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Korah, Dathan, and Abiram Rebel

16 Now Korah son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, the descendants[a] of Reuben, took two hundred and fifty men from the Israelites,[b] leaders of the community summoned from the assembly, renowned men,[c] and they confronted[d] Moses. They were assembled in front of Moses and Aaron, and they said to them, “You take too much upon yourselves![e] All of the community is holy, every one of them, and Yahweh is in their midst, so why do you raise yourselves over the assembly of Yahweh?”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 16:1 Or “sons”
  2. Numbers 16:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Numbers 16:2 Literally “men of name”
  4. Numbers 16:2 Literally “they rose up before”
  5. Numbers 16:3 Literally “It is much for you”