the holy place now became a healing balm among the people. Driven by Aaron's frantic prayers, Aaron ran until he reached the edge of camp. Still haunted by the agonized faces of Israel, he collapsed, panting, as the smoke continued to plume out of the firepan. He knew he had stood between the living and the dead, and he had successfully beat back the relentless wave of death. He could only hope it had been enough. Sleep had not found Moses, so he had paced and wandered about for most the night. His eyes were so intently fixed on a worn spot on one of the walls of his tent that he jumped at the sound of his own name. Moses relaxed when he realized it was Joshua.

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You told me to call you at dawn. Everyone is ready and assembled, the Lord confirms the high priest. Today the staffs of the tribes of Aaron have been in the most high place all the night.

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Moses nodded, preparing to walk to the tabernacle after Aaron's miraculous act. With the incense halting the plague, the Lord commanded Moses to set a final test to solidify Aaron's appointment in the people's minds. Though Aaron's heroic act had spared hundreds of thousands, 14,700 had perished, leaving a sobering reminder of the stakes. Moses was moved by Aaron's compassion and swift obedience. He doubted he could have done better himself. Ready at last, Moses left his tent, with Joshua falling in step behind him. The elders had gathered all of Israel, including the tribal leaders, who waited for Moses to enter the holy place and make the assessment. The day before, each leader had submitted a staff with their name on it, including Aaron's, which Moses had placed in the most holy place. The Lord promised that one staff would sprout as a divine sign. Moses turned to address the expectant crowd. We have done as the Lord has

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instructed, and now we will witness his selection.

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Without further ceremony, Moses entered the most holy place and beheld the 12 staffs, the most outward symbol of authority for each of the 12 tribes of Israel. Sitting before the Ark of the Covenant, the very last one, Aaron's staff had sprouted, formed buds and produced almonds. Moses was careful not to crush any of the delicate little white flowers gracing the staff as he held it in his hand. He carried it out along with the others into the light of day. Outside the Tabernacle, tribal leaders of Israel,

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come take up your staff. See for yourselves who the Lord has chosen.

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Each of the tribal leaders stepped forward and took up their staff. Aaron approached with relief and serene acceptance written on his face and took up his staff. The other tribal leaders nodded in similar acceptance to Aaron as they beheld the blossomed staff. He held his staff above his head for all to see, as Moses definitively proclaimed the confirmation of the Lord's selection to all of Israel.

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The Lord has confirmed that Aaron, son of Amram, a descendant of Levi himself, is the High Priest of Israel. Let no one doubt the Lord's choice, for he has spoken. For through this definitive sign, all of

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Israel watched as Aaron's staff, miraculously sprouted and, bearing ripe almonds, confirmed his role as high priest. Moses would place the staff inside the Ark of the Covenant alongside the tablets of the Law to serve as a reminder for generations to come. The Israelites trembled at this latest display of divine power, this time one of wonder, growth and hope, yet awe inspiring and humbling. Nonetheless, Moses hoped this moment would instill in them a lasting respect for the sanctity and reverence of the Tabernacle. This pray.com production is only made possible by our dedicated team of creative talents. Steve Cattina, Max Bard, Zach Shellavaga and Ben Gammon are the executive producers of the Chosen People. Narrated by Paul Coltofianu. Characters are voiced by Jonathan Cotton, Aaron Salvato, Sarah Seltz, Mike Reagan, Steven Ringwald, Sylvia zaradoc, Thomas Copeland Jr. Rosanna Pilcher and Mitch Leschinsky. Music by Andrew Morgan Smith Written by Aaron Salvato, Bree Rosalie and Chris Baig. You can hear more prey.com productions on the prey.com app available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. If you enjoyed the Chosen People, please rate and leave a review.

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