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And bourgeon in his heart ? When Pharaoh died— 
Now mark his policy—protection fail’d, 
And Ifrael groan’d in bondage ; he, who lov’d 
Nor toil nor llavery, fled to Midian’s land, 
And providently deem’d it eafier talk 
To tend the flock of Jethro than to fhare 
The itripes and pains and drudgery we endur’d s 
Peaceful were all his days, his nights fecure, 
Ours was the labour, his was the repofe. 
If in his bofom, whom ambition haunts, 
Peace and repofe can harbour; for ev’n there. 
Where all was folitude, and other cares. 
Save for his flock in charge, Mofes had none. 
Strange voices, ifluing from the midft of flames 
On Horeb, feign’d or fancied to be heard. 
Warn’d him to Egypt. On this plea he came, 
Vaunting his high commiffion from that power, 
Whofe facred name, fo treating, he profanes. 
If this to doubt be fin, whilft yet it relts 
Upon his foie averment, of all men 
I am molt guilty.” 
Mofes, falling on his face, replies as follows: To-morrow the 
Lord will Jliow who are his. Be thou and all thy company be¬ 
fore the Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow. And take 
every man his cerfer, and put inccnfe in them before the Lord ; 
and it Jhall be that the man whom the Lord doth choofe, he fhall 
be holy, and him will he caufe to come near unto him. Ver. 4-17. 
Accordingly the next day Korah with two hundred and 
fifty of his faction, prefenting themfelves with their cen- 
fers before the Lord, the glory of the Lord appeared vifi- 
bly over the tabernacle; and the Lord was heard to fay, 
Separate your [elves from among this congregation , that I may con- 
fume them in a moment. Mofes and Aaron, hereupon, falling 
w’ith their faces on the ground, faid, 0 God, the God of the 
fpirits of all fiefh, fhall one man fin, and will thou be wroth with 
all the congregation? And the Lord faid unto Mofes, Com¬ 
mand all the people to depart from about the tents of Korah, Da- 
ihan, and Abiram. When therefore the people were retired, 
Moles faid. If thefe men die the common death of all men, then 
the Lord hath not fent me ; but, if the earth open and fwallow 
them up quick, then ye fhall know that they have provoked the 
Lord. As loon as he had fpoken, the earth opened from 
lander their feet, and fwallowed them up with what belong¬ 
ed to them. Ver. 18-33. But a remarkable circumftance was 
added to this tremendous miracle; namely, that, when 
Korah was thus fwallowed up in the earth, his fons were 
preferved from his misfortune. Num. xxvi. 9. The Ions 
of Korah continued, as before, to ferve in the tabernacle 
of the Lord. David appointed them their office in the 
temple, to guard the doors, and fing the praifes of God. 
x Chron. ix. 19. There are eleven Pfalms aferibed to them, 
which go by the name of Korah; the 42d, 44th, 45th, 
46th, 47th, 48th, 49th, 84th, 85th, 87th, and 88th. 
The Mahometans have feveral traditions relating to Ko¬ 
rah, which it may be proper to notice, though no great 
account is to be made of them. They fay Korah, whom 
they call Karum, was foil of Mafaah, coufin-german to 
Mofes. Mofes, feeing’ he was poor, taught him chemillry ; 
by which means he acquired fuch immenfe riches, that 
forty camels were necefiary to carry his gold and filver. 
And feme aflert that three or four camels were loaded with 
only the keys of his ftrong-boxes : this, though abfurd 
enough, will feem lefs fo when we advert to the form and 
fize of Keys in ancient times, as explained at p. 698. 
Mofes having commanded the Ifraelites to pay the tithe 
of all their fortunes, Korah refufed to obey him ; he even 
rebelled againft his benefactor, and lpread feveral calum¬ 
nies againft him, which had fuch an effect as to deftroy 
almoftallhis authority with the people. Mofes hereupon 
made his complaint to God, who permitted him to puniflv 
Korah as he fliould think proper. He therefore curled 
him, and commanded the earth to open and fwallow him 
up; which was immediately done. The Mahometans 
have another tradition; that Korah, feeing his t real'll re 
Mink under ground, then that his tent was fwallowed up. 
K O R 
after that his family, and laftly finding himfelf already as 
high as his knees in earth, begged of Mofes four feveral 
times to pardon him; but found him inflexible. Some 
time after, God appeared to this prophet, and faid to him ; 
“ Thou couldeftnot forgive Korah, though he four times 
defired it of thee ; had he addrefled himfelf to me once 
only, I fliould not have refufed him my pardon.” 
KO'RAHITE, f. A defendant of Korah. 
KORALIC'ZE, a town of Lithuania, in the palatinate 
of Novogrodek : fixteen miles eaft of Novogrodek. 
KORA'MO, or Curamo, a town of Africa, in the 
kingdom of Benin. 
KO'RAN. See Alcoran, vol. i. 
KORA'NA, a river of Croatia, which runs into th©i 
Kulpa at Carlftadt. 
KORASAN'. See Chorasan, vol. iv. p. 514. 
KOR'BA, a town of Ruffia, in the government of Vi- 
atka, on the Kulick: forty miles north-weft of Orlov. 
KOR'BETH, a town of Perfia, in the province of Irak r 
126 miies fouth of Hamadan. 
KOR'BI LA HOU', a town of Africa, on the Ivory 
Coaft. 
KOR'BOLE, a town of Sweden, in Helfingland : fifty- 
three miles weft-north-weft of Hudwickfwall. 
KORBOLIKIN'SKOI, a mountain of Ruffia, part of 
the range of Kolivan, which lias its name from the brook 
Korbolikha, which runs through it. This chain of moun¬ 
tains, in conjunction with the north-weftern and foutiv- 
eallern rivers of the Revannaia-Sopka, the Blue Moun¬ 
tains, and the Kolivan granite-mountain, and in the 
fouth-eaft, after they have encompafied the Kliutlheflkoi- 
majak, terminate at the foot of high granitic fnow-moun- 
tains. The Revennaia-Sopka is the bigheft point of thefts 
mountains, being eftimated at 2213 Parifian feet higher 
than the Slangenberg. In this Korbolikinlkoi tradt of 
mountains, the richeft of all the Altai mine-works are 
carried on. See Kolivan and Altai. 
KORCHEL'LEN, a town of the duchy of Warfaw: 
fifty-two miles north of Warfaw. 
KORCHI'NO, a town of Ruffia, in the government oP 
Nizegorod: eighty miles fouth-fouth-weft of Niznei Nov¬ 
gorod. 
KORCK, a town of Norway, in the diocefe of Dront- 
heim : nine miles fouth-weft of Romfdal. 
KORCK'WITZ, a town of Silefia, in the principality 
of Neifle: four miles north of^Neifle. 
KORCZA'NY, a town of Samogitia: twenty-four miles 
weft-north-weft of Miedniki. 
KORC'ZICK, a town of Poland, in Volhynia : fifteen 
miles north-eaft of Oftrog. 
KORDEDEAR'DA, a town of European Turkey, in 
Walachia eighty miles north-weft of Buchareft, and fifty 
fouth-eaft of Hermanftadt. Lat. 45. i'5.N. Ion. 24. 24. E. 
KORDOFAN', a country of Africa, between Dar-Fur 
and Sennaar, fubject to the fultan of Dar-Fur, by whom 
it was conquered in 1795. Mr. Brown informs us, in his 
Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, that an inveterate 
animofity fubfilts between the natives of Dar-Fur and thofe 
of Kordafan ; infomuch that wars have been almoft con¬ 
tinual between the two countries, as far as the memories 
of individuals extend. One of the caufes of this hoftiiity 
appears to be their relative pofition ; the latter lying in 
the road between Dar-Fur and Sennaar, which is confider- 
ed as the moft practicable, though not the direCl, commu¬ 
nication between the former and Mecca. Nor can cara¬ 
vans pafs from Suakem to Fur, unlefs by the permiflion of 
the governors of Kordofan. The jealouty of trade is, 
therefore, in part the origin of their unvaried and impla¬ 
cable animofity. A king, of the name of Abli-Calik, is 
the idol of the people of Kordofan, where he reigned 
fome years ago, and was renowned for probity and jultice. 
The kings of Kordofan had been deputed by the mecque 
of Sennaar, till after the death of the fon of Abli-Calik., 
when it was ufurped by Fur, in conlequence of the weak- 
nels and difleniions of the government at Sennaar. The 
s people 
